20th Century Figurative Paintings

100 NYC cocktail party oversized oil on canvas signed on verso

1-4051 Circa 1940's winter scene,oil on canvas displayed in an ornate gilt wood frame,illegible signaure lower right

Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF Victor Arnautofff (1896 – 1979) City Street 12 x 14 inches Oil on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left BIO Born in the Ukraine of Russia, Victor Arnautoff became one of the most influential muralists in San Francisco in the 1930s and worked for the Federal Arts Project, WPA, in the expressive, social protest...

Nahum Tschacbasov Lovers and Others (Two Unique Works), 1978-1979 Gouache on Two-sided Paper (Two Signed Works) Hand signed twice: once on each side 11 × 15 inches (each side) A rare...

Welcome to Heritage, our carefully curated collection of French vintage and antique paintings. We scour the flea markets and fairs for these gems: poignant portraits of long-gone Me...

Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject. Colour was her main interest and sh...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. dated 1940 Size: painting: 1...

The Marseille Sailor Boys French Modernist artist, monogrammed verso circa 1960's period oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 29 inches provenance: private collection, South of Franc...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed Size: painting: 13 x 19 inche...

Antoni Vidal Rolland (1889-1970) - Reading a love letter - Oil on canvas Oil measures 55x46 cm. Frame measures 76x67 cm. Disciple of José Ruiz Blasco in...

Evocative oil painting of pioneers traveling by wagon train across the vast western plains by California artist Harry Roerade (American 1908-1987), circa 1...

In this delicate and expressive oil painting, a nude male stands with his backside to the viewer. Notably, the model looks over his left shoulder as his left hand grips the back of h...

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Quarry Workers, c. 1930s, mixed media on board, unsigned, 24 x 24 inches, possibly exhibited at...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 13 x 20 inch...

This original painting is signed in pencil by the artist "Mane Katz" in the lower left corner. Condition: Very good condition. Some waves on the paper, especially on the upper side ...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 12.5 x 20 inches P...

This superb, large and vibrant Modern British figurative landscape oil painting is by noted Slade School artist Franklin White. Painted circa 1920 it was exhibited at the New England...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed initials oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed Size: painting: 19 x...

Ramón Pichot Soler (1924-1987) - Woman and flowers - Oil on panel Oil measures 33x41 cm. Frameless. Ramon Pichot i Soler (Figueres, 1924 - Barcelona, May 24, 1996) was a Catalan pai...

Kvapil Charles Antwerp 1884 – 1957 Paris Belgian Painter 'Interieur au Bord de la Mer' Signature: Signed bottom left, named on reverse Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 6...

Wonderful early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a view of the Scottish highlands and the River Usk. Sidney Yates Johnson was an active painter during the late Victorian period ...

Jacques BOUYSSOU (1926-1997) Le port de Dieppe, 1969 Oil on original canvas, in perfect condition, original canvas. Large size : 90 x 118 cm Signed lower left Vintage frame Provena...

Nude Model by Helene Dadone (French cubist artist, 20th century) signed with initials oil on board, unframed board: 29.5 x 21.5 inches provenanc...

In this painting the artist uses gestural brushstrokes, which causes distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect. Andre Elbaz uses as his subject three male figures with tefilin are depicted during prayer. André Elbaz (born April 26, 1934, El Jadida, Morocco) is a famous Moroccan painter and filmmaker. Elbaz studied art and theatre in Rabat and Paris from 1950 to 1961. He started painting only at the age of 21, until which age he had been interested mainly in theatre. A few years later, he managed to combine his two passions into a new approach in art-therapy, inventing together with his wife, a psychiatrist, the Pictodrame, which brought him world recognition. His first exhibition, which was very successful, took place in Casablanca in 1961 and earned him an appointment as Professor at the Beaux-Arts school in Casablanca. Years later, in 1976, he exhibited his paintings at the Tel-Aviv Museum. In parallel to his career as a painter, Elbaz is also known as a filmmaker. He produced several short films in France, Canada and the United States. One of them, La nuit n'est jamais complète (The night is never complete), won a prize at the "5th Biennale de Paris in 1967". Among the themes chosen for the many films he produced, there was a short one about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, as well as a series of drawings entitled Seuls (Alone), with texts written by both Elie Wiesel...

Mortelmans Frans Antwerp 1865 – 1936 Belgian Painter Acacia Dealbata Mimosa Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 80 x 40 cm, frame size 104 x 6...

One Thousand and One Nights - It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights. What is notable about this work is how magnificently composed, designed, and rendered it is. Its l...

#5-3325a Figurative Still Life painting,vintage acrylic on artist board displayed in a wood-black frame,signed by E.Zoran .Image size 18 H x 14 w

Tristan Fabris 1950's, French Surrealist artist Abstract Surrealist Figurative study oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 55' inscribed verso framed: 25 x 33 inches canvas: 23 x 32...

Petite Marine Grise by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935) Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 ¼ x 28 ¾ inches) Signed lower right, Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié Titled, signed and dated on rev...

Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original gouache painting on board, unframed size: 10.75 x 15.5 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal f...

3831 Oil painting of a gypsy fortune teller

NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century Eugene Savage (1883 – 1978) 1939 World’s Fair Mural Study 45 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Signed lower right The painting is part of a 1,000 piece collection of art and objects from the 1939 World’s Fair. The collection as a whole is available. Savage created the mural for the facade of the Communications Building. An image of the completed mural, along with a published postcard, is part of the listing. Note the center top female figure, she resembles the figure in the offered painting. BIO Eugene Francis Savage was born in Covington, Indiana 1883. He underwent various forms of art training in the early years. He was a pupil of The Corcoran Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, and was later awarded a fellowship to study in Rome at The American Academy. While under the spell of that ancient city the young artist began to render historic figures that were suitable for the classic style needed for mural painting in the traditional manor. During this period he was able to study and observe Roman and Greek sculpture, although much of the academic training was accomplished by using plaster casts along with the incorporation of live models. This method survived and was used efficiently throughout Europe and the United States. After leaving the Academy, Savage was commissioned to paint numerous murals throughout the United States and Europe. This artist received acclaim for the works he produced while under commissions from various sources. This young master was a contemporary of Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) and Diego Rivera (1886-1957). In this period he was to show the influence of his contemporaries in formulating a modern style. Savage also played a vital role in the WPA Federal Art program, and he was a member of The Mural Art Guild.. Savage was elected an associate member of The National Academy of Design in 1924 and a full member in 1926. From 1947, he held a professorship at Yale University where he taught mural painting, and some of his students went on to significant positions. By this time the artist had painted large-scale murals at Columbia, Yale University, Buffalo N.Y., Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Indiana, along with other commissioned works. He also achieved recognition for a series of murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping Line and completed around 1940. For this commission, Savage made many exacting studies of customs and folkways of the Hawaiian natives. However, the award-winning murals were not installed as planned but were put in storage during the war years when the ships were used for troop transportation and were in danger of attack. However the mural images were reproduced and distributed by the shipping company including nine of the mural scenes that were made into lithographed menu covers in 1948. The American Institute of Graphic Arts awarded certificates of excellence for their graphic production, and the Smithsonian Institute exhibited the works in 1949. Today Savages' Hawaiian Art production is held in high regard by collectors of Hawaiian nostalgia. In later years the artist focused his attention on a theme that dealt with the customs and tribal traditions of the Seminole Indians of Florida. He produced many variations of this theme throughout his lifetime, and the pictures were usually modest scale easel paintings, precise and carefully delineated. Many of these pictures incorporate Surrealistic elements and show some minor stylistic influences of the painters Kay Sage...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left Circa 1930 Image size: 41 x 34 inches (104 x 86 cm) Framed

SEATED FIGURES Size: 47 x 38 cm (including frame) Watercolour and pastel on paper An outstanding mid-century figurative composition, executed in pastel and watercolour on paper. Pa...

Gouache on Paper From the Estate of Samuel Esses and by descent Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarl...

A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see f...

Abstract Expressionist Bay Area Fauvist Oil on Paper Honora Berg Berkeley 1959 San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist painting by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985).A brilliant fauvist example of the bold slashes of colors Honora Berg creates. Splashes of blue over red and green hues with bright canary yellow swirls and patches. Estate stamp on verso "Estate of Honora Berg - Miller Fine Art" Unframed. 30"H x 22"W. Larry Miller 1958-2003, Larry was a specialist in bay area abstract artists and purchased numerous bay area artists estates. He purchased the entirety of the Honora Berg Estate and we purchased many of those works directly form Larry. Honora Berg, an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist, studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon...

Welcome to Heritage, our carefully curated collection of French vintage and antique paintings. We scour the flea markets and fairs for these gems: poignant portraits of long-gone Me...

Frame size 78x87 cm. Rafael Griera Calderón was born incidentally in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1934. After residing in Olot from 1942 to 19...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 14.50" x 13.00;" Framed 23.75" x 21.75" The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 11.5 x 19.5 ...

Portrait of a Lady with Earrings French School, early 1900's oil on board, framed framed: 16 x 12 inches board: 13 x 9.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: very...

Cowgirl in the Studio - Figurative Study in Oil on Canvas A woman in a vest, cowboy hat, and boots by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The model is sitting on a stoo...

5-3522 Starry Night Acrylic on artist board Set in a silvered Frame Image size 12.25x12.25"

Joyce Kozloff Topkapi Pullman, 1985 Watercolor and acrylic on paper (bears original gallery labels: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Gallery Camino Real, Boston University Art Gallery) Sig...

Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France. Title: Le Jardin du Peintre Medium: signed oil on canva...

A visually stunning original oil on panel titled Ciros Life. It was painted circa 1953 by Laurence Henry Irving and depicts a man of little means outside a London theatre doorway. Th...

Duncan Shanks (Scottish, b. 1937) Untitled, 20th Century Oil paint on metal tray 17 1/2 x 21 3/8 x 3/4 in. Signed: Shanks Painter and teacher, born in A...

The Banks of the Seine signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) dated 1959 or 1960 framed oil painted on canvas, beautifully painted. very good conditio...

'Self-Portrait of the Artist', oil on canvas, by Lilian E. Whitteker (1952). This may be the only self-portrait (or portrait) of Lilian Whitteker as her favourite subjects to paint w...

Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 18.00" x 23.75 Signature: Signed Lower Right

Luminosa natura morta,Cachi,Banane e vaso blu Maya KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia 1924 – San Pietroburgo 2005) Maya Kuzminichna Kopitzeva nasce nel 1924 in Georgi...

Oil measures 70x50 cm. Frame measures 83x63 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens psychologically capturing the character, Albert Roca has won...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 10 x 13 inches. Pr...

#5-3004 gouache on board, displayed in a dark-wood frame

Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014). An impressionist vintage original oil on canvas in good...

Sylvie by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed & dated 1981 signed oil on canvas canvas: 22 x 15 inches original oil painting condition: very good an...