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Period: 1950s
Violinist, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Violinist Year: 1958 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 12 x 15 inches Frame Size: 20 x 22.5 inches
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950 s Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in a artists studio
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe
Located in London, GB
'The Banana Plantation Guadeloupe', oil on canvas, by Robert Humblot (1959). In 1959, when the artist visited French Guadeloupe, he painted several colo...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady in the Paris Park
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful young lady in a Paris Park, signed, Original Frame, listed size includes the frame.
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Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Portrait of Girl in Blue Dress - British Post Impressionist 50s art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This interesting British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by artist Peter Field. Painted circa 1955 it is a head and shoulders portrait of a dark-haired young woman with p...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman in Blue , Danish Royal Academy, Brooklyn Museum, Kolding
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'A.S.' for Anton Schroder (Danish, 1893-1965) and dated 1953. A substantial, modernist oil painting of a young woman, shown seated and gazing to her left with ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parent and Child
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century tempera painting on paper in warm orange tones of parent with child by French artist Clairet, 1956. Signed and dated lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on ...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Tempera

Mary Vincent and the Convict, Good Housekeeping Illustration - Mid Century
Located in Miami, FL
Al Parker was one of America's greatest and most inventive illustrators. He did work for magazines such as: Chatelaine, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's Home Companion. ...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Gouache, Pencil

Gambler s Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This illustration was published as the paperback cover for Gambler's Girl by Kermit Welles, Original Novels 704, 1951.
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Other Art Style 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Brownie Blond Girl Scout - 4th of July Salute with American Flag
By Ellen Barbara Segner
Located in Miami, FL
This poster-like mid-century illustration of Little Miss Sunbeam in her Brownie uniform depicts her in a patriotic three-finger salute against an American Flag. It's by the celebrat...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil

1950 s Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed. The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Oils on artists ...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mid Century Portrait of Artist Doris Rohr of Carmel
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of Carmel artist Doris Estelle Rohr by listed California artist Abel George (Buck) Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962). Signed "A.G. Warshawsky Dec. 22 52...
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century fauvist portrait of a girl with colorful, textured impasto by Mary Sheppard (American, 20th Century), 1956. Signed and dated "Mary Sheppard '56" lower right. Unframed. Im...
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Fauvist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman Figure Study, circa 1959-60 Signed with initials lower left Gouache on Racing Form newspaper Sight 9 x 7 inches Provenance Private Collection, Montecito, California Pr...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Newsprint

1950 s Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s ...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Signed Vintage American Modernist Fortune Teller Interior Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist fortune teller interior scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 16 inches overall, and 9.5 by 13 painting alone. In excellent original ...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Ink Portrait - The Farmhand
Located in Houston, TX
Ink portrait of a weathered farmhand by Jean Baptiste Grancher, circa 1954. Initialed and artist's stamp lower right. Original artwork on paper display...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Bay Area Figurative Movement Portrait of a Woman in Oil on Artist s Board 1950s
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Figurative Movement Portrait of a Woman in Oil on Artist's Board 1950s Portrait of a woman man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The woman is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutral expression. She has dark hair and a slender nose, and is wearing a blue dress. A distinctive bay area figurative movement portrait by well known San Francisco artist Honora Berg. Signed "H. Berg" in on verso. Stamp from Miller Fine Art on verso Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Initialed and numbered "HB 122 " on verso Unframed. Board size: 24.75"H x 19"W Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
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American Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Illustration Board

Portrait of a Lady - British Post Impressionist exh 1950 s art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
An original oil on panel by Pauline Glass. This stunning oil is a bold, adventurous and confident portrait of a woman by a very talented British listed female artist. Comparisons wit...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Lady in Blue - British Post Impressionist 50 s art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This interesting British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted female artist Pauline Glass. Painted circa 1950 it is a generous head and shoulders of a lady dressed in...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Mexican Interior Scene Scene with Figures and Fish" Expressionistic Style
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wond...
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Expressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

The couple - Oil on wood 38x49 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood New wooden frame with golden patina 59,5 x 47,5 x 3,5 cm Illegible signature
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Cubist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Young Man - Modern British Impressionist Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
* No US duty or taxes to pay on this item * A beautiful 1950's Modern British oil on board portrait of a young man wearing a blue jacket. Excellent quality portrait which is present...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of a Young Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rendered with the etherial background and casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject of this work is instead a youn...
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American Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

The harlequin and the rooster - Oil on wood 35x49 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood New wooden frame with golden patina 58,5 x 45 x 3,5 cm Illegible signature
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Expressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Seated figure "Gong Hill Border of Tanganyika - Kenya"
Located in Genève, GE
Oil on wood Golden wooden frame 84.5 x 73.5 x 6.5 cm
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Flamenco
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an magnificent original oil on panel by American artist Ron Blumberg (1908-2002) Flamenco, is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1955, with an image dimension of 12 x 9 ...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

A Soulful Modernist Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...
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American Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid Century Portrait of a Girl in Bonnet
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a girl in bonnet by listed artist Helen Mae Enoch Gleiforst (American,1903-1997), circa 1950. Unframed. Signed "Gleiforst" lower left corner. Image size: 20"H...
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American Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Portrait of a Young Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rendered with the casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject in this work is instead a young man. The artist's sign...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

1950 s French Modernist/ Cubist Painting Signed - Male Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Male Portrait by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed Size: 11 x 10.5 inches Condition: very good and ready to be ...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

1950 s French Modernist/ Cubist Painting, Side Portrait of Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on board, unframed Size: 10 x 7 inches Condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed...
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1950s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

1950 s Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman reading, seated
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude woman seated reading in an interior. The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during t...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Antique American School Signed Framed Modernist "Massage" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American signed interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Signed. Framed. Image size, 14L x 11H.
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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 Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, 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 Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

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 Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

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 Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

1950 s Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior
Located in Woodbury, CT
1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...
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Abstract Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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 Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jewish Man Playing Viol, Framed Oil Painting by Abraham Straski, 1952
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jewish Man Playing Viol (3-F) Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1952 Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 16 x 11.5 in. (40.64 x 29.21 cm) Frame Si...
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, 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 Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl with Red Hair
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming portrait of a young girl with red hair wearing a typical mid-century frilly dress and high-cut bangs, by an unknown artist (American,...
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American Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

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 Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

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 Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Framed Polish Rabbi, Realist Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi Year: 1952 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 16 x 12 inches Frame Size: 26 x 20 inches
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rabbi with Torah, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski 1950
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rabbi with Torah Abraham Straski, Polish (1903–1987) Date: 1950 Oil on Canvas on Wood, signed and dated Size: 16 x 12 in. (40.64 x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 19.5 x 15.5 inches
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood

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 Portrait Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Cubist Abstract VI, Contemporary Oil Painting by Female Artist Miriam Bromberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cubist Abstract VI Miriam Bromberg Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 40 in. (60.96 x 101.6 cm)
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Cubist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

The Letter-American Scene Painting. Ladies Gossiping. Best Friends.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer captures the moment when two friends open a letter with shocking news. A master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life, Singer realistically po...
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American Realist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Die Sängerin, " Dorothea Stefula, illustration, acrylic, figurative, ca 1950-60
By Dorothea Stefula
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Dorothea Stefula was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1914 and studied at the art academy in Hamburg. Stefula illustrated numerous children's books, designed postage stamps, painted fresc...
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Modern 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

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 Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil, Acrylic

Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
Located in New York, NY
Richard Joseph Ericson (American, 1922-2010) Untitled, 1950 Oil on canvas 36 x 25 in. Signed lower right: RJE '50 Richard Joseph Ericson (b. October 22, 1922-d. November 21, 2010), born in Chicago, Illinois. Son of Claire (b. 1899) and Arthur Ericson (b. 1899). His father was an accountant for a food products company and the family moved to Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York, when he was a young child. Ericson, a twin, first began to draw at age five and took up painting in oils at age twelve. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City in 1941, where he received an honorable mention during the annual scholarship competition held that year. During this period he worked as a commercial artist. After America's entry in World War II Ericson enlisted in the Army in 1942, where he served as a warrant officer. He saw service in North Africa, France, and Germany. While overseas, he did many drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners of war who had been captured in Sicily and southern Italy. While performing his duties during 1943 and 1944 he found time to paint several important, large scale portraits of the prisoners who were happy to pose for him. As the war concluded he was able to visit Holland to study. After nearly three years overseas, Ericson returned to America and traveled back to his home town of Chicago where he furthered his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. He married in 1948 and moved his young family to Mexico, where he attended Mexico City College. He studied art and exhibited while living there, receiving his Master of Arts degree, cum laude, in 1953. For a time after his return to the United States he taught art in Dutchess County, New York, where he and his wife built their own house by hand. Eventually the family, which would come to include seven sons, settled in Hicksville, Long Island, New York. Ericson joined the staff of Hicksville High School as the art teacher in 1962, a position he would hold until his retirement in 1983. As a teacher, Ericson was open to all fields and styles of art, constantly experimenting and experiencing new forms and styles. He had started printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints, etchings, and wood block prints. He also continued to paint, creating portraits, scenes in southern Dutchess County, and Long Island landscapes - for which he would become well known. Ericson grew to love the area in which he lived, and depicted it quite often in his paintings. He became enamored with the historic village of Cold Spring Harbor...
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Surrealist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Hunter - Oil Painting - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
The hunter is a modern artwork realized by a european artist in 1952. Mixed colored oil on plywood. Includes frame:34.5 x 3 x 26.5 Monogrammed "GV" and datet 1952 on the lower lef...
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Neo-Expressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Rabbi Reading, Oil Painting by Abraham Straski
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Abraham Straski, Polish (1903 - 1987) Title: Untitled - Polish Rabbi F Year: 1952 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Image Size: 10 x 7.5 inches Frame Size: 17.5 x 15 inches
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Post-War 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Woman in Red Hat - American 50s art Post Impressionist oil painting
By David L Swasey
Located in Hagley, England
This captivating post-Impressionist portrait is by American artist David L Swasey circa 1953. The painting depicts a seated woman, turning to look at the artist with stunning blue ey...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

La Baloneuse Framed Signed Painting
By Emile Wegelin
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Emile Wegelin: Capturing the Essence of Nature.  Painting on Hardboard   Size-Width Size-Height: 32'' x 25'' Signed in Ink Emile Wegelin (1875-1962) devoted his life to paintin...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Acrylic

Portrait of Sonia, Oil Painting by Jan De Ruth c1950
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922 - 1991) Title: Portrait of Sonia Berg Year: circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 20 in. (60.96 cm x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 33 x...
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American Impressionist 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abstract with Man Verso - British fifties abstract art oil painting green blue
Located in Hagley, England
This fantastic British Abstract oil painting is by artist Peter Field. It was painted circa 1955 on canvas and there is an equally good portrait of a man verso. The composition has l...
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Abstract 1950s Portrait Paintings

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Oil

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