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Consumed by the Flames
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted artist and illustrator
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Pin-up and the P.I.
By Rafael DeSoto
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Intoxicatingly sexy, this small preliminary gouache painting on illustration board is by noted
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Murder On Broadway
By Victor Kalin
Located in Minneapolis, MN
allure of the mystery of Vickie Crane, the femme fatale pictured in Kalin's illustration, who was "the
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Wild Body
By Howard Purcell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Large, dramatically lit, and alluring, this gouache on illustration board painting by Howard
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Hell Cat
By Harry Barton
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A signed gouache on illustration board painting by Harry Barton, created as the cover for Dorine
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
On The Fence
By Sam Cherry
Located in Minneapolis, MN
book cover illustration by Sam Cherry. Painted in the 1950s, an oil on illustration board which was
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Maid in Muskegon
By Ben-Hur Baz
Located in Minneapolis, MN
An iconic and rare surviving pin-up painting by Ben-Hur Baz which was published as a calendar with the title Maid In Muskegon. The image shows a strawberry blonde hot number seductiv...
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
A Study in Red
By William (Bill) Medcalf
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A sassy and sexy bathing beauty pin-up painting by William Medcalf, a first tier pin-up artist and long-time illustrator for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company of Saint Paul, Minne...
Category
1950s Pop Art Portrait Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Buell
s Beauties - June 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1959 for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company, and first appeared as the June 1961 image for a 12 page calendar...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
For I Have Sinned
By Victor Olson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This dark and mesmerizing oil painting was created as cover art for the 1955 Pyramid paperback book title "For I Have Sinned - The Confession Of A Paris Streetwalker", by Ruth Sachs....
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Miss Peru
By Ted Withers
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Ted Withers created this spirited painting for a 1959 Brown & Bigelow "Girls From Foreign Shores" themed 12-page pin-up calendar. This painting appeared as the month of May, alongsid...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Trailer-Camp Girl
By Isabel Dawson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A subversive and suggestive gouache painting by Isabel Dawson which appeared as the cover of the Stallion Books paperback Trailer Camp Girl, a 1953 offering written by Doug Duperault...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Jewel Flowers In Hawaiian Lei
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A colorful fresh to the market signed and inscribed pastel by Rolf Armstrong showcasing Jewel Flowers, his most iconic model, muse, closest friend and confidant. Flowers is pictured ...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
How to Hypnotize
By Virgil Finlay
Located in Minneapolis, MN
pulp cover illustration from this long running title, this was for many years part of the storied
Category
1950s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
The White Tower
By Albert Schmidt
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is an exciting, fresh-to-the-market paperback book cover illustration by Al Schmidt for the
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Snowbound
By Charles Fracé
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A remarkable and early oil on illustration board painting by the well listed east coast artist
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Mambo to Murder
By Harry Barton
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on illustration board painting by Harry Barton was created as cover art for the 1955
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Lesson Learned
By William (Bill) Medcalf
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A large format, detailed preliminary calendar illustration by William Medcalf for a calendar
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Houseboy
By Victor Olson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This oil on illustration board Pyramid Books paperback cover painting was created by by Victor
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
French Alley
By Rudy Nappi
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Bold, large and provocative, a sensational scandalous paperback cover painting by Rudy Nappi which was created for use as the cover of French Alley by Matthew Clay. Part of the Star ...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
The Taj Mahal
By Chesley Bonestell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
The majestic Taj Mahal beckons in this extraordinary complex and detailed gouache painting by the prolific and influential American science fiction genre illustrator Chesley Bonestel...
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
For I Have Sinned
By Victor Olson
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This dark and mesmerizing oil painting was created as cover art for the 1955 Pyramid paperback book title "For I Have Sinned - The Confession Of A Paris Streetwalker", by Ruth Sachs....
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Well Red
By Edward D
Ancona
Located in Minneapolis, MN
An under-dressed, red-headed, blue-eyed breezy co-ed sweater girl with legs for miles catches up on some reading at the library in this original calendar pin-up painting by Edward D'...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
The Girl From the Mimosa Club
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This dramatic and tightly rendered painting by Edwin Georgi illustrates "The Girl from the Mimosa Club" an interior story from the February 17, 1956 issue of The Saturday Evening Pos...
Category
1950s American Realist Mixed Media
Materials
Illustration Board, Mixed Media
Buell
s Beauties - September 1961
By Alfred Leslie Buell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This original gouache and ink Al Buell published pin up was painted in 1957 for the Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company, and first appeared as the September 1961 image for a 12 page cal...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, India Ink
Modernist Abstract in Yellow, Red, Black and White, Oil Painting, Late 1950s
By Calvin Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s oil on paperboard abstract is by Bay Area painter, printmaker, and designer Calvin Anderson (b. 1925). He studied at CCAC and Art Center College in the 1940s and worked a...
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Being a Mother Yourself...
By Stan Galli
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This humorous yet disturbing Americana illustration from 1951 captures the exasperation of an
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Girl from the Mimosa Club, Part II
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Offered here is a lovely and glamorous gouache on illustration board painting by American artist
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
The Body
By Nicholas Solovioff
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A lurid and outright creepy cover painting by Nicholas Solovioff for the August, 1955 edition of "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", loosely illustrated the interior story "Bride In D...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Woman with Brooch in Grey Tailleur.
By Carl Oscar August Erickson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Woman with Brooch in Grey Tailleur.
Signed Eric
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Ink, Pen
Final Preliminary Study for Delightful
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
On offer is the final original preliminary pastel by Rolf Armstrong for his late 1950s Brown & Bigelow Calendar Company calendar "Delightful". Hand signed by the artist, this pin-up...
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
True Strange Marilyn Monroe
By Tom Beecham
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A truly bizarre pop culture cover painting for the August 1957 edition of the short-lived True Strange Magazine. The title is fascinating to us, an attempt to merge the men's magazin...
Category
1950s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Laid Paper, Oil
Original Motorcycle Sport Event Poster For Schleizer Dreieck Rennen Motor Racing
Located in London, GB
motorcycle road championship held on the Schleizer Dreieck motor racing circuit in Thuringen on 23 July 1950
Category
1950s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Set of 3 S. Lichtenstein Original Fashion Pastel and Inks
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of three fabulous 1950's fashion illustrations. Each is gouache and ink on paper. Signed S
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vintage Japanese Modern Design chair and ottoman
Located in New York, NY
Art in 1994. (See accompanying catalog,"Japanese Design: A survey since 1950" for illustration.
Category
20th Century Japanese Chairs
Materials
Steel
Original Vintage Car Racing Poster Motor Sport Penya Rhin Grand Prix Gran Premio
Located in London, GB
, Pedralbes 1946, 1948, 1950, 1954). Great illustration for the Carrera Internacional IX Gran Premio VI Copa
Category
1940s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Monochromatic Mid Century Fashion Illustration, Circa 1950
By Marjorie Ullberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This late 1940s- early 1950s ink on paper illustration of a woman in a dress is by illustrator
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Flowy Yellow Coat Gouache
Ink 1950
s Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in bright yellow coat is by fashion
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Fashion Illustration in Gouache, 1950s
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s gouache and ink on paper illustration of a women's dress is by San Francisco Gump’s
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Lady in Elegant 1950
s Winter Coat Parisian Fashion Illustration Sketch
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1950's fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Other
Rene Bouche Framed Original 1950
s Blue Coat Illustration for Vogue
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Rene Bouche Framed Original Blue Coat Illustration for Vogue.
Rene Bouche was Vogue's in house
Category
1970s American Decorative Objects
Mid Century Party Dress Fashion Illustration
By Marjorie Ullberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This early 1950s watercolor and ink on paper fashion illustration is by illustrator Marjorie
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Vintage Wedding Dress Gouache
Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a vintage wedding dress with bell-shaped cuffs
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Black Skirt Suit Gouache
Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in a black skirt suit with slits and a
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Black Evening Gown Fashion Illustration in Gouache, 1950s
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s gouache and ink on paper illustration of a black evening gown is by fashion designer
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Lorence Bjorklund "Death Throws a Wide Loop", ink on illustration board
By Lorence Bjorklund
Located in Glenview, IL
ink drawing on illustration board representing a the aftermath of a shoot-out somewhere in the "Wild
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Vintage Floral Patterned Dress Gouache
Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in a flowy floral patterned dress is by
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Vintage Full Circle Skirt Gouache
Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in a scooped long sleeved blouse in
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Rene Bouche Framed Original 1958 Hat Illustration for Vogue
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Rene Bouche Framed Original Hat Illustration for Vogue.
Rene Bouche was Vogue's in house artist
Category
1950s American Decorative Objects
1950s British Coach Travel Poster Cat Illustration Design
By Shelia Robinson
Located in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
1950s promotional travel poster to hire a coach.
Designed by Sheila Robinson for the Eastern Counties, UK. Rolled.
Measures: H 76 cm x W 51 cm.
Category
Vintage 1950s British Mid-Century Modern Posters
Materials
Paper
Fashion Illustration in Black, Ink and Gouache Drawing, 1950s
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache on paper fashion illustration of a woman in a dress and coat is by
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Fashion Illustration in Yellow, Ink and Gouache Drawing, 1950s
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache on paper fashion illustration of a woman in a dress and coat is by
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Floral Spring Dress with Slit Sleeves Gouache
Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in a floral spring dress with slit
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Rolf Armstrong Muse Jewel Flowers
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a fun, c. 1950, unpublished pastel illustration by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Son Of The Coach
By Tom Lovell
Located in Minneapolis, MN
interior story for the October 14, 1950 issue of Collier's Magazine. A copy of the magazine is included in
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
Mid-Century Voodoo Doll
By Alex Sharpe Ross
Located in Minneapolis, MN
illustration for a mid 1950's American mainstream slick magazine. Ross was a leading American illustrator of
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
All Smiles Thumbnail Sketch
By Rolf Armstrong
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is an absolutely adorable pastel thumbnail sketch by the Father of American Pin-Up, Rolf Armstrong. Featuring the artist's muse and lifelong friend Jewel Flowers, this pastel pr...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
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