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| 1950 |
| | | French dramatist Eugène Ionesco's play The Bald Prima Donna launches the Theatre of the Absurd | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Six European nations agree to joint coal and steel production through the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1951 |
| | | Henri Matisse completes the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence, with every detail designed by himself | |
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| 1952 |
| | | French economist Jean Monnet becomes the first president of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
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| 1952 |
| | | In his first book of Structures, for two pianos, Pierre Boulez provides a classic of serial music | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Le Corbusier's completes his most massive modernist development, the Unité d'Habitation at Marseilles | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot ('En attendant Godot') is first performed in French in Paris | |
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| 1953 |
| | | French composer Olivier Messiaen uses birdsong with piano and orchestra in his Waking of the Birds | |
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| 1953 |
| | | French actor Jacques Tati directs and stars in the zany comedy Mr Hulot's Holiday | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Cambodia wins independence from the colonial power, France | |
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