1950s Paintings

Brilliantly conceived and executed, in vivid shades of pink, pale blue, slate green and black, this pair of Mid Century paintings bring life, humor and color to scenes of circus life...

This extraordinary portrait of a Latin worker in Miami, presaging the enormous growth of the city's Cuban population a decade later, was painted by Angelo De Riz, an important Italia...

Excellent color and technique in this vintage water color by Brockway. Beautiful purple and orange mountains and a dusk sky with three outbuildings...

William Hansen (1908-1991), Danish painter. Oil on canvas. Hilly landscape with house gable and church in the background. Dated 1957. In very good cond...

Painting by John Bashor (1926-2003)- Artist from Montana, professor at Bethany College in Lindsborg, KS. This work was done in the 1950's. Excellent comp...

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 frame is original. The painting without frame...

Oil painting by Henri Miloch, a French artist known for his depictions of Breton maritime life. Miloch was born in Trieste, Italy, in 1898, but he spent most of his life working in B...

A magnificent example of midcentury reverse-painted glass, this piece by Marianna von Allesch depicts a woman and her square-jawed dog, possibly a boxer, amidst a grove of trees and ...

Georg Glud, still life, oil on panel. Listed Danish artist. In very good condition. Signed, dated 59. Measures: 96 x 81 cm.

Americana Amish "farmhouse" oil painting by Harvey Milligan, circa 1950s. Charming character scale and composition (figures are very small). Although n...

Jean-Estève Silly, (1912-1978), Still life with bottle, Oil on paper signed/dated lower right 1952. Presented in a beautiful Montparnasse frame, this subtle work is in very good cond...

Signed lower left Joseph Wolins was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1915. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1941 under Leon Kroll. While studying in Eur...

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...

This stunning example of Art Deco-Mid Century American surrealism was painted by Erwin Kummer, a widely-known Chicago painter who exhibited widely in the 1940s at the Art Institute o...

Charming oil on board in original artist made frame. Signed bottom left. Italy circa 1950s W 41.5cm x H 37cm

Abstract Expressionist landscape painting by Leon Saulter (1908-1986). Born in Poland, Saulter was a painter, sculptor, and writer, who settled in Los Angeles, California and remaine...

Gudmund Olsen: “Trois Bateaux”. Signed on the reverse Gudmund Olsen, Nice 1952, Nr. II. Oil on canvas. Provenance: Kunsthallen auction no. 468, cat. no. 201, June 1996.

The Mystery Painting. Purchased aprox 20 years ago from the Estate of a wealthy, eccentric woman from London, England. She moved to Thousand Palms, Calif and brought all her art wit...

Colorful block print of a red and green shelled turtle on a green background. Titled "Turtle," numbered "Second 60 60, signed "Whitey Pollock", and dated "50." Framed dimensions: ...

Johannes Meyer Andersen (1918-2005) listed Danish artist, street musician from nice, oil on canvas. Signed: J. Meyer Andersen, Nice 1958. Measures: 86 x 69 cm. (94 x 77 cm). In ve...

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 ...

[Authentic work] ◆ Norikuni Kawamura ◆ Junsei in ink ◆ Double box ◆ Hand-painted ◆ Silk ◆ Hanging scroll Kenho Kawamura [Artist directory appraised...

Midcentury abstract oil painting, framed.

This remarkable work of surrealistic art is depicted showcasing the city of Florence, Italy through the eyes of the famed artist,n Titi Salomoni. His vision is beautifully conceived ...

Mette Doller (b. 1925), Danish artist. Mixed media on paper. Rooster. Dated 1959. Measures: 40 x 30 cm. The frame measures: 1.5 cm. In excellent condition. Signed and dated.     

Watercolor of Gloucester harbor scene by listed American Artist Gordon Grant (framed and under glass)...Soho location.

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.

A watercolor by Robert Freiman.

Abstract painting by Miriam Kubach, American, circa 1960s. It is executed on paper and has been professionally framed under UV resistant glass in a clean lined black lacquer gallery ...

Henri D'Anty 1910-1998, oil painting on canvas, still life of fruit and bottles on a tray table. Brass frame with umber linen liner; framed 24.5" H x 21" W x 1" D. He studied at t...

Brilliantly painted in tones of blue, green and warm brown, this fractured view of a church and palm trees along the Mediterranean, the building's tower and apse depicted in a golden...

A fine portrait of a young man, entitled 'Norman', by Anthony Morris. Anthony Morris was born in Oxford in 1938 and studied at Oxford School of Art to NDD. He graduated to the Royal...

‘Tea at the Vicarage’ by Margaret Dovaston, dated 1952, an oil painting showing four gentlemen having an earnest conversation over a cup of tea on a terrace outside a cottage garden, Margaret Dovaston, dated 1952. English. Margaret Isabel Dovaston (1884 – 1954) was a British artist who became particularly well known for her historical genre scenes, often depicting groups in Georgian costume. In the course of her education, she was taught by Thomas William Cole at the Ealing School of Art and Arthur Stockdale Cope at the South Kensington School of Art. Her crowning achievement was winning a five-year scholarship the to the Royal Academy Schools (1903-1908) where she won many medals. She exhibited at the Royal Academy (1908 and 1910) and helped set up The Ealing Art...

This Mid-Century Modern one of a kind horizontal watercolor by William Henry is a combination of cubist individual faces with African influences...

Thomas Reilly Dibble (American, 1898-1991), Girls on Stone Wall, 1954 Oil on panel. Signed lower right: T. Reilly Dibble ’54. Titled and signed verso: “Girls on Stone Wall” – T.R. Di...

Iris Brody (American - d. 1961, NY, drug overdose) oil wash on paper laid on masonite figural study of a boy. Brody, part of the Kerouc / Ginsberg Lower Eas...

Original Mid-century artwork oil on board of desert scenic signed Purkis in its original Syroco wood frame. Size: 20" X 24"

In this listing you will find an oil painting done on canvas, which was later on cashed on cardboard to preserve it. It depicts a woman sitting on a bed or bench. The style uses bol...

Original abstract composition by Swedish Artist Olle Bonnier. Made during the 1950s. Mixed media on paper. Framed in a thick untreated oak frame. Signed with pencil Olle Bonnier. Goo...

This ink and watercolor painting was the winning submission for a large mural at Fort Meade in Maryland in 1951, solicited by a design competition and intended for one of the service clubs. We do not know if the mural was actually painted, but it does not survive today. The theme of "Peace and Prosperity" was a classic subject in the post-World War II era, and the soldier-artist -- Achille Forgione...

Opere di Johan sono presenti nelle maggiori collezioni francesi e americane e sono state presentate alla mostra di antiquariato di Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze 2005. Of Spanish origin, born in Valencia in the early 1900s, she specialized in sculpture and animal painting. She worked mainly in Lyon, her painting influenced by post-Cubist geometry remains realist in style; straight lines dialogue with curves and plays of angles give rhythm to the composition, her taste for color harmoniously mixes light and dark tones. His works represent the broad creative scope referable to the “Animaliér” artists. Johan’s works can be found in major French and American collections and were presented at the Palazzo Strozzi antiques exhibition...

Lovely atmospheric oil painting of tug boats on the River Thames with London Bridge in the background. This midcentury oil painting captures a dynamic and bustling scene of tugboats ...

Scandinavian modernist. Oil on canvas. Abstract female portrait. Dated 1950. The canvas measures: 43 x 29 cm. The frame measures: 8 cm. In exc...

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...

An early and important painting by renowned Grand Rapids artist Armand Merizon, this work depicts a ghostly figure -- reputedly the son of a dear family friend -- in the midst of the...

A French oil on canvas painting, signed and dated 1958. The composition abstracts a harbor scene into planes of soft lavender, pale yellow, and cerulean blue, offset with strokes of ...

Pair of Creswick Landscapes (Australia) - Oil on canvas - Anthony R. Cooke (1933-2003) - c. 1959 Dimensions: 73 x 94 cm (each)

Large vintage antique abstract impasto oil on canvas painting artwork in the circle or Manner of Leon Kossoff dating from the late 1950s. An impressive large quality work with a g...

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...

This is a very fine Gouache piece from the Ferman Artist Lotte Wolf Koch . The Artist was born in Germany in 1909 and studied at Nuremberg. She was influenced artisticaly by the Germ...

Charming Sylvia "Goldie" Lipson (New York, USA 1905-1992) oil painting titled "Tiger and His Friends" featuring a grouping of colorful, life-like children's toys (ca. 1952, USA). Lip...

William McCloy, borned in China and moved to US in 1926 and started his studies in Iowa in 1930.This is a nice modern style landscape also he is known by abstractions and commissione...

Rectangular oil painting on canvas Colosseum in Rome 1957 Italian design, remember Giovanni Stradone artist.

Polish born Willy Mucha (1905-1995) began his education at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts and continued his studies in Austria, Germany and Russia before ending up at the University ...

An energetic midcentury modern oil painting on canvas depicting a skyline or cityscape in an abstract expressionist style signed bottom right and dated 1956. A timeless composition t...

Parker Panttila (Brooklyn, New York 1924-2002) pen and watercolor on board. Surrealist in style, incorporating both macabre and comedic sensibilities....

Abstract Painting by Eugene Kloszewski, circa 1950's. Kloszewski worked with and was personal friends with Josef Albers. These works were purchased from Kloszewski's widow.

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 ...

This stunning vibrant painting brings a little of the countryside to any living space! This original oil on canvas depicts a quiet stream on a clear day. A path leads to a stone brid...

Oil painting on board "Eclipse by Candlelite" by William George Nes.