1950s Paintings

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H.

Beautiful young lady in a Paris Park, signed, Original Frame, listed size includes the frame.

Untitled (Sacred Family) is a striking mid-century modern abstract oil painting by American Abstract Expressionist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968). Painted circa 1950, this origi...

Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986) Technique: Oil on board Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Frameless Period: Second half of the 20th century Art Movement: Figurative Expressionism with Impressionist influences Condition: Good, with visible signs of aging on the surface DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK This painting captures a crucial moment in a bullfight, where the matador, dressed in a dazzling traje de luces (suit of lights), elegantly holds the red cape (muleta) while facing a wounded bull. The scene conveys tension and drama through energetic and loose brushwork, with strong contrasts of light and color that enhance its expressiveness. The abstract background, built with gestural brushstrokes in warm, earthy tones, reinforces the dynamism and immediacy of the moment. The thick texture of the paint and the vibrant colors in the matador's attire and cape are characteristic of Figurative Expressionism, giving the work a strong emotional impact. Tuser masterfully captures the essence of movement and the intensity of the bullfight through a painterly approach reminiscent of Impressionism, but with a greater emphasis on gesture and expressive color, making his work stand out for its raw energy and dramatic depth. ARTIST BIOGRAPHY José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specialized in bullfighting themes, gaining recognition in the 20th-century art scene for his expressive depictions of the corrida (bullfight). He studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong mastery of color and composition. From 1947 onwards, his work focused almost entirely on bullfighting, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that capture the emotion and spectacle of the arena. He was a frequent collaborator with El Ruedo magazine, where his illustrations and covers solidified his reputation. Additionally, in the 1940s, he designed series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for the Artigas Publishing House. His work has been auctioned in several art houses and is highly valued among collectors of bullfighting paintings. His influence and legacy in tauromaquia (bullfighting art...

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist -- Oak Woodlands of San Francisco Golden Gate Park This mid-century painting by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) depicts coastal live oaks of Golden...

A rare and evocative 1950 mid-century abstract painting by American artist Edward Marecak, 'To Troy To Troy' captures the expressive energy and intellectual depth of postwar modernis...

Bucks County Farm in Winter is a figurative landscape by Pennsylvania Folk Art painter, Jean Halter. The 12" x 16" oil on board painting is framed and signed "Jean Halter" in the lower right. Jean Harris Halter was born in 1916 and spent her youth between Thornburg, Pennsylvania where her father oversaw Harris plumbing, and Camden, South Carolina, where they also had a home. She studied art, among other things, in Converse College. In 1939 she married Robert Halter, a musician with a traveling big band, which he quit soon after marrying. While he was gone for three years with the Signal Corps in the South Pacific, Jean took care of their two little daughters, their kennel of Pulis, and began to paint antique chairs...

Autumn Landscape, by 1958, tempera on Masonite, 24 x 36 inches, signed lower left, exhibited: 1) 133rd Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, February 20 – March 16, 1958 (Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Prize); and 2) Henry Ward Ranger Centennial Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, September 25 - October 12, 1958, #133 (see Levin, Meyer, Illustrative Paintings Gathered for Ranger Show at National Academy, St. Petersburg Times, October 13, 1958 (“There’s a warm, low-keyed picture of golden fields, with distant structures, called “Autumn Landscape,” by Robert Vickrey, whose magic realism is felt in so “regular” a subject.”), literature: 1) Watson, Ernest William, Composition in Landscape and Still Life, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1959, pp. 24, 155 and 157 (illustrated); and 2) Vickrey, Robert and Cochrane, Diane, New Techniques in Egg Tempera, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1973, p. 111 (illustrated); ex collection National Academy of Design Reflecting on his art, Robert Vickery...

A vivid and densely populated cockfighting scene painted in 1950 and signed Allatteini L., lower right, with the inscription St. Thomas 50. This large-scale oil captures the spectacl...

* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on board depicting yelllow flowers in a glass jar. Very close to the work of Diana Armfield RA (b...

Gorgeous mid century landscape of Villafranche Sur Mer overlooking Cap Ferret by G. Cunningham (American, 20th Century), 1957. Study of painting by Ladislav...

6122 Woman standing on the banks of the Norwegian Fjords Set in a wood frame image size 9.5x16"

Artist: Henri Renard, French (1920 - ) Title: French Street Scene Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm) Frame Size: 31.5 x 44...

6087 Eastern European village landscape Set in a gilt wood frame Image size 13x8.5"

A fine spring scene in historic Williamsburg, Virginia with the Governor’s Palace in the background by American artist Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962). Wiggins was born in Brooklyn,...

Stephen Harty, Untitled (Bird Abstraction), gouache, 1953. Signed and dated lower left. A fine, meticulously rendered, mid-century, modernist gouache painting, with fresh colors on 1...

Signed lower right, 'M E Rogers' for Margaret Esther Rogers (American, 1872-1961) and painted circa 1955. Original label verso bearing artist's name and titled 'Rhythms of the Sea'. This early California woman artist first studied with Frank Heath and, later, with Lorenzo Latimer...

This superb Abstract Expressionist Scottish oil painting is by noted artist William Gear. It was painted in 1959 and is entitled Red Idol 2. This abstract com...

Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.

Gorgeous mid century nocturnal painting of a Washington Square park after midnight in the style of and after one of Edward Hopper's works. Signed "T...

Robert Gilberg (1911-1970) "Still Life in White" c.1950s Gouache on newspaper from Sacramento Bee 1957 22.75"x15.25" unframed Unsigned Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg...

Berthoud Prize - 1957 Maurice Redard (1922–1987) A Swiss painter active in Geneva, Maurice Redard developed a body of work focused on the representation of everyday objects and spac...

Striking female nude in reclined back seated position on red blanket in ink and watercolor by English artist Esther Meyer, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...

Gorgeous oil and watercolor on paper by abstract expressionist artist Adine Stix. Beautiful shades of pink, purples, cobalt blue with s hint of orange cover the paper to create the h...

This superb British Post Impressionist fifties portrait oil painting on board is by noted artist Glyn Morgan. Morgan was a noted Welsh artist, initially taught by Ceri Richards in Ca...

Incredibly well painted mid century abstract color field oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Early and large work! Unsigned.

Maine Forest, 1956 by Carl Ashby. Oil on masonite, signed on reverse, 17.5" x 23.5" sight, 27.5" x 23.5", in a period frame. Carl Ashby (1914-2004) painter and printmaker, was born ...

Mid Century Impressionist Style Oil Painting of Ancient Olive Grove This expressive olive grove landscape is reminiscent of Claude Monet's Olive Tree Wood in Moreno Garden. Circa 19...

Vintage American school modernist cityscape painting. Oil on canvas, wrapped to board. No signature found.

Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in different seasons and flowers. In 1970 the significant place...

Here for your consideration is a mid century modern oil painting on masonite by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. The painting depicts an old man with a long wispy beard holding a group of birds. Signed lower right and dated 1954. Presently unframed. Condition is very good. Provenance: The estate of the artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Nahum Tschacbasov Biography : Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others. In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum. Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur...

Initialed lower left, 'M.S.' for Martin Snipper (American, 1914-2009) and dated 1952. Additionally signed, verso, 'Martin Snipper' and dated on stretcher bar. Artist photo courtesy ...

An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...

Marie-Lucie Nessi Valtat South of France, ca. 1950 Oil on canvas mounted on board 13 3/4 x 10 2/3 in l 35 x 27 cm Frame size: 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in l 40 x 32 cm Marie-Lucie Nessi Valta...

Vintage French modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 35 by 20 inches overall. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed Size: 10 x 7.75 inches Condition: very good and re...

Very impressive modernist still life by Miguel Guzman. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed. Great color and composition.

Tully Filmus Untitled, circa 1950s Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Tully Filmus was a Russian-born American realist painter known for his figurative scenes, portrai...

Eric Cederberg (1897-1984) Beach with pearls, ca. 1950 Oil on panel 9 1/10 × 14 3/5 in l 23 × 37 cm Frame included: 13 3/4 x 19 1/3 l 35 x 49 cm Signed lower left Exhibition history...

A vibrant, colorful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern painting of a matador and bull fight by notable Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Oil on canvas, presented in a period, dark walnut brown...

Herman Rose (1909 - 2007) Manhattan Looking East (View from Midtown), 1952-54 Oil on canvas 26 x 28 inches Signed lower right Fairfield Porter wrote an essay in ArtNews on this exact painting in 1955. Please inquire for a copy of the article. Literature: Fairfield Porter, "Herman Rose Paints a Picture," ArtNews, April 1955 Volume 54, Number 2, illustrated. Herman Rose was best known for his depictions of cityscapes of New York City. Herman Rappaport was born in Brooklyn, New York. in 1909. Herman Rose was the professional pseudonym of Herman Rappaport. Originally trained as a draftsman and studied at the National Academy of Design from 1927 to 1929, he was later employed by the Works Progress Administration's Murals Division under Arshile Gorky from 1934 until 1939. In 1939, after experimenting with a variety of contemporary expressionistic styles, Rose decided to paint from life. Working mostly in East New York and East Canarsie in Brooklyn, and in Manhattan, Rose began to paint roof tops and street scenes. Rappaport began using the name Herman Rose when he held his first solo art exhibition in 1946 at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York City. Although he initially began as an Expressionistic painter, he became known for small, light-filled Impressionist paintings of still life, cityscapes and skies by the early 1950s. His paintings and images were often composed of very small dabs of paint and tiny, blurry "squares," which combined to create the image on canvas, his favorite medium. Often described as a "lyrical painter" Rose's work "interpreted traditional subjects: landscape, still life and the figure like the Post-Impressionists from whom he developed his own style, Rose built up forms from distinct touches of color that don't entirely blend in the viewer's eye. This gives his surfaces an active quality that flattens forms, one of the great lessons of modernism." Herman Rose's work received official recognition when Ms. Dorothy Miller of Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) included his work in an exhibition called, "15 Americans," alongside work by Clyfford Still, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock. New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer wrote of Rose's work in 1981, "{he} must surely be counted among the most beautiful works anyone has produced in this challenging medium for many years." The Art in America art critic Lawrence Campbell...

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned.

Charming mid century landscape with Cecil Brunner roses, larkspur and foxglove titled "The Friendly Gate" by Lillian Mae Grooms Huebner (American, 1892-1976), circa 1950. Condition: ...

3294 Pineapple Still Life, vintage acrylic on board displayed in a wood frame,signed by Savino. Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W

Pleasing French landscape in warm autumn colors of a cityscape beyond a bridge spanning the river, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white ...

Nicely painted American school modernist still life painting. Nice color and modernist composition. Excellent ready to hang condition. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18"H x 24"L.

Beautiful mid-century landscape of upper Young Lake and Ragged Peak in Yosemite National Park by Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). The artist uses textural impasto in a pa...

1960s Italian Signed Still Life With Flowers A beautiful and rare painting by one of Italy's most important avant-garde artists. It depicts a stunning vase of flowers with intense, ...

‘The Gate’, a masterpiece from 1955 painted on canvas by the Florentine artist Ottone Rosai (Florence 1895 – Ivrea 1957). Ottone Rosai Archive, curated by Dr Giovanni Faccenda Signed...

John Opper (American, 1908 - 1994) Untitled, 1959 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 14.75 in. h x 18 in. w. 20 in. h. x 24.5 in. w., as framed John Opper described the 1930s...

Wonderful acrylic on wood panel by Georges Connan. Comes with frame Georges Connan born in 1912 and dead in 1987.

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 24L x 18H.

Gouache on paper by Rolph Scarlett c. 1950s. The piece is signed "Scarlett" on the front in two places. The piece is in perfect condition. Unframed it measures 10.75 x 13.5.

*A seascape by Warren Long captures a sailboat navigating choppy blue waters near a dramatic rocky coast under a cloudy, bright sky. Oil on canvas. Signe...

A dynamic abstract painting from the 1950s. The work appears to be signed, Nicotine, Nicotina, or Vicotina? The artist was clearly influenced by earlier styles of abstraction, includ...

Estate stamp, verso, for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1960. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...

Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, 1957 Oil on paperboard 8 x 10 inches Signed lower left; signed and dated on the reverse Guy Carleton Wiggins is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork.  Ironically, although his work includes many fine Connecticut landscapes, he is best remembered for some snow scenes of New York City. Like many other American Impressionists, Wiggins had one foot in the city and the other in the country (Vermont Hillside, South Londonderry).  Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, went to England with his family as a boy, received an English grammar school education, and traveled widely abroad. He was the son of a prominent artist, Carleton Wiggins, a painter in the Barbizon style who studied with George Inness and admired Anton Mauve and Dwight Tryon...

Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.

Vintage Italian impressionist coastal seascape oil painting by Nicola Simbari (1927 - 2012) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 22 by 26 inches overall. In excellent origi...

This richly textured still life by Robert Tosa, dated 1959, presents a shallow bowl of apples rendered in warm reds, ochres, and golden tones against a luminous, heavily worked groun...