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Period: 1940s
American Red Cross At Work
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This piece is framed. Approximate Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Size: 25.00" x 37.00" Advertisement for Maxwell House Coff...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Girl with Butterfly"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on masonite painting done in 1945 by Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated lower right, 1945. In original wood and gilt frame 37.5 by 31.5 inc...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Mongols
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel There is from frame burn and scattered surface abrasions but they are minor. Additionally, there are a 3 or 4 very fine hair line scratches not visible unless you look very closely. The work is varnished and has a reflective quality to it that makes it hard to photograph. In person the viewing experience is much better. You can see more detail in the shadow areas. The colors are rich, deep and saturated. Riggs was very particular in researching the tribal costumes...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Tempera

The Dancer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

“Untitled”
Located in Southampton, NY
Unframed Signed and dated lower left 1946
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"Mystic Woman"
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a oil on masonite painting by Nahum Tschacbasov done in 1946. Signed lower left and housed in a hand carved wood frame circa 1920. Overall size with frame is 40 x 33 inches.
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

'Seated Nude with Flowers', Woman Artist, Salon d'Automne, Paris, LACMA
By Janet Ament
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed, verso, 'Janet Ament' (American, 1916-2000), titled 'Pink Figures' and painted circa 1955. Accompanied by certificate of authenticity. A substantial figurative oil of a p...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Conference
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...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Violoniste - Expressionist Oil, Portrait of a Violinist by Jean Albert Pougny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed expressionist oil on canvas portrait circa 1942 by French painter Jean Albert Pougny. The work depicts a violinist in an interior. Signatur...
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Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage post-impressionist painting of a ballerina, figurative interior scene
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Stunning large heavy vintage oil painting of an interior scene with a woman sat looking out of a window. The detail on this painting is amazing. A ballerina, perhaps ready for an e...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Landing/Dawn Landing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. The Landing/Dawn Landing, 1944, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 20 x 30, titled verso; exhib...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fallen Comrades/Interlude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Fallen Comrades/Interlude, 1949, oil on masonite, signed lower left, 35 x 56 inches; Gallery Z la...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Modern Early Texas Western Wilderness Landscape Scene of Two Men and a Hog
Located in Houston, TX
Modern Western wilderness scene by early Texas artist Otis Dozier. The work features two men kneeling and cleaning a hog set against a desert landscape. Signed and dated in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a wooden frame with a cream matting. Visible Dimensions Without Frame: H 14 in. x W 19 in. Artist Biography: Otis Dozier (1904-1987) was raised on a cotton farm between Forney and Mesquite, developing a love for art and nature at a young age. After his family moved into Dallas in 1920, he received his earliest art training from well-known instructor Vivian Aunspaugh. Following his 1925 graduation from Forest High School, Dozier continued his art studies at the Dallas Art Institute with Olin Travis and Tom Stell. Also, during the 1920s, he accompanied his parents and three sisters on at least three automobile trips through the American West, familiarizing himself with the region that he would later depict in his art. Six of Dozier’s works were included in 1932’s “Exhibition of Young Dallas Painters”; a number of these artists, including Dozier, Jerry Bywaters, John Douglass...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Street Cleaners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Street Cleaners, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 28 ¾ x 42 inches, Gallery Z...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse Painting on paper from 1946 by master artist Allan Houser. Ft. Sill Chi...
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Contemporary 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Italian Rennaisance Princess Painted Panel
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4064 Italian princess oil painting on gilt wood panel
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Harlem Renaissance Era Black Figure Dancing Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 20L x 16H.
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Nude in Interior”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a busy interior scene by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov’. Signed lower right and dated 1948. Condition is good. The artwork is housed in its original wormy chesnut frame. House of Heydenryk frame. Overall framed measurements are 17 by 14.75 inches. Provenance: A Long Island, New York estate. Nahum Tschacbasov Biography : Russian-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblance to work of another Russian-American artist--David Burliuk. He was somewhat of a late starter, moving to Paris in 1932 to study under Adolph Gottlieb, Marcel Gromaire and Fernand Leger. He had his first exhibition in Paris in 1934. He then returned to the US where he joined Rothko and Gottlieb at the Galery Seccession. He was one of the co-founders of The Ten, a group of social conscious abstract painters which included Rothko, Gottlieb, Joseph Solman and Ilya Bolotowsky, among others. In 1944, he began to work at Stanley Hayter's Atelier 17, a center for surrealistic ideas. Between 1936 and 1943, he had five one-man exhibitions at the ACA Galleries and participated in five group shows. He also exhibited at the Whitney, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Met, the Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum and the Jewish Museum. Tschacbasov has been the subject of two recent retrospective at Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, NY and Arthur Kalaher...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Three Friends"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a recently discovered original abstract/figurative painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010). "Three Friends" is an original mixed media painting on panel, signed, dated 1945-50, good original condition with a dimension of 12 x 10 inches, currently unframed. We are including a biography on American artist Robert McIntosh, please contact the gallery for additional information. Presenting a magnificent, early original pastel, "The Artist's Portrait", by American artist Robert McIntosh. "The Artist's Portrait", is an original pastel on artist's paper, signed, dated 1937, 13 x 9.75, currently unframed, the portrait was acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist. We have included the artist's biography below please contact the gallery for additional information, Robert McIntosh (1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was born on March 11, 1916 near San Francisco, in Vallejo, California, the second son of Harry and Jesusita Coronado McIntosh. He found his lifelong passion for painting by the time he was ten years old and never swayed from his calling. The family moved to Stockton when Robert was 12. Their home was just six blocks from the newly opened Haggin Museum, filled with a treasure trove of European and American paintings. He became particularly enamored with the fine examples of 19th century French pastoral landscapes. As teens, Robert and his brother Harrison befriended local painter Arthur Haddock who taught them the craft of art and brought them along on outdoor painting trips. Robert also became skilled at drawing portraits that captured the subject's personality. Soon, the sheer joy of expressing himself this way became a consuming interest. ​When not sketching, McIntosh would wander the stacks of books at the public library, discovering and studying the Masters - in particular, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Robert discovered a "whole new world of color" and the importance of designing the space in the eternal rectangle. "I envision a frame around everything I see, "he admitted. "The artists' challenge is to put something meaningful, interesting or beautiful in that space." ​In 1934 McIntosh won a competition for a scholarship to the Art Center School of Design, the first award they ever bestowed. The entire family moved to Los Angeles and a new vista opened to the young artist, both visually and culturally. Robert began to take on portrait commissions and had exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Oakland Museum of Art and the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento. During the Great Depression, Robert began to work at Disney Studios painting backgrounds for such classics as "Fantasia". Ron Barbagallo, of Animation Art...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Little Theatre - Original Painting by Massimo Campigli - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
A very rare technique used by the Artist, for one of his closest friends, the scholar Lamberto Vitali. With the ancient frame of 19th Century. Ref. Ca...
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Contemporary 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Terracotta, Paint

“Woman and Birds”
Located in Southampton, NY
Mid-century oil on masonite modern painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed top left and dated 1949. Titled verso. Condition is good. Provenanc...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Statuette au Vase Jaune, painting by Fernand Leger c.1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger, French (1881 - 1955) Title: Statuette au Vase Jaune Year: circa 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, dedicated (a Nicole) l.r. Size: 5 x 5 ...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Study for 'Grandma's Doll Collection'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Inscribed: "My best wishes to/my friend Judy Bedell/sincerely/Norman Rockwell Included with the painting, the dress that the model wore for this pai...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

New Year's Baby Hitching to War
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left The Saturday Evening Post unpublished cover, 1943 The story behind the New Year's Baby Hitching to War is a fascinating one: The...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Contrast of Lights - Portrait of Elica Balla - Oil on Panel by G. Balla - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on Board realized by Balla as portrait of his second daughter Elica. A beautiful, top quality portrait among the most beautiful of his figurative painting. It include...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Elizabeth Anne" Abstract Portrait Painting
By Jeanne Billfaldt
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist portrait painting of a woman. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The painting is framed in a dark wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 24 in x...
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Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Champs Elysees
Located in Missouri, MO
Francois Gerome "Champs Elysees" Oil on Canvas approx 12 x 8 inches approx. 21.5 x 18.5 framed FRANCOIS GEROME French, 1895 Francois Gerome was born i...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rue de la Paix, Paris
Located in Missouri, MO
Francois Gerome "Rue de la Paix, Paris" c. 1940s Oil on Canvas approx. 10 x 8 inches approx 13 x 11 inches framed FRANCOIS GEROME French, 1895 Francois Gerome was born in Budapest ...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The White Dress
Located in Missouri, MO
Francois Gerome "The White Dress" c. 1940s/50 Oil on Canvas approx. 10 x 8 inches approx. 16 x 13 inches framed FRANCOIS GEROME French, 1895 Francois Ger...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. As with many artists, his earliest style was more academic realistic imagery, transitioning due to his intense fascination with the cubist avant garde movement, into cubist imagery which became the trademark style of painting for the remainder of his life. This is the first presentation of the paintings of Maurice Green since his death in 1993. “The Serenade”, is original mixed media watercolor on artist board, signed, e very early work c.1945, this is a painting which clearly defines his talent as a fine cubist artist.
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Cubist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Conversation with Motherwell
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered magnificent oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2002.) Conversation with Motherwell, Is a tribute to American artist Robert Motherwell...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Tango
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Tango, is an original mixed media gouache o...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Farmer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare early oil painting from the, "WPA" period, 1941, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Farmer” After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg spent ten years in N...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Family Group
Located in London, GB
Pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, pen & ink on paper Signed & dated 'Moore/44' lower right, titled 'Family Group' upper centre & inscribed '21' upper right
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Ink

The Fireman, Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1944 Medium: Oil and Graphite on Paperboard Sight Size 14.00" x 11.00", Framed 22.00" x 19.00" Study for cover of The Saturday Evening Post, May 27, 1944 Norman Rockwell disc...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Paper, Graphite

Happy Landing, Amoco Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 20.75" x 40.00", Framed 30.75" x 50.00" During his over four decades as the preeminent illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Joseph Christian Leyendecker's clever illustrations were eagerly anticipated by enthusiastic readership across the country, and none more so than his holiday designs. One of Leyendecker's most celebrated creations was his groundbreaking idea of the New Year's Baby. Originally portrayed as a fleshy sweet-faced child complete with tiny angel wings, the New Year's Baby gradually morphed into a worldly tot acutely aware of the social and political issues facing the nation at the time. In fact, Leyendecker's final Post cover illustration was the 1943 New Year's Baby. Following the success of these Post covers, the artist was hired to create advertisements for the American Oil Company (AMOCO). Throughout the 1940s and through the final years of his life, Leyendecker produced ads incorporating his famed New Year's Baby into AMOCO advertisements, as in the present work, Happy Landing...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Consolation, Collier's magazine illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Signed upper left
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Academic 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Romare Bearden, American (1911 - 1988) Title: The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place Date: October, 1946 Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.l. Size: 24 in. x 31 in. (60.96 ...
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Cubist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Extrovert"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A magnificent painting by American artist Ron Blumberg, from one of his rarest periods, the, "Psychological Period", which lasted only from 1948 - 1952 and was never replicated. This...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Diver
Located in Long Island City, NY
This is an important early painting by Lichtenstein. It will be included in forthcoming Catalogue Raisonne by the Lichtenstein Association. Artist: Roy Lic...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Happy Couple
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Happy Couple...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

The Farmer in the Dell
By Louis Maccouillard
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media painting by American artist Louis Maccouillard, "The Farmer in the Dell." Maccouillard was a prolific artist who worked primarily in Northern Ca...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Self Portrait - The Red Shirt
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg. Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. Painted just after the artist returned from New York, c.1945, "The Red Shirt...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Saxophonist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

The Accordionist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional original watercolor by American artist Byron Randall. "The Accordionist", is an original watercolor on heavy paper, signed, c.1945, ...
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Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Dancing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Violin Solo
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Bernie
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Three Graces
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Three Graces...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Waiting
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

The Fortune Teller
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Austrian/American artist Franz Bergmann. Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern California in the mid 1930s where he worked and taught until his death in 1970. The Fortune Teller...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Conflict
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Critical Thbinking
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

I Live in the Forrest
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

The Critic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Critic...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Sceptic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

The Princess
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by American artist Alexander Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld was classically trained in Poland before settling in Los An...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Tricycle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting exceptional mixed media watercolor by Austrian/American artist Franz Bergmann. Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern Calif...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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