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Period: 1950s
Irish mid century river landscape, Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal
Located in Woodbury, CT
Irish mid-century landscape of Mulroy Bay, Co. Donegal. Well painted scene of the Irish landscape with water and mountains. The artist was active during the 1950s-1960s and these s...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Irish mid century river landscape, Errigal, Co. Donegal
Located in Woodbury, CT
Irish mid-century landscape of Errigal, Co. Donegal. Well painted scene of the Irish landscape with water and mountains. The artist was active during the 1950s-1960s and these soug...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Basket Weaver with his Baskets for the Market 1950s figurative oil Expressive and detail portrait of a weaver and his baskets, heading to market by California impressionist nna Oley...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Mid Century Portrait of Wine Enologist Claude Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wine Enologist Claude Wolf - Mid Century Portrait A stately mid-century portrait of Claude Wolf (1904-1973), a vintner Enologist by Abel George Warshawsky...
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Photorealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Adoration of the Golden Calf - Oil Painting by Willemsz I de Wet - 17th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Adoration of the Golden Calf is an original modern artwork realized by Jacob Willemsz I de Wet (Haarlem, c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691) in the half o...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horse Traners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UMBERTO ROMANO "HORSE TRAINERS" OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1952 23.74 X 35.75 INCHES Born: 1905 - Naples, Italy Died: 1984 - New York C...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Horse Traners
$1,853 Sale Price
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Eugene Brands 1956 Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eugene Brands: 1913-2002. Very important Dutch painter with auction records over $165,000. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde Cobra School. This powerful example is oil o...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Still Life With Roses - Oil Painting - 1950 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Still life of roses is an artwork of mid-20th made by an unknown artist. Oil on canvas, monogrammed H.v.D. and dated (19)57 lower left. 36 x 30 cm, framed 45 x 38 cm. Very good c...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique Ashcan School Modernist New York Street Scene Rare "Fire Hydrant Pool"
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent conditio...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
Chuzo Tamotzu Tama, Mimi, Chan, circa 1950 Signed lower left Oil on canvasboard 40 1/2 x 28 inches Tamotzu was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1888. He was educated in poli...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Once The Master - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
By Benjamin G. Vaganov
Located in Soquel, CA
Once The Master - Mid Century Figurative Landscape "Once the Master" a portrait of a Zuni Master Potter in contrast with the emergent modernism around him. He is beneath an adobe an...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Egg Tempera, Cardboard

Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Boy and Guitar Original oil by Angeli - Italy circa 1960 Classical portrait of a young boy ad his guitar by Angeli, an unknown Italian painter (Italy, 20th Century). Roc...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Knight and Girl - Painting - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Knight and Girl is an original painting realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s. Painting in tempera, watercolor, and China ink on paper. Included a Passepartout: 41 x 51 cm. ...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Ink, Tempera, Watercolor

Seymour Remenick Large Modernist Figurative Oil Painting "Folk Singers" Hippies
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower left Seymour Remenick (1923-1999) American; Philadelphia, PA. Oil on canvas painting Folk Singers and musicians.Seymour Remenick (1923-1999), was born in Detroit,...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antoni Costa Woman. original figurative academician drawing painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
woman. original figurative academician drawing painting.. frame Barcelona, 1904 - Barcelona, 1965 It was formed in Buenos Aires, in the Circle of San Lucas of Barcelona and the FAD....
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Academic 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Abstract Figurative Framed Oil Painting - Enigma
Located in Bristol, GB
ENGIMA Size: 49 x 57 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas An emotive and skillfully executed mid-century abstract figurative composition, painted in oil onto canvas. The piece featur...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Picnic in the Park - Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century figurative landscape of a a group of figures, sitting on the lake shore with a guitar by Francis Albert Genta (French, 1901-1989), c.1950. Signed "A. Genta" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 18"H x 24"W. Albert Genta was born in Paris, France in 1901 and is primarily known for painting female portraits and landscapes. Albert Genta (Francis Albert Genta) is a painter French specialist naked , born 13 September 1901 in Paris 12th and died on 5 September 1989 in the 20th, Paris . He was a female nude painter...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil, Paper

Vintage Original Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre with Yellow Scarf
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful old Hollywood portrait of a middle aged Peter Lorre (1904-1964) by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), circa 1955. Unsigned. Acquired with oth...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

1950s New York City Abstract Skyline - Moody Night Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning 1951 oil painting on board by renowned American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell captures an abstracted New York City skyline in a rich nocturnal color palette of black, ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Village near St. Petersburg" cm. 66 x 71 Oil 1959 Countryside, Party, Summer
Located in Torino, IT
Countryside, Party, Summer,Green, Signed in the bottom right corner. Shipment included in the price GLEB SAVINOV (Charkev, 1915 – St. Petersburg, 2000) Works by Gleb Savinov can b...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“The Wizard”
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Clown - Original Mixed by Antonio Vangelli - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Clown is an original contemporary artwork, colored oil painting on paper, realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli. Original mixed media artwork. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left: Vangelli. Excellent conditions. On the back of the artwork, reflected image of the Clown. Beautiful colorful work on paper depicting a Clown: figure of a typical circus games...
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Contemporary 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
Toits Rouges à Menton by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Oil on board 40 x 56.5 cm (15 ¾ x 21 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower left, Manzana Pissarro 1953 The last years of his...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Still Life Gray" Cubist Oil Painting
By Lowell Daunt Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Great early Lowell Collins cubist neutral toned still life on canvas. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and titled by artist. Artist Biography: Born in San Antonio but raised i...
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Cubist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Seaside. - Painting by Fioravante Seibezzi - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seaside is an original modern artwork realized by Fioravante Seibezzi in the mid-20th Century. Oil on wood. Includes frame Fioravante Seibezzi (Venice 1906...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Oil

Paris Opera
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely oil painting of elegant people at the Paris Opera. Nice original frame.
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paris Opera
$750 Sale Price
40% Off
Reclining Nude in Interior , California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with estate stamp. Framed dimensions: 21 H x 1.5 D x 24.75 W inches Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Vic...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil

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...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Standing Figure - Mid-Century American Portrait Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Mid-century city life is captured in this Clyde Singer portrait, Standing Figure, where he depicts a woman posing in 1954. An accomplished American Scene painter, Singer successful...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Pitcher Crystal - OIl Painting by Antonio Scordia- 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Pitcher Crystal is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Scordia in 1955. Oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Titled, signed and dated on t...
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Contemporary 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Woman portrait. 1955, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 40.6 cm Provenance Bonhams
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Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

At the Beach - Oil Painting on Canvas by Ivan Mosca - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
At the Beach is an original artwork realized by Ivan Mosca in 1950. Original oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed and dated on the back. The artwork represents a group of people at...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Portrait of the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century self-portrait by California artist Myrtle Cureton (American, 1909-2000). Signed "Myrtle Cureton" lower left. Artist's Santa Cruz Art League ...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Portrait of an Israeli Boy
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Classic Subject: Portrait Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions: 21.25" x 18.25" Dimensions w/Frame: 28.75" x 25.75" Bacia Gordon (1904-1977) came to the United States from Poland and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. She traveled widely the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Israel. She was a member of, and has exhibited with Artists Equity, Jewish Arts Club, the Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, The Chicago Art Institute, and in Migdal Ashkalon, Israel. She was also a member of the Chicago Society of Artists. Her work is represented in many private collections in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Paul, Rockford, Milwaukee, and Chicago. Mrs. Gordon spent much time in Israel in the 1950s and 1960s, and most of the works in this web site reflect her stay there. The New York art critic, Alfred Werner, has said: “I find Mrs. Gordon’s freedom of paint aesthetically rewarding. She blends the reporter’s task of objectively recording appearance with the poet’s privilege of imprinting subjective reaction upon exterior reality... Here is the talent that often omits details, to let the spectator fill in, that prefers an allegorical hint to a straight tale, and that translates the strangeness of Maabaroth and Kibbutzim into terms of universally acceptable humanity” An Israeli critic has written of Mrs. Gordon : “The Jewish Daughter, born in Lithuania and reared in the United States, was stirred by the miracle of the Ingathering of the Exiles. The men, women and children she pictures thrill and pulsate with life because of her warm and loving brush.” "My first encounter with Israel in 1955 was inspiring and productive. It was a birds-eye view of the land and the people – the kibbutz, the village, the settlement, the Maabora, the Huleh project, Lachish at its inception, dedicated Israelis, new immigrants and the military of all ranks. I lived among people of many lands sketching and painting. I felt a great urgency to record and interpret. Working at an accelerated pace – line and color merged as I endeavored to express the universal qualities in these people. It was a tremendously stimulating experience and resulted in rechanneling my creative energy. I sketched and I wandered. I sketched in the Uval Gad where pipes are made to carry water to the Negev. I wandered among the bewildered white-robed bearded men of Morocco in Lachish… and among the older Yemenite settlements in Migdal Ashkalon. In Tiberias I saw people dressed in all garbs, the orthodox mantles of the polish ghetto and the oriental robes...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw Bright, bold and colorful oil painting of a Jazz Club c.1950s. Signed in the lower right corner "Sandra Thaw". ...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Woman
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern abstract painting by American female New York City artist Irene Zevon titled "Woman" created in 1959. This painting despite being titled "Woman" is most likely a self-por...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
1958 Mid-Century Landscape – Dramatic Red Sunset Over Field, Oil on Canvas
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A stunning mid-century landscape oil painting by Danish artist Max Victor (1919-1993), signed and dated July 3, 1958. The beautiful composition portrays a vast, open field under a ...
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Land 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Flamenco Dancer , Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu Estate (American, 1914-1988) stamp verso and painted circa 1955. Framed dimensions: 18 x 1 x 13 inches Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Oil

Sketch of Carla at Age 12
By Jacquelinne White
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacquelinne White– American (1919-2008) Title: Sketch of Carla at the Age of 12 Year: 1957 Medium: Oil on canvas Sight size: 37.5 x 27.5 Framed size: 41 x 31 inches Signatur...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Stroll in the Park
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape of a woman walking through a San Francisco park with two children, while another woman sits on a nearby bench with a b...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Abstract Procession Jewish Wedding Chuppah Oil Painting Modernist Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Sabina Teichman: (1905-1983) Studied at Columbia Univ. (BA, MA), also with Charles J. Martin and Arthur J. Young. Exhibits include WMAA, Art USA, 1958, PAAM, Butler Institute Amer. Art, Audubon Artists Ann., Womens Westchester Center. Sabina Teichman's paintings have a touch of fauvist vitality and responsiveness and color. Her Lyrical Paintings convey the great joy of life which is hers. the joy is so profound that it cannot be obtained in traditional art forms and so it has become necessary for Sabina to create new forms to express the euphoria. As the dynamic colors emerge from her luxuriously coated brush, she surrenders to a newly realized adventure in abstract expressionism. A boldness belies he femininity which yields an exciting style and a joyful freshness. Sabina Teichman illuminates the canvas with strokes of color that affect the very soul of the viewer , for she feels that color inspires the inner being of man. Her response to color elation. Dynamic colors emerge from the luxuriously coated brush of this artist, surrendering to her newly realized adventure in abstract impressionism. A boldness belies her femininity which yields an exciting style and a joyful freshness. Sabina Teichman illuminates the canvas with strokes of color that affect the very soul of the viewer, for she knows as did Goethe, that color inspires the inner being of man. Sabina Teichman's own response to color is elation. Widely known as a figurative painter, one reviews her earlier style only to find that all shapes lived within the surrounding of abstract settings which now dominate her most recent paintings. The Vatican Museum's collection of contemporary art has acquired Sabina Teichman's painting The Prophet given in response to an expressed desire of a representative of Pope Paul VI, who said that, to the best of his knowledge, it was the first painting by a living American to become part of the Vatican. Member of Audubon Artists, Provincetown Art Association Argent Galleries, New York, 1947. Salpeter Gallery, New York, 1949, 1952, 1954. Shore Galleries, Boston, 1955. A C A Gallery, New York, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1969. A C A Gallery, Rome, 1965. Orpheus...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
Located in Riga, LV
View of Paris from Montmartre. 1955, oil on canvas, 38x46 cm
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Basking in the Sun - Mid Century Modern Multicolor Female Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Multi-colored figurative oil painting of a woman in bikini bathing in the California sun by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). The colorful background is...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Seated Nude - Oil Paint by Giuseppe Torelli - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Torelli in 1950s. Oil on cardboard. 64x48 cm with frame. Handsigned in the lower right margin.
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Early Naturalistic Painting of Two Lounging Nude Female Figures in Nature
Located in Houston, TX
Early naturalistic figurative painting by Danish painter Niels Peter Bolt. Known for his still life paintings of large floral bouquets, this work is a testament to his artistic range...
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Naturalistic 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Figure Seated in Interior , Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Figure Seated in Interior' by Millicent Tomkins, 1959. Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art ---- Signed lower left, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins ...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Paul Girol Large oil on canvas 1955
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover a masterful work by Paul Girol, a large oil on canvas dating from 1955. This painting, signed in the lower left corner, captures an outdoor leisure scene, where elegant figu...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Soleil de Novembre - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Alexandre Jacob
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board landscape circa 1950 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of a marsh water mill. The yellow glow of the low Nov...
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Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Woman Sewing , Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1970. A substantial American Expressionist figural oil painting of a woman with copper hair wearing a cream and lilac...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled Couple Mid Century Jewish Expressionist OIl Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstracted painting of a man and a woman, the paint has been applied to textured plastic. An abstracted painting of a couple applying paint to the textured plastic surface. Genre Expressionist Fauvist Subject People Medium Acrylic Plastic Surface Board Country United States Dimensions 24" x 11 1/2" She exhibited her painting at the famous Jewish art show held at the Dallas Museum Contemporary Fine Arts Exhibition of the American Jewish Tercentenary in 1955 alogside artists Aarons, George, Benn, Ben, Berkman, Aaron, Bloom, Hyman Bohrod, Aaron Gottlieb, Adolph, Gropper, William, Gross, Chaim Gurr, Lena amongst others. Born in 1899, Belle Golinko is a listed Jewish mid...
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Expressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Plastic, Oil

The Green Hat Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1954. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris where he studied with Andre L’Hote...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Pensive With Nosegay Mid Century Modern Oil Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Pensive with nosegay - Painted in Berkeley CA. painting size 10x8 with frame 16x14x1 Jon (Corka) Cornin 1905-1992 Born in New York City on March 24, 1905, Jon Cornin studied in Ne...
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American Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

“Children in the Park”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on masonite encaustic painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated top right, 1952. In good to very good condition. Provenance: Est...
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Modern 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Bossou - Sacred Bull, Powerful Lwa (Spirit) Haitian Vodou
Located in Miami, FL
At first glance, Préfète Duffaut's depiction of Bossou from 1954 might be mistaken for a Picasso or a Miro. The work is highly abstract, packed with symbolic meaning akin to Surrea...
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Outsider Art 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Film Noir. Pulp Mystery That police officer knows you. Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
Film noir crime drama painted in a single frame. In narrative art, telling a story in a single image is harder than doing it in episodes. "'That police officer...
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American Realist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

20th Century Seascape Italian Signed Remo Testa Painting Fishermen at Sunset
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, glued on cardboard, depicting Seascape with boats and fishermen at sunset, in impressionist style, of good pictoria...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Woman Seated , Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Laid Paper

Mid-Century Cosmopolitan Illustration Surreal Family Narrative
Located in Miami, FL
A complex story is portrayed in one picture. American Glamour Illustrator Jon Whitcomb interprets a Mid-Century Cosmopolitan story about a beautiful blond actress who, on set, appea...
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Surrealist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

"The Artist as a Young Man" - Ashcan School Artist Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Hal Frater (American, 1909-2008) "The Artist as a Young Man" 1950 Oil paint on canvas, stretcher bars The artist signed the bottom right and the back of the painting. Framed Dimensions: 25" x 19" x 1.5" Hal Frater's "The Artist as a Young Man" is a striking piece that captures the essence of the artist himself, rendered in a raw, emotive style. The palette is earthy, with natural browns and creams contrasted against subdued blues and hints of muted red, evoking a sense of both the mundane and the profound. Frater's use of color and form reflects a contemplative mood, a moment of introspection. The artist's gaze is direct and unflinching, suggesting resilience and a deep inner life. This mid-20th-century piece, evocative of American Realism, offers a personal narrative, exploring themes of identity and self-perception. About the Artist: Hal Frater was not just an artist, but a storyteller who left us on February 3, 2008, on the cusp of his 99th birthday. His fifty-year tenure as a commercial artist was a testament to his adaptability and appeal. Yet it was in his private studio where Frater’s true passion lay, painting not for clients, but for his own soul's expression. His work, always striving to capture the nuances of the human spirit, reflected his sharp observational skills. His artistry was honed not in formal schools but alongside his peers in spontaneous gatherings, painting from life, sharing techniques and critiques that fueled their collective growth. Influenced by the likes of Jack Levine, Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and Phillip Reisman...
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Ashcan School 1950s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
A gentle mid-century portrait of a young girl by Pascal "Pablo" Cucaro (American, 1915-2004). Sealed in a layer of clear resin. Signed in a black textured medium, lower left: "cucaro...
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American Impressionist 1950s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil, Acrylic

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