1950s Abstract Paintings

3809 Floating world surreal figurative painting signed on verso Mury

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed size: 10 x 8 inches condition: very good and ready to be ...

A vibrant, colorful Mid-Century Modern abstract harbor scene of Martha's Vineyard by notable Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a bustling harbor scene with n...

Lively abstract painting with primary tones of yellows, reds and greens with accents of blue and black on white background, 1952. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper dis...

This sophisticated and beautifully painted Mid-Century Modernist Abstract Cubist Portrait in Oil on Canvas signed Augusti originates from France, Circa 1950. Featuring a reserved and...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting Paul Henry Brach (1924 - 2007). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in mod...

This staggering British abstract oil painting is by noted British Birmingham artist Patrick Venton. He exhibited rarely during his lifetime, preferring instead to develop in the priv...

Richard Gosminski (American, 1925-1995) Abstracted Buildings, 1956 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 18 in. h. x 24 in. w., image 27.25 in. h. x 32.25 in. w., as frame...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Unsigned. Measuring: 46 by 58 inches overall, and 45 by 57 painting alone.. In excellent original condition...

Trees in Bloom Along the River Landscape in Oil on Heavy Cardstock Bold oil landscape by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Trees with pink and white blooms line the bank of a river. The river is shown in streaks of pink, green, and yellow, reflecting the surrounding landscape. At the far edge of the river, bright green mountains sharply rise from the bank. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Stamp from the Larry Miller Fine Art on verso. Unframed. Board size: 14.75"H x 22"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...

Antique American oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 30 inches overall, and 18 by 24 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Vintage American modernist abstract interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed and titled verso, "Bertoia Chair". Handsomely framed in a period molding. Excellent ...

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 24 by 31 inches overall, and 18 by 26 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Nicely fram...

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting, 1957 Oil on canvas measuring 18 x 30 inches. Signed with monogram and dated lower right. Two repair patches on back on painting. Artist...

Autumn Trees - Mid Century Small-Scale Landscape, Signed Oil Painting Vivid mid century landscape of autumn trees blurring into colorful abstraction by Helen Gleiforst (American, 19...

This superb British 1950's abstract oil on board painting is by noted Slade School trained contemporary artist Leo Davy. Davy was born in Yorkshire but settled in Cornwall in 1968 an...

Very nicely painted mid century abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Great colors and bold brush strokes.

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...

William Pellicone (American 1915-2004) Mixed media, pyrography, oil on wood carving painting. Dated 1958 Title - Enthymeme #14. Oil painting on carved and burnt distressed wood panel. Inscribed verso Enthymeme Wm. Pellicone #14, 9-4-58. Label on reverse with a typed definition for Enthymeme. Dimensions: 27 inches high, 42.5 inches wide. Metal wrap frame. Provenance: from a Shelter Island NY home that was designed by architect Henry J. Gazon - A.I.A. built in 1959. William Pellicone (1915-2004) was an American painter known for his abstract compositions and use of vibrant colors. He was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League and the Brooklyn Museum Art School. Pellicone's early work was influenced by the Social Realist movement of the 1930s and 1940s, with his paintings often featuring realistic depictions of urban scenes and working-class people. However, in the 1950s he shifted towards abstraction, exploring the interplay of color and form. Pellicone's mature style was characterized by his use of vibrant, saturated colors, often applied in thick layers of paint. His paintings often featured geometric shapes and organic forms, with a strong sense of movement and energy. In addition to his painting, Pellicone was also a respected teacher and arts administrator. He taught at the New York Institute of Technology and the State University of New York, and served as the director of the Islip Art Museum on Long Island. Pellicone's artwork was exhibited widely during his lifetime, and he was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1977. Today, his paintings can be found in the collections of museums and galleries around the world, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. William Pellicone (Born 1915) is active/lives in New York. William Pellicone is known for Abstract expressionist, landscape and non-objective art. An American artist, sculptor, architect. He exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia. A son of Italian immigrants from Calabria, William Pellicone Was a self-taught American Modernist who received scholarships to Temple University, the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and Philadelphia's famed Barnes Foundation. He was a friend of Edward Hopper and others of that Milieu. He was a merchant marine during World War II and a four-year farmer in Pennsylvania for New York City, where he became known for his works done with paint and fire. The work drew attention from both "Life" and "Look" magazine. With time William's style changed to more Surrealist, fantastic realism subjects. This piece has a brutalist, Arte Povera, art brut feel to it. He work is associated with Modernism and Surrealism. He was included in the show with catalogue Gene Swenson : Retrospective for a Critic. Artists included: James Rosenquist, Arman (Armand Fernandez), Stuart Davis, Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, Alain Jacquet, Ellsworth Kelly, Agnes Martin, Andre Masson, Henri Matisse, Peter Max, Robert Motherwell, Claes Oldenburg, George Ortman, Kenneth Patchen, William Pellicone, Larry Poons, Joseph Raffaele, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, Jim Dine, Jasper Johns and Paul Thek...

Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 16L x 11H. Signed.

Very rare and well painted Formula Two racing painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Nicely framed.

Antique English modernist landscape oil painting by Phillip Castle (Born 1943). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.

Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.

Antique American modernist abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

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...

A luminous Provençal landscape by Jean Navarre (1914–2000), this expressive oil on canvas captures the sun‑drenched path known as "Le Chemin du Terme in F...

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 34 by 48 inches overall, and 28 by 42 painting alone. In excellent original condition. H...

Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003). An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...

A really interesting Abstract Expressionist painting ca' 1950's. Beautiful colors, the frame is shaped, original.

Antique American abstract oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and en...

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...

A charming 1950s modernist oil on canvas by Claude Richard Mazier (France, 1926–2011), this composition captures a poetic village scene where architecture and nature merge into a dre...

Antique American abstract cubist composition "Terra Firma Theme 10" by Augustus Goertz (Born 1948) . Oil on canvas, circa 1958. Housed in a period gi...

Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting by Ken Munowitz. Oil on canvas. Framed.

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed.

An original oil on linen mounted to board by American modern female artist Harriet Holden Nash. The piece will come with custom framing either black or natural wood based on the buy...

Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011) Composition in green and yellow Mixed media on paper - monotype Signed and dedicated “pour mes amis Sallaz” lower right Dimensions of the work: 28.5 x ...

Claude Venard was a French a French post-Cubist and still life painter and was born in Burgundy in 1913. At the age of 17 he began to take evening classes in painting at the Ecole de...

Antique American school abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 25L x 47H.

Antique American school signed abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Image size, 19L x 13H.

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framing is available.

Unique historic work Hand signed and dated on the front An exceptionally early gouache from 1957, executed on the verso of a Wells Street Gallery invitation card - one of the first c...

Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed. Signed.

Antique modernist abstract painting by Elsie Orfuss (Born 1913). Oil on canvas. Signed on verso. Nicely framed. `

Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 30L x 24H.

A mid century modernist oil painting. No signature found. Circa 1960. Image size, 48"L x 32"H

Vintage modernist harbor view. Oil on board, circa 1957. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image size, 24"L x 20"H.

Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 29 by 25 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition. ...

Very impressive mid 20th century modernist interior view. So well painted with great color and bold expressive strokes. Signed illegibly. Housed in a period modernist frame. Oil ...

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...

Taro Yamamoto, (American, 1919-1994) "La Gatta Miso" Oil or Acrylic/Canvas 32" x 50" Hand signed lower right, dated 1990, Titled on the stretcher verso, unframed. Taro Yamamoto (...

Taro Yamamoto Untitled, 1954 Signed lower right; signed and dated on the reverse Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Taro Yamamoto was involved in the Abstract Expressionist movement in N...

Gorgeous oil and watercolor on paper by abstract expressionist artist Adine Stix. Beautiful shades of pink, purples, cobalt blue with s hint of orange cover the paper to create the h...

Herbert Zangs Knickfaltung (Folded), 1955 Signed and dated lower left Cotton cloth folded and painted with dispersion 42 x 32 inches Provenance Private Collection, Krefeld, Germany ...

Vibrant mid century modern abstracted figurative in orange, red and black by Bay Area artist Paul Sheppard. Dated 1959 and signed "Sheppard." Presented i...

Calvert Coggeshall Untitled, 1958 Oil on Canvas 38 H. x 36 W. inches Provenance: The artist's estate Calvert Coggeshall worked as an abstract painter and interior designer primarily in Maine and New York City. From 1951 to 1978, he exhibited regularly with the Betty Parsons Gallery, and later with its successor, the Jack Tilton Gallery. Born in Whitesboro, New York, Coggeshall started his career as an interior designer, working on commissions for clients in the New York City area. He later consulted on the interior designs for Henry Dreyfuss' line of cruise/cargo ships called American Export, popular from the 1940s through the 1960s. In the 1940s, he also worked with inventor Arthur Young to design interiors for the first full-sized scale of Bell helicopter models...

Vintage American modernist abstract painting. Watercolor on paper. Framed. Gallery label verso. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.

It’s time to bury the so-last-century idea that folks are either "right-brained,” i.e., naturally creative, or (boringly) "left-brained," always operating logically. And here’s just ...

Diana Kurz Thelo #5, circa 1959 Oil on canvas 22 x 20 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to Englan...