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Period: 1950s
Antique American Modernist Mid Century Figural Abstract Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring 30 by 36 inches overall and 22 by 28 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handso...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large American Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting "Blue Landscape" Oregon 1955
Located in Portland, OR
A large American Abstract Expressionist oil on canvas painting by Pacific Northwest artist Frederick Heidel ( 1915-2000), "Blue Landscape", Oregon, circa 1955.
This is a large & earl...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modern American Colorful Abstract Expressionist Painting Circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2765a A circa 1950's bold abstract expressionist painting on canvas set in a gilt wood frame Signed verso by Zari
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foil
The Orchestra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Closed Doors
By Karl Zerbe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Closed Doors, 1957, polymer tempera on Masonite, signed lower right, 20 x 40 inches, inscribed verso “Zerbe Closed Doors June 1957,” label verso reads: “Artist Karl Zerbe / No. T / T...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Polymer
Blue and White Cubic Abstract
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3310 Colorful geometric Abstract
Set in a thin gilt wood frame
Image size 13.5x19.5"
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Blue and Green Summer Abstract
By Carl Holty
Located in Greenwich, CT
A fresh and intriguing composition that keeps you looking at it. The composition is composed of summer greens, whites, blues and lavenders and also conveys figures and movement. Ho...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surreal Figurative City Landscape by Varen circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas
Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame
Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5"
Signed Varen
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique European Summer Impressionist Bustling Beach Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive European impressionist summer beach scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 24L.
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American School Framed Modernist Fall Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting by Frank Barry. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 27 by 31 inches overall and 18 by 22 painting alone. Nicely framed in a wood...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard
San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Ho...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. Sanzenbach' for Keith Sanzenbach (American, 1931-1964) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, and with the artist's Lagunitas, California address.
The ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Gouache
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen, and later attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He sub...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Gathering
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe.
His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academiJirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to open to the United States. This period was very important in his life because his father took him to many cities in Europe and exposed him to great works of art. Zorthian arrived in the United States at the age of eleven and settled with his family in New Haven, Connecticut. He obtained his formal education there, after graduating from Yale in 1932, the Winchester Fellowship granted him a year and a half at the American Academy in Rome with travel and study throughout Europe.
His art career branched into various directions on his return to the United States. As a mural painter his reputation was established. He has forty two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the finest art academies on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute.
es on the west coast including both the Chouinard Art Institute and the Otis Art Institute.
The Gathering...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1959 Geometric Abstraction by Francis Almeida Luzzatto
Located in New York, NY
Francis Almeida Luzzatto (American, 1935-1999)
Untitled, 1959
Oil on canvas
40 x 48 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower right: Luzzatto 59
Partial label verso: The Art Rental Gallery, Wa...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Fauvist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Multicolor Geometric Cubist Gouache and Watercolor Painting by André Morin
Located in Atlanta, GA
This outstanding post-cubist and multicolor geometric composition, gouache, and watercolor painting was designed by French artist André Morin (20th Century).
Geometric art is the use...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
“Untitled”
By John Little
Located in Southampton, NY
Early, original oil on canvas painting by the well known American abstract expressionist artist, John Little. Signed and dated lower right, 1958.
Signed and dated verso. Rose Fried...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French, Mid-Century View of a Port dated "59"
Located in SANTA FE, NM
View of a Port "59"
French Modernist School
Oil on canvas
Illegibly signed. l.r., dated "59"
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 (30 x 25 frame) inches
A positively brilliant, Modernist view of a French port...
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monumental Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Large scale and incredible quality in person. Confident artist at work here! Nicely framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Landscape, Abstract Expressionist Collage by Keith Morrow Martin 1959
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract collage on wood by Kenneth Morrow Martin, American (1911-1983). Exhibited: 1st Knoxville Art Center National Exhibtion, 1961
White Landscape by Keith Morrow Martin...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Varnish, Magazine Paper
Vintage Abstracted Cape Cod Landscape Original Modernist Pastel Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Signed Modernist Abstract Coastal Harbor Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American modernist harbor oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 16H by 20L.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Framed Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Ervin B. Nussbaum (1914 - 1996). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Dated 1950.
Artist Bio:
Ervin B. Nussbaum was born in Co...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Scale Antique American Abstract Expressionist Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 15H by 19L.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Abstract Expressionist Color Field Black and White 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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Abstracted Figurative -- Downtown Couple Art Exhibit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century modern abstracted figurative in orange, red and black by Bay Area artist Paul Sheppard. Dated 1959 and signed "Sheppard." Presented i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1955 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Portrait
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1955. Signed. Really amazing cubist portrait.
Irene Zevon, born in Bro...
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage New York Modernist Cityscape Brooklyn Bridge Dusk Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Outsider Pop Art Abstract Large Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Cubist Signed Framed Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstract oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 12H by 10L.
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mid Century California Modernist Sunset Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dynamic & Colorful Mid-Century Painting by French Artist Michel Patrix
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic & colorful Mid-Century painting (ca. 1950) by French Artist Michel Patrix, in purples, yellow and reds. The painting is titled "Coings au Plateau Noir" or (Quinces on a bl...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique French Avante Garde Abstract Expressionist Surreal Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and finely painted French modernist abstract painting by Jacques Doucet (1924 - 1994) . Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Artist Bio:
Jacques Doucet's work is inextricably bo...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Framed Modernist Romantic Leaves Falling Waterfall Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Signed Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Original Framed Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest Landscape in Sumi Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Forest Landscape in Sumi Ink on Paper
High contrast abstracted landscape by an unknown artist "Shmitt" (20th Century). The edge of a forest is shown in bold strokes of sumi ink, cre...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink
"Abstract composition" mixed media on paper cm. 26 x 20
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Black,White,Picasso,abstract
Atelier stamp lower right
Dora Maar, original name Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Marković), (born November 22, 1907, Paris, France—died July 16, 1997, ...
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
My Name in Black and White Letters By Deidra
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5123a Black and white letters oil on paper by Deidra
Framed
Image Size 17.5x11.5"
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Exhibited Modernist Abstract Maine Seascape Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist Maine landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 40L x 36H.
Category
Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Painting of Shells
Located in Houston, TX
Small size watercolor image of shells. Painting is mainly blue, yellow and brown tones. Painting is framed in a painted wooden gold frame with a yellow matte.
Dimensions without Fram...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Mid 20th Century American Modern Color Field 1950s
James Daugherty (1887 – 1974)
Abstraction
84-1/2 x 42-1/2 inches
Signed and ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Highrise)
By Karl Benjamin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Highrise), 1954, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 20 x 20 inches, presented in its original frame
Karl Benjamin was a California-based artist who is best known...
Category
Hard-Edge 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting – Modernist City Scene With Couple
Located in Denver, CO
Artist: George Cecil Carter (1908–1993)
Medium: Oil on board
Size: Image: 16 ⅞ x 9 ⅞ in Framed: 20 ⅝ x 13 ½ x 1 ⅞ in
Style: Mid-Century Modern, Abstract Figurative
This striking 1950s oil painting by celebrated Colorado abstract expressionist George Cecil Carter presents a modernist portrayal of a couple, believed to depict Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O’Keeffe. Rendered in bold brushstrokes and a rich color palette, the piece showcases Carter’s unique ability to merge abstraction with figurative expression, creating a sense of movement and emotion.
Housed in a custom frame, this original mid-century artwork is a must-have for collectors of modernist and abstract figurative art.
Provenance:
From a private collection in Denver, Colorado.
About the Artist – George Cecil Carter
Born in Oklahoma in 1908, Carter became a leading figure in Colorado’s abstract expressionist movement, working alongside artists like Al Wynne, Mary Chenoweth...
Category
American Modern 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Huge American Abstract Expressionist "Kaleidoscope" Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonrise Over Colorado Springs: 1950s Abstract Oil Painting Green, Blue & Ochre
Located in Denver, CO
"Moonrise Over Colorado Springs" is a striking 1950s abstract expressionist oil painting by renowned artist Charles Ragland Bunnell. Created in 1952, this captivating piece features ...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indian with Pipe
Located in New York, NY
This exceptional oil on canvas by master Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is an exceptional and unique example of his early pre-pop work. It is signed by the artist, upper right.
After m...
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Abstract Expressionist 1959 New York Female Artist Irene Zevon Musical
By Irene Zevon
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original abstract expressionist oil painting by American female artist Irene Zevon created and dated in 1959.
This piece entitled "Musical" is a prime example of Zevon's relation...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Monumental Abstract Expressionist Signed 1953 Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
Abstract 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s "Yellow Cubist Figure" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper
Yellow Cubist FIgure
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache
15" x 18", silver wood frame 16"x19"
Unsigned
This striking gouache painting featur...
Category
Cubist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'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 Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Large Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dynamic & Colorful, Abstract Expressionist Painting, Dated 1957 by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic & colorful, Abstract Expressionist Painting in Reds, Blues & Yellows by Artist Harold Haydon, Dated 1957. Framed in a dark, wood cube frame. Image size: 12" x 16". Fra...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Still Life with Two Fruits" Black, Gray, and Red Abstract Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Wonderful example of Houston Artist David Adickes's early work. This heavily textured still life features 2 apples and 3 bottles. Most likely this work was framed at Dubose Gallery o...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American School Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed.
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Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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