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Red Sleigh on Winter Road - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
By Maud Lewis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a red sleigh in winter is by Maud Lewis.
Maud Lewis is perhaps the best-known and most beloved folk artist in Canada; indeed her work has attracted a large...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Mid Century portrait of a Irish Setter or Spaniel dog laying down
Located in Woodbury, CT
Raymond J. Cress (American, mid-20th century)
Portrait of a Resting Irish Setter or Spaniel, circa 1950
Pastel and mixed media on paper, signed lower right
Presented in an ornate ca...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil
Cats at play, portrait of a cat and a Kitten playing with a glove in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gabriella Rainer-Istvanffy (Austrian, 1886–1963)
Cats at Play
Oil on canvas, circa 1950
26 x 30 inches (framed)
signed lower right
This charming composition by Gabriella Rainer-Istv...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sleigh in Winter with Dog - figurative, outsider art, oil on beaverboard
By Maud Lewis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This folk art painting of a winter scene by Maud Lewis features a dog.
The iconic paintings of Maud Lewis—the beloved folk artist from Nova Scotia, whose cheerful, colourful artwork...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Consort
, Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966); additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the one and only buk, made for Ruth'....
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bird Abstraction
— Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
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...
Category
American Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Two Hunting Dogs in a Field- Realistic Mid-Century Wildlife Painting, 1953
Located in Marco Island, FL
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Medium: Oil on Board
Frame: Gilt Frame with Decorative Elements and Linen Inset
Brightly colored and bold illustration of an American hunting scene...
Category
American Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Dog Portrait Landscape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist landscape with dog portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 31 by 37 inches ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"King of the Range" - Mid Century Western Fighting Stallions
By Bernard Preston Thomas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful and dynamic western painting of two wild fighting stallions by listed artist Bernard Preston Thomas (American, 1918-1992), dated 1951. Signed and dated lower left corner and on verso. Image size: 28"H x 36"W. Presented in rustic painted frame size: 34"H x 41"W x 3"D.
Originally from Sheridan, Wyoming, he loved football and art, giving up the sport to concentrate on a career in art. Thomas graduated from Woodbury College in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science degree, earning the Leo Youngsworth Award for outstanding senior art student at Woodbury.
He became a camouflage technician at the outbreak of WWII and caught the attention of General Patton...
Category
American Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,040 Sale Price
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Antique American Abstract Cubist Mid Century Framed Cat Portrait Signed Geist
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist abstract composition signed Geist. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Displayed in a wood frame. Excellent ready to hang condition.
Category
Cubist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Pyrenean Mountain Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pyrenean: "Kop de Cariel"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
signed lower left
oil painting on canvas, unstretched - affixed to stiff backing card
5.5 x 7.5 inches (backing card 8.25 x 10 inches)
Delightful painting by the highly regarded English dog artist Dorothy Alexandra Johnson. It depicts "Kop de Cariel", a Pyrenean Mountain Dog...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Harvest time. Oil on canvas, 25 x 27.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Harvest time. Oil on canvas, 25x27,5 cm
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$455 Sale Price
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Black and White Abstract Expressionist Painting 1950
s
By Jacques Simons
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3422 Black and white acrylic on paper
Displayed in black wood frame under glass
Image size 8x11.5"
French artist
Signed Jacques Simons
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bullfighting Scene oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
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...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$713 Sale Price
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Vintage American Merry Go Round Horse Carousel Framed Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist merry go round portrait painting. Oil on board. Nicely framed. Excellent, ready to hang condition.
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cat At The Window Interior Scene Oil Painting By Oldyna Dynowska
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5117 Vintage oil on canvas of a Cat by the window
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cowboy on Horseback in the Rain
By Bob Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on Board painting for American Weekly Magazine November 15, 1953. The decisive moment of a Cowboy and Horse is captured. As a determined team, t...
Category
American Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting: Pekingese Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Oil Painting: A Pekingese "Lovely Maid of Kyratown"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, unstretched
5.0 x 7.0 inches
A delightful ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th century English dog portrait of a Pekinese dog called Bumble
Located in Woodbury, CT
Francis Mabel Hollams (British, 1877–1963)
Bumble, 1957
Oil on wood panel
With characteristic precision and affection, Francis Mabel Hollams captures the spirit of a beloved compani...
Category
Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Charming Naivist Painting Depicting a Horse
Located in Stockholm, SE
This charming naivist painting by Swedish artist Olof (Olle) Casimir Ågren (1874–1962) depicts a horse standing gracefully beside a tree. Executed with bold, textured brushstrokes an...
Category
Naturalistic 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Modernist Chickens Grazing Bucolic Landscape Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modern molding. Excellent condition, ...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Terrier Portrait - Mid 20th Century Belgian Dog Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century oil on canvas portrait of a terrier dog, by Belgian artist René Philippe Delin.
Unusual perspective depiction of the well groomed dog by this noted animal artist who studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and painted pigeons and horses as well as dogs.
The work is signed and dated 23/06/1951 lower right. Presented in a gilt frame.
Artist: René Philippe Delin (Belgian, 1877-1961)
Title: Terrier Portrait...
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Horse - Enamel on Paper by Esperia Gava - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Horse is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Esperia Gava.
Enamel on paper
Applied on cardboard.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Very good conditions.
The artwork...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Antique Super Detailed Social Realist St Thomas Tropical Chicken Fight Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
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...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Shepherds and sheep by a lake
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Illegible monogram
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Country Chic Americana Folk Art Rooster Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist chicken oil painting. Oil on canvas.
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
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English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Hamiltonstovare Hound Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A Hamiltonstovare Hound "Flicka of Druan"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
signed lower right
oil painting on canvas, unstretched
5.5 x 7.5 inches
A delightful painting b...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century-Modern Still-Life Exotic Fishes Gouache Painting by J. Blot
Located in Atlanta, GA
J. Blot (France, 20th Century).
This gouache painting features a still-life execution of exotic fishes in a very typical Mid-Century-Modern 1950s design style.,
Bursting with vintage...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist Nature Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 5.5L x 7.5H.
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
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Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Wilson, American (1909-1993)
Title: Feeding the Horse a Carrot
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 24 x 36 in. (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
Frame Size: 3...
Category
Folk Art 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South for the Winter, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, October 26, 1957 showing ducks in autumn flying south for the winter
The Post described, "When Jack Frost whistles down the breezeways, right-minded birds take off toward the balmy Southland. Some human beings are depressed because they haven't wings to do likewise, yet, all told, it's probably nicer to be a man than, say, a mallard duck. This is a migratory flyway in the lakelands of Alberta, favored by birds of that feather which like to swipe their meals from grainfields and rest their weary bones on soft, or even hard, water. Down the Mississippi Valley this sky traffic will v-wint its way, and the smarter ducks that go clear to the Gulf Coast can take a gander at the New Orleans Mardi Gras...
Category
American Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hand-Painted Naked Lady Astride Cocktail Elephant on Oak Plaque
Located in Bristol, CT
Size: 24 1/2"H x 21"W
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin"
Signed and titled on verso. ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grizzly Adams, Grizzly bear attacks Frontiersman
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait of a man and bear this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graf...
Category
American Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Graphite
Horse and Colt in Abstract Landscape - Equestrian
Located in Miami, FL
An American Female Artist in her late signature style depicts a Horse and a Colt in an abstract landscape. Ethel Magafan scapes the defining lines with a knife to add to the creative...
Category
American Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Rooster, Charcoal Drawing by Etienne Poirier
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning charcoal drawing by French artist Etienne Poirier (1919 - 2002). This rare artwork is a charcoal-on-paper composition depicting an interpretation of the proud rooster. Thi...
Category
Abstract 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Farmer and Horses" by J. Fabri-Conti - Oil on Canvas - 114x146 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (135 x 166.5 cm)
José Fabri-Canti was a French painter born in Nice to Russian émigré parents. He began exhibiting in Corsica in the 1930s before moving to P...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Owl in the Grass - Naïve art
By Paul Rand
Located in Miami, FL
Naïve art meets abstract art.
Signed and dated to lower right 'Paul Rand 4.6.52.
Paul Rand said. “People who don’t have a sense of humor really have serious problems.”
Besides being...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
Chickens
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Clifford Edgar Jones 1915-1975 American Chickens, 1948. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches unframed and 34" x 27.5" inches including the frame. Signed at lower right Clifford Jones ‘48’. P...
Category
American Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The harvest after a 16th century tapestry
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Maurice ALBE
(Beaugency 1900 - Périgueux 1995)
The grape harvest, from a 16th century tapestry
Oil on canvas (burlap type)
H. 170 cm; L. 100 cm
Signed and dated upper left 51
Proven...
Category
French School 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English School Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Staffordshire Bull Terrier Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Staffordshire Bull Terrier: Champion "Fearless Red of Bandits"
by Dorothy Alexandra Johnson (1902-1988)
unsigned
oil painting on canvas, u...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Perdices y reclamo
Located in Madrid, ES
RAFAEL ZABALETA
Spanish, 1907 - 1960
PERDICES Y RECLAMO
signed "RZabaleta" (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 x 39-1/2 inches (81 x 100 cm.)
framed: 33-1/4 x 41-1/8 inches (84.5 x 104.5 c...
Category
Naturalistic 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Yellow Parakeets and the Surviving Plant" Oil Painting by Pat Berger
Located in Pasadena, CA
Something is mesmerizing about the paintings of Pat Berger - a captivating force that immediately draws us in. Her work is characterized by a unique composi...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Observing The Fish Catch of the Day
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6130 A woman observing the fish catch of the day
Gilt frame image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$375 Sale Price
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Fisherman With Octopus Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3074 Italian Fisherman Portrait, oil on canvas applied to a board, displayed in a wood frame, signed lower left by E.Mori
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Putting Up Birdhouses, Original Cover for The Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Saturday Evening Post cover, June 9, 1951
'John Clymer, while migrating through Wyoming in a motorcar, was amazed at the variety of birds that go there summers to keep house....
Category
American Realist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bullfighting Scene oil on board painting
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Title: Bullfighting Scene
Technique: Oil on board
Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 inches
Period: 20th century
Art Movement: Figurative Expression...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Preparing for the English Fox Hunt Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6139 English oil painting of men on horseback preparing for the fox hunt.
Painted on wood panel
Signed Dave
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Equestrian White Stallion Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3949 White stallion equestrian oil on artist board set in a walnut frame
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$475 Sale Price
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A Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Bull Fight by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern painting of a bull fight by notable Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Oil on canvas, in a dark walnut brown stained frame. Painted most likely in...
Category
American Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Audience, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 28, 1956.
The Post described, “The cows don't realize it is rude t...
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage American School Modernist Abstract Seascape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract seascape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Handsomely framed in wide modern wood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century Le Coq Gaulois, French Roosters
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming painting of colorful Gallic "Le Coq Gaulois" roosters by listed California artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903-1997), circa 1950.
Born in...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Nature morte au poisson
Located in Madrid, ES
FRANCISCO BORES
Spanish, 1898 - 1972
NATURE MORTE AU POISSON
signed and dated "Borès 53" (lower right)
oil on canvas
19-3/4 x 24 inches (50 x 61 cm.)
framed: 21-1/2 x 25-3/4 inches (...
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Impressionist Dog Portrait Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist dog portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 9 by 9 inches. Handsomely framed in giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lions - Oil Painting - 1950 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Lions is an oil painting realized by an unknown artist.
Oil on canvas, signed lower right ''Lync...'' (last letter illegible), below dated 1945, patch with retouch on the nose of t...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Riviera : The Cabriolet - Original oil painting, Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
André Cottavoz (1922-2012)
French Riviera : The cabriolet, 1951
Oil on paper applied on panel
Signed and dated lower left
On panel 21.5 x 33.5 cm (8.4 x 13.1 in)
Presented in a fram...
Category
Modern 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Steer
By Roger Desmare
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century gouache painting of long horned steer in warm tones of browns and greens by French artist Roger Desmare, 1952. Signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed o...
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cattle at Pasture
, Danish Impressionist Landscape oil, Paris, France
By Gunnar Bundgaard
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'G. Bundgaard' for Gunnar Bundgaard (Danish, 1920-2005) and dated '57'.
A light-filled, panoramic landscape showing Holstein cattle grazing in a grassy field beneath sun-lit clouds.
This listed Danish painter first studied at Copenhagen's Gronvang School where he was particularly influenced by the romantic academic style of Niels Pederson...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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