1950s Wall Decorations

One of kind 1950's Ceramic " African " mask Studio pottery Vallauris France

Marcel Gromaire (born July 24, 1892, in Noyelles-sur-Sambre; died April 11, 1971, in Paris) was a French painter, engraver, decorator, illustrator, and cardboard artist. Gromaire lef...

Oil painting on canvas. DIMENSIONS: height 50 cm, width 62 cm,

Material: Ceramic We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button th...

These three abstract paintings by Jacob Semiatin (1915-2003) are in wooden frames. Sold one by each.

Oil on canvas in the style of Krøyer. Circa 1950. Dimensions : H 157cmx W 96 cm x D 3cm Ref : 1007 Price : 1600 € for this painting.

Albert Chubac (1925-2008) Geometric composition Cutting and collage. Signed and numbered 8/8 Dimensions ; 118.5 x 78.5 Cm. Price : 3200€. Who is Albert Chubac? Albert Chubac was born in 1925 in Geneva. Figuration Libre: In 1947, Albert Chubac, a graduate of the Geneva School of fine Arts, left for Algeria and produced his figurative paintings on paper. On his return, he met many artists, including Nicolas de Staël, who had a significant influence on his work. He continued his travels around the Mediterranean as far as Greece and Egypt; his future work (colour palette, pictorial references), strongly influenced by Egyptian Antiquity...

Original vintage advertising poster - Cold Coming Winterproof Your Car With Shell Motor Oil - featuring a great design by the British artist Kenneth George Chapman (1908-1993) depict...

This is truly a master work by this artist, which we cannot find more information about. The quality of the coloring and texture of this abstract portraiture is amazing! Framed in th...

This is a wonderful midcentury textured abstract by important and listed French painter. Signed and titled on reverse "Tache Rouge 1956". We have left the original gilt frame within ...

The Italian 1950 plaster wall decoration of an African dancer is a beautiful and unique piece of art from the Mid-20th Century. The decoration is made f...

String Coat rack with hooks designed by Karl Fichtel for Drahtwerke Erlau, Germany around 1955. Its quite reduced visual character shows strong re...

In this listing you will find a piece titled "Epreuve de l'artiate". It is a work of art by Fedor Vaić, depicting a scene full of symbols, including the devil, children, a carousel, ...

-King of Spades (Roi de Pique) by Jean Lurçat -207 x 185 cm; 7 x 6 ft -Aubusson tapestry woven at the Gisèle Brivet workshop. The tapestry “Roi de Piqu...

Impressionist Oil 20th Century ELEGANT 1950s FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST OIL. UNREADABLE SIGNATURE. GOOD CONDITION. TITLE: POETRY - MEASUREMENTS: 86X64 AND 73X50 CM

The oil painting on canvas, depicting a tranquil beach and sea scene, was masterfully crafted by Sixten Wiklund (1907-1986) around the 1950s. Capturing the serene beauty of the coas...

Art deco image from 1960 B. Renkowski Highly recommended item will be perfect complementation of the rooms in not only Classic style, but also Art Deco and modern.    

Framed with 3 advertising blotters from the 20th century. Measures: H: 40 cm, W: 30 cm, D: 1 cm.

Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is ...

Midcentury abstract expressionist ink drawing on paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1953. Measures: 9.5" x 12". This ink wash figurative abstract Expressionist piece on paper is signed by it...

A beautiful old wall chart of a scene with date palms. This lithograph has very nice colors and the text is in Dutch. Due to age, this poster has acquired a warm, yellow undertone. T...

Oil on canvas signed Henri Mars and dated 1955.

Artist Schall Year circa 1950 Dimensions: 81 x 48 cm (31 x 18 inches) Condition: Good Linen backed.  

The incomparable Alfred Hitchcock released "To Catch a Thief" in 1955, based on the 1952 novel of the same name. The classic film stars the duo of icons Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, b...

Striking sepia-toned French travel poster featuring the glorious Moustiers-Sainte-Marie in Alpes De Provence. From a series of posters made to promote reg...

Fontana Arte center piece made by Italian artist Dube’ in the 1950s representing a red lily with gold accents. He created the piece by back painting a curved glass and then etching i...

Artist  Rouault Year 1956 Dimensions  73 x 53 cm Condition  Good Format Unlinen backed Printer Mourlot.  

"Serie Cactus" lithographie signed by Man Ray ( 1890 - 1976 )

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...

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 ...

Original vintage propaganda poster issued by the French Electricity Board - Electricite De France Emprunt Pour La Construction Des Grands Bar...

Caffe Ferrari Miscela Arlecchino original vintage poster.

Reading "Donner Aujourd'Hui Recevoir Demain" or "Give Today Receive Tomorrow", this gorgeous art deco poster, created to get the public to "Participez Au Don Au Sang" or "Participate...

Mid-20th century handmade Israeli street name sign. Made of enamel and iron, this street sign was created shortly after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The sign is written in bolt white letters over a dark blue background, alluding to the colors of the national flag of the newly established state. The sign names the street 'Ra'hel' (Rachel) in Jerusalem in both Hebrew and English letters (in transliteration). The origin of the name Rachel comes from the book of Genesis in the Bible, where it appears as the name of a biblical figure - a shepherdess, the wife of Jacob our father, the daughter of Laban the Armenian, the sister of Leah his mother and one of the four mothers of the people of Israel. Rachel was also the mother of Joseph the righteous and Benjamin. However, this sign refers to the poet Rahel Bluwstein, more famously known as Rachel the Poetess, who is considered the “founding mother...

Original lithograph by Clayette, Limited production. 3/100. Black and White. Signed by hand by the artist. Measures: H 50cm, L 65cm.    

Italian mid-century modern red graphic Ceat advertising sign, 1950s Rectangular aluminum sign or billboard. It features an advertising graphic from "Ceat," a well-known tire brand, w...

Charming poster for Kelton watches created in 1955. Founded in 1955, French watchmaker Kelton still continues to this day. With wonderful artwork from esteemed French painter Herve Morvan depicting a watch stylised as a crocodile eating its tail, this extra large poster...

Blue print of the republic Veneto .Combinated art techniques on canvas and Pergament paper.           

Original vintage advertising poster for the GPO General Post Office - Post cards need a 2d stamp - featuring a summer beach holiday design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1...

Original vintage advertising poster for the GPO General Post Office - 4d Minimum Foreign Letter Postage Rate - featuring a stylised image of a postman wearing a hat with the 4 and D ...

Wonderful poster promoting the "Foire Internationale Bordeaux" or "Bordeaux international Fair". With design depicting the advertised themes of the fair "Commerce, Industry, Agricult...

In the style of Carl Auböck, partly black patinated

Abstract painting from the 1950s French work in the style of Hans Hartung Signature present to identified.  

Ebonized wood panel with the figure of an empress inserted as an inlay. The figure in relief is in resin, sculpted, finished and decorated. The mah...

S. Pinna; Wooden; Wall Piece; Art Piece; Italian; Mid Century; Craftmanship Hand-crafted wooden wall piece. The carefully crafted details create depth and hold a historical value.  

1940’s Lavender Educational Poster 1940’s Lavender Educational Poster. 20th century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vintage wall cha...

Original Vintage 1950s French Government Tourism Poster 'Cap Martin' This is an original vintage travel tourism poster, it was printed and published in P...

Art Deco stained glass of women playing tennis signed by M Adler. With pink wood frame.

An original vintage pull-down chart of the male anatomy. This poster shows the different parts of the male reproductive system. The chart has a splendid ...

Man playing trumpet after a night of celebration.

This beautiful & rare poster was created in 1952, advertising British Railways routes to Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England. With vibrant artwork by Gordon William Nicoll (...

Composition - Pierre Piget Oil on isorel signed lower left Numbered on the back 27A Size : 81x65cm 250€ Ref 2951.

Artist: Rolph Scarletti (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) Object: Modernist Abstract Composition Period: Ca. 1950’s Medium: Guache on paper, framed Dimensions (unframed): Height: 9-1/3” Width: 12” Dimensions (framed): Height: 22-3/4”” Width: 25-3/4” Rolph Scarlett (Canadian, 1889 – 1984) was a consummate explorer of twentieth-century abstract painting. Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him while steadfastly aware that he was on his own path and his alone, Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic zeitgeist of the eras in which he lived. Exposed very early on to the work of Paul Klee through a chance meeting in Europe with the artist himself, Scarlett took up abstraction with a fervor that never diminished during his long and impressive career. To create something that had never existed before: this was Scarlett’s great cause. And that is what is most obvious when you look at Scarlett’s work—you have never seen anything quite like it. Scarlett was Canadian-born, came of age in the Midwest, and spent few important years in Hollywood, where he designed stage sets. His work from this early period echoes Klee’s use of color, his confidence in naïve, primitive forms, and his blend of abstraction and figuration. In its flat spatial qualities it prefigures the Indian Space painting of the 1940s by a decade. He moved to New York in 1933 and eventually found his first great patron at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, directed by Baroness Hilla Rebay and art patron Solomon R. Guggenheim. Guggenheim would collect over 60 works by Scarlett for his collection, more than any other artist outside of Vasily Kandinsky and Rudolf Bauer. As a frequent exhibitor and lecturer at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (MNOP), Scarlett honed his sensitive feel for bodies in space and capitalized on his trademark use of bright, vivacious colors into accomplished, perfectly harmonized geometric works. However, Scarlett soon morphed these hard-edged forms into a nuanced expressionistic abstraction which, at its best, seems to be populated by dancing forms that animate the canvases. Along this way he was advised by Rudolf Bauer, the German expatriate and one of the originators of non-objective painting in the teens. Bauer had the idea for the Museum, and Rebay, his champion, had found in Solomon Guggenheim a patron for manifesting it. When Bauer emigrated just before World War II, he wanted to meet Scarlett. The two became friends, and Bauer advised Scarlett on his work over the course of many years. Even in a 1979 interview, Scarlett began to tear up as he recalled his first meeting with Bauer, a man whose work he "worshipped," describing that, "It was a touching moment for me, I’ll tell you." Scarlett and Rebay also had a close, important relationship, one in which he bore the brunt of her sometimes condescending, if motherly, critiques and admonitions with tolerance and gratefulness. Eventually, though, he had to push back. In a letter from 1951 he writes, "I have noticed with growing amazement that during the past three years you have accepted less and less of my work—and, that same work, which you rejected has been accepted and shown in the best and largest shows all over this country." This period—the late 1940s to the early 1950s—did in fact correspond to Scarlett’s most critical success, and to a return to the fanciful forms and characters of his pre-war work. At the same time, he found his own rhythm and complexity using a drip style similar to, though denser and more opaque than, the one made famous by Jackson Pollock, who had worked for many years at the MNOP and with whom he shared common influences. In 1949 he had a very well received solo show in 1949 at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery, reviewed very favorably in The New York Times: "The impression made by these paintings is one of originality and strength." He was also included in a juried show "American Painting Today" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1950 and in the Whitney Annual of 1951. The curator for the Whitney show in fact bypassed a selection of Scarlett’s careful geometrics in favor of a new "lyrical" drip painting—one which he describes as having had "a helluva good time" making. Rebay articulated her loss of control over Scarlett very keenly in one of her last official letters to him: "So your way ended in the horrid jungle it is in now; even a Mr. Pollock’s smearage was not bad enough for you to have a try at; and betraying yourself, you betrayed art and my faith in you, and my present disgrace by my failure to foresee such an outrageous possibility—since you even paint objectively now." Yet, despite the fact that he was moving in his own direction when the change in leadership took place at the Museum of Non-Objective Painting and Rebay was forced out as director, Scarlett was hit hard. He understood this change rightly as a betrayal by the establishment. Scarlett was a unique individual and soul, and was affected personally and philosophically by the idea that the movement with which Scarlett had aligned his talents seemed to disappear overnight, and his life’s work rendered valueless. Without the Museum’s support, Scarlett decided eventually to move to the artists’ community of Shady, New York, just outside of Woodstock. He had occasional shows throughout the years, but mostly settled down to regional obscurity. He began making jewelry, which had been his first trade, and it was following a show of his jewelry in 1975 at the Jaro Gallery, that he was rediscovered by Samuel Esses, and his wife Sandy. Samuel Esses was a successful businessman and an avid collector. He always sought out that which was unusual and, like Scarlett, was ahead of his time in many ways. For example, in 1979, Sam became enthralled with the early graffiti appearing on the New York subway trains. With the sole goal of preserving these groundbreaking yet short lived works of art he was inspired to create "The Esses Studio," a painting warehouse and workshop for graffiti artists to work in a studio, collaborate, and paint on canvas. The biggest names of graffiti writing participated—Futura, Crash, Dondi, Zephyr, and Daze to name a few. The project was well received and provided critical validation at an important time for this alternative form of abstraction to be recognized by the established art world. The success of the "Esses Studio" helped fuel an alternative fire that would propel gallerists and curators to acknowledge other street artists and provide a foundation of acceptance for the early careers of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is not a stretch to say that what Esses saw in the graffiti art of the 1970s was very similar to what he saw in 1950s-era Scarletts—something raw, honest, and melding many twentieth century influences into one unique form. Inspired by the importance of the collection and the passion of the collector, Weinstein Gallery...

This Map was made by the US Department of the Interior as a Geological Survey. Green background With Topographical markings. Made in 1955 as stated at the bottom. Vintage Condition ...

With fabulous artwork from French poster great Jacques Auriac, this lovely poster was created in 1950 to advertise the Le Monte-Dore area in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in central France. ...

his set includes a roll holder, three towel racks, and shelves that combine elegance and functionality in a refined design.Made from high-quality materials, clear glass lends a light...

Original vintage poster advertising the Birth Centenary Commemoration of Lafcadio Hearn / Yakumo Koizumi held in Matsue City on 27 June 1950 featuring a colourful painting of the historic Matsue Castle and lake with the text on the dark background above and below. The Greek Irish writer, translator and teacher Patrick Lafcadio Hearn 小泉 八雲 Yakumo Koizumi (1850-1904) lived in Japan from 1890 and was instrumental in introducing Japanese culture and literature to the West; the Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum opened in 1933. Good condition, restored folds, error on first letter of title...

Original vintage skiing and winter sport travel poster for Shinsu / Shinano ski resort in the Nagano Prefecture Japan featuring a black and white photograph of a skier jumping off a ...

Prince And The Showgirl (1957) Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches) Original US One Sheet Marilyn's revered "sex appeal" is on full display in this film as she tries to seduce Ol...

1950’s Lizard anatomy educational poster 1950’s Lizard anatomy educational poster. Early 20th century Czechoslovakian educational chart. A rare and vintage wall chart from the Czech...