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1950s Desert Painting

Very Early 1950s Abstract Texas Desert Landscape
By Paul Maxwell
Located in Houston, TX
Early Abstract Paul Maxwell Landscape of the Texas desert done in blue tones. Watercolor on paper
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1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1950s Midcentury Desert Scenic Landscape Oil on Board in Original Frame, Signed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Mid-century artwork oil on board of desert scenic signed Purkis in its original Syroco
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paper

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Desert, figurative oil painting of man and woman in 1950s bedroom
By Kathy Osborn
Located in New York, NY
the 1950s and 60s. Osborn’s multi-step process begins with a meticulous arrangement of dollhouse
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Desert Gold, 1950s Framed Southwestern Landscape with Saguaro Cactus Mountains
By Harold Vincent Skene
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting with Mountains/Mesas, Saguaro Cactus and Trees in fall
Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Robert Weeks "Desert Verbana" Original Oil Painting c.1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Weeks "Desert Verbana" Original Oil Painting c.1950s Original oil on canvas of a desert
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Home in the Desert - Painting by Mario Asnago - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Home in the desert  is an artwork realized by Mario Asnago (Barlassina, 25 March 1896 – Monza, 28
Category

1950s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Monuments: Sunrise, 1950s Southwestern Desert Landscape Oil Painting, 24 x 30 in
By Harold Vincent Skene
Located in Denver, CO
'Monuments: Sunrise', original vintage 1950s oil painting of a southwestern desert landscape in
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1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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" Summer Evening Southwest Texas " 1909 Texas Hill Country Julian Onderdonk
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Located in San Antonio, TX
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19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle sheep in the Highlands
By Charles Jones (b.1836)
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Melchiorre Bega Set of 6 European Cherry Wood Dining Chairs, 1950s
By Melchiorre Bega
Located in New York, NY
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Oil on canvas, Naked woman lying in front of her mirror
By Robert Louis Raymond Duflos
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
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Category

1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings

Materials

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Bing Grondahl Modernist Green Tile Wall Art Piece, 1960s
By Royal Copenhagen, Bing Grøndahl
Located in Copenhagen, DK
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Category

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Materials

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Grondahl Modernist Green Tile Wall Art Piece, 1960s
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"Loot" Contemporary Abstract Blue Orange Western Cowboy Portrait Painting
Located in Houston, TX
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American Impressionist Interior of the artists studio
By Marion Huse
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Materials

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By Edith E. Ferullo
Located in Atlanta, GA
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Vintage American School Boudoir Scene Nude Female Interior Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 11L x 9H.
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1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Flat Lands" Original Landscape Mixed Media on Paper by Tom Perkinson, Framed
By Tom Perkinson
Located in Encino, CA
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Painting 18th Century Vanitas Still Life Skull Religion Esotericism Occult
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vanitas 18th century French School Oil on canvas Old frame gilded with gold leaves Dim canvas : 73 X 60 cm Dim frame : 93 X 80 cm Certificate of authenticity
Category

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Materials

Oil

THOMAS MORAN Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hermit Rim Road 1912 Chromolithograph
By Thomas Moran
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
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Category

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1940 s French Modernist Signed Oil Painting Portrait of Nude Lady with Hat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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A 1950s desert painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,000, while the lowest priced sells for $175 and the highest can go for as much as $155,000.

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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.

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Questions About 1950s Desert Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Frank Stella is the artist who became famous for his series of black paintings in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These works featured bands of black paint separated by thin, precise stripes of bare canvas. At a time when contemporary painting was all about wild gestures, thick paint and formal abandon, the “Black Paintings” created a sensation. Explore a range of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.

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