Abstract Saturday: Nicolas de Staël (1914 – 1955)

"Oiseau noir" via flickr

Composition, 1949

NICOLAS DE STAËL, BOUTEILLES, 1952

"Les musiciens, souvenir de Sydney Bechet" dét. (1953) via flickr

Nicolas de Staël, Figure, 1951

Nicolas de Stael (1914-1955) "Composition" (1949) via Denis Trente-Huittessan on flickr

This week on my drawing board

Jetsetter, a fabric design inspired by mid-century air travel

Now available on Society 6

American Airlines Inflight Meal c.1960s.

Los Angeles International Airport

Sabena Airlines First Class Lounge with Alfred Hendrickx S3 Chairs, Brussels, 1958 via Mid-Centuria

Mary McGloughlin, Idlewild Airport, New York, 1957. Photo credit:Jerry Schatzberg

 

 

Abstract Saturday: Ben Nicholson, British (1894-1982)

Exhibition sign painted by Nicholson 1933. From BBC.CO

Feb 2-54 Ben Nicholson via Tate.org

Feb 55 1955 Ben Nicholson OM 1894-1982 

Feb 28-53 (vertical seconds) 1953 Ben Nicholson OM 1894-1982 

Ben Nicholson, Still Life: Crystal, 1948, Oil and pencil on canvas (Milwaukee Art Museum)

Ben Nicholson 1934 (still life - Birdie) via