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Art For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1910s
Tiree Coastal Landscape Scotland - Scottish Impressionist Edwardian oil painting
Located in London, GB
This serene Scottish Impressionist Edwardian coastal landscape is by noted Scottish artist Joseph Morris Henderson. It was painted circa 1910 and entitled Tiree verso. Tiree is the most westerly island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland and one of the sunniest places in Scotland as well as midge fee due to the stiff breeze. Tiree is a very popular windsurfing venue and sometimes referred to as the Hawaii of the north. In most years, the Tiree World Classic surfing event is held here. The exact location of the painting is probably Vaul beach. Henderson has painted the view from one side of the large sweeping bay, so one looks across the beach to the opposite headland. His palette of light turquoise blues of the sea is just beautiful with the dramatic blusterly clouds above the sunny beach. The brushwork and impasto as just superb. This is a wonderful sunny Scottish coastal landscape and a superb example of Henderson's work. Signed lower right. Provenance. Signed and titled on T. & R. Annan & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow verso. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 24 inches by 18 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a frame that compliments the picture, 31 inches by 25 inches and also in excellent condition. Joseph Morris Henderson (1863-1936). Born in Glasgow, son of the artist Joseph Henderson by whom he was strongly influenced. Studied at Glasgow University and Glasgow School of Art. His style absorbed much from romantic Victorian realism and he dedicated himself to landscapes, seascapes and coastal scenes. He exhibited throughout his life primarily in Scotland. He was elected an Associate member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1928 and a full member in 1935. He exhibited there from 1890 for nearly fifty years, exhibited approximately 80 paintings.
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Venetian Siesta
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, undated [around 1934-38], signed lower left, and also signed, titled and inscribed with Artist’s address ‘ADRIAN ALLINSON/87A CLIFTON HILL/NW8/VENETIAN SIESTA on board ...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Man Hiding - Etching by André Derain - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Man hiding is an original modern artwork realized by André Derain. Etching on paper. From the Suite "Le Satyricon", 1934. Includes frame.
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Etching

Vintage French Watercolor - Red Vines
Located in Houston, TX
Eye catching watercolor of bright flowering vines covering a towering column along the serene Riviera, circa 1920. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Snowy Landscape, 1915
Located in PARIS, FR
Alexandre Altmann (1878-1932) Snowy Landscape, 1915 Oil on canvas, 50 x 65 cm Provenance: Private collection, France Captured in the winter tones of 1915 by Alexandre Altmann, 'Sn...
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The Anastasia - Scottish Impressionist 1911 Norwegian marine art oil painting
Located in London, GB
A fine oil on canvas by Scottish listed artist John Campbell Noble RSA. Painted circa 1911 it is a fine example of Scottish Impressionism and depicts a river/marine landscape with ...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Pheasant
Located in PARIS, FR
Pheasant by François Pompon (1855-1933) Exceptional bronze with old gilded patina Cast by Valsuani Period cast France circa 1930 height 8,2 cm length 14,2 cm width 3,6 cm A simila...
Category

1930s French School Art

Materials

Bronze

Girl with grandfather
Located in Täby, SE
Sophus Vermehren was born as the son of the painter Frederik Vermehren and his wife Thomasine Ludvigne Grüner. He trained as a painter for three years and learned to draw from his fa...
Category

1910s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Oil

Kawiarnia la Rotonde - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Kawiarnia la rotonde is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturali...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

PORTRAIT OF HAROLD STERNER
Located in Portland, ME
Sterner, Albert (American. 1863-1946). PORTRAIT OF HAROLD STERNER. Charcoal and pastel on paper, not dated, but 1912, as the subject is stated to be aged 17. Signed, lower right. 16 ...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

Harbour Seascape - Scottish Edwardian Impressionist art marine oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Edwardian Impressionist oil painting by Scottish listed artist James Campbell Noble RSA. Painted circa 1910 the composition is a harbour scene with trees to the right, nu...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer Afternoon Firth of Clyde - British exh figurative seascape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This lovely Scottish exhibited seascape oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Patrick Downie. It was painted in 1914 and exhibited at the Glasgow Institute of Fine art that year e...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Akt - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Akt is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturalized French. Pupil...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Akt Podwòjny - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Akt Podwòjny is an modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed in plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturalized Fre...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

SELBSTBILDNIS (SELF-PORTRAIT)
Located in Portland, ME
Kollwitz, Kathe (German, 1867-1945). SELBSTBILDNIS (SELF-PORTRAIT). Klipstein122VII(b), Knesebeck 126. Etching and drypoint, 1912. The final state. There were no editions in the earl...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

EUCALYPTUS TREE
Located in Portland, ME
Bibel, Leon (American, born Poland, 1912-1995). EUCALYPTUS TREE. Screenprint, 1938. Edition of 25. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 14/25, all in pencil, and also signed in the mat...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Screen

Sigfrid Ullman, The Forest Clearing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A colorful and energetic forest clearing painted by Sigfrid Ullman (1886 - 1960). Oil on canvas laid on board. Signed with monogram SU and dated 1933. Frame later. Sigfrid Ullman w...
Category

1930s Fauvist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childh...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

The Bull Der Stier - German Expressionism Bull Der Sturm
Located in London, GB
This woodcut by Franz Marc is hand signed in pencil by the artist’s wife "Maria Marc", verso. The paper also bears the violet inkstamp, verso "Handdruck vom Originalholzstock bastaet...
Category

1910s Expressionist Art

Materials

Woodcut

"SET OF 5 ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COWBOYS OF CUTOUT RANCH"
Located in San Antonio, TX
Walter Shelly Phillips (1867-1940) Chicago Illustrator Image Size: 11 x 16 Frame Size: 18 x 23 Medium: Ink and Watercolor on Paper Copyright 1915
Category

1910s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

"TWO MALLARDS" FLYING DUCKS FRAMED 23.25 X 27.25
Located in San Antonio, TX
Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) Massachusetts Image Size: 15.5 x 15.5 Frame Size: 23.25 x 27.25 Medium: Charcoal on Paper Dated 1930 "Two Mallards Biography Frank Weston Benson (1862...
Category

1930s Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right and verso 8 x 10 inches oil on board. BIO The son of a men's haberdasher, Mervin ...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Windmill And Well At Dusk - Original Vintage Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Windmill And Well At Dusk - Original Vintage Lithograph Original vintage black and white lithograph of a windmill and well at dusk by Peter Hurd (American, 1904-1984). The viewer looks out into the New Mexico desert, as a windmill stands in back of a full water tank. The setting dusky sun lights the horizon as the crescent moon comes into view. Simple, beautiful New Mexico desert scene. Signed in print575 "Peter Hurd" lower right. Presented in a silver frame with an inner white mat. Frame: 15.25"H x 19.25"W Mat: 14.5"H x 18.5"W Image: 8.75"H x 10.25"W Peter Hurd (American, 1904-1984) was an American painter whose work is strongly associated with the people and landscapes of San Patricio, New Mexico, where he lived in the 1930s. He is equally acclaimed for his portraits and his western landscapes. Early in his life, Hurd studied in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania under the noted illustrator N. C. Wyeth, along with two of his grown children. Hurd later married the painter's eldest daughter, Henriette Wyeth, who also is known as an accomplished painter. During World War II, Hurd worked for Life magazine as a war correspondent attached to the US Air Force. He created hundreds of "War Sketches". Hurd came to national attention in the 1930's for both painting and book illustration. Among the books are Last of the Mohicans (1926), Great Stories of the Sea and Ships (1933), and Habit of Empire (1938). Nevertheless, he was most associated with the New Mexico subjects which occupied most of his career. He worked primarily in egg tempera on gesso, a medium he introduced to his younger brother-in-law, Andrew Wyeth. Hurd's realist palette and brush technique of fine, linear marks and hatches beautifully conveyed the scrubby high-desert landscape. He loved to explore the visual effect of constantly changing weather and sunlight on the land. Hurd also was known for his honest yet sympathetic portrayals of local ranch and farm families going about the work and pleasures of their daily lives. Sponsored by New Deal art programs, Heard painted murals for the Big Springs, Texas Post Office in 1938 and the Terminal Annex Building in Dallas in 1940. In that latter year he also completed three fresco murals at the Alamogordo, New Mexico Post Office. From 1942 to 1945 Hurd worked as a war correspondent for Life magazine and then resumed full-time painting. During 1953 and 1954 Peter, Henriette, and two students, Manuel Acosta...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Mediterranean Costal Town (South of France)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Charles Evans (1907-1992) Mediterranean Costal Town, 1932. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Sheet measures 8.5 x 10 inches; mounted in frame measuring 8.5 x 10 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Charles Evans was a modernist known for his abstract style of painting. He studied at New York's Art Students League and Parsons School of Design, and later in Paris with Fernand Lger at the Acadmie Moderne. In 1930, Evans and his wife spent a year living in what was Paul Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, France. The following year, Evans purchased the old silk mill in New Hope and became involved in the area's modernist movement, joining the Independents in 1932. By 1935, he began to work collaboratively with Louis Stone, whom he had met in 1929 while studying with Hans Hofman in Saint Tropez, and with Charles F. Ramsey, teaching art classes and working on the Cooperative Painting Project. Every week, the three were joined by the abstract painter, Lee Gatch, in discussions at Ledger's Inn in Lambertville. In 1948 Evans co-founded the New Hope Gazette with Walter M. Teller. The same year he created set designs for St. John Terrell's Lambertville Music Circus. He also designed sets for the Bucks County Playhouse and Philadelphia's Playhouse in the Park. He later served as Set Designer for the Fred Miller...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"Just Married", 1930s Original Painted Figurative Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative 1930's illustration of a just married couple in a classic car by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Signed "Kinghan" in the lower left c...
Category

1930s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Cardboard, Acrylic

Fine Edwardian British Society Portrait of an Elegant Lady Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady by John Arthur Machray Hay (Scottish, 1887-1960) signed and dated 1910 oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK c...
Category

1910s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

C Sørensen, Interior With Spinning Wheel, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This early 20th-century oil painting by Danish artist C Sorensen depicts a rustic interior with table, spinning wheel, chair, clock, and chest. Little is known about C Sørensen, whi...
Category

1930s Folk Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mother and Child - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by A. Von Mayden in the 1930s. Good conditions with slight foxing. Included a Passepartout:46 x 35 cm
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Andre Derain Female Nude Pencil Drawing
Located in Dallas, TX
André Derain (1880-1954) nude female pencil drawing, circa 1935 Stamped with Atelier Oval “Andre Derain” Stamped on verso with the S. Knaublich André Derain sale stamp Pencil on pape...
Category

1930s Aesthetic Movement Art

Materials

Paper

Dartmoor Ponies. Early Morning Mist and Haze. Devon Moor Pony.1930s.Wild Horses
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Charles Walter Simpson. English ( b.1885 - d.1971 ). Dartmoor Ponies, Devon. Oil on Board. Signed lower right. Image size 20.7 inches x 28.2 inches ( 52.5cm x 71.5cm ). Frame size 29...
Category

1930s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Harbour View - Cityscape Abstract Dada Romanian Israeli
Located in London, GB
This work is signed by the artist “Janco”, in the lower right corner. Condition: Good condition. Minor areas of craquelure, particularly along the edges of the canvas. Mild surface ...
Category

1930s Abstract Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Aristide Maillol Charcoal Drawing “Nu De Dos”
Located in Dallas, TX
Aristide Maillol (Fr, 1861-1944) A very large original charcoal drawing by Aristide Maillol verified by Olivier Lorquin, Director of Galerie Dina Vierny at the Musee Maillol in Par...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Anthony Thieme Nets And Sails
Located in Dallas, TX
Anthony Thieme, Netherlands (1888-1954). Oil on canvas 'Nets and Sails', Signed lower left and mounted in gilt decorative frame. Framed: 34.5 x 40.5 Canvas: 28.75 x 34.75 Condi...
Category

1930s Aesthetic Movement Art

Materials

Paint

Pretzel Woman
Located in Raleigh, NC
Beatrice Mandelman was an important artist in the New York WPA and this print was don for the WPA, but is unstamped.
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
Located in Dallas, TX
Georges Rouault (French, 1871-1958) - Étude pour le Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney. A large specimen painting for Rouault beautifully framed in a shadow fashion making a grandiose ...
Category

1930s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paint

Pointillism City View Over Gamla Stan, Stockholm, 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Axel Erdmann's painting "View Over Gamla Stan, Stockholm, 1910" is a luminous celebration of Stockholm's historic heart, Gamla Stan, as seen from Södermalm. Erdmann, a Swedish paint...
Category

1910s Pointillist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Low Country
Located in Raleigh, NC
Elizabeth O'Neil Verner etching titled "Low Country" lower left and signed in pencil lower right beneath the image. Excellent condition with large margi...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

A Triptych: The Olympic Games, Modern British Drawing, Ancient Greek, Nude
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size of rectangular works: 33 x 43 inches (84 x 109 cm) Image size of arched central work: 38 1/4 x 29 inches (97 x 73.5 cm) Provenance Private Collection o...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Looking Up Meeting Street - Charleston
Located in Raleigh, NC
Looking Up Meeting Street - Charleston by Elizabeth o'details showing. A dark richly inked impression with all the fine ddetails showing. Some light staining as shown in the photos.
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Swimmers
Located in Greenwich, CT
This photogravure was taken by the famous Henri Cartier-Bresson. He is long considered one of the greatest photographers of people and done in such a way that his images speak over ...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Photogravure

Come Out to Live original vintage poster by Paul Nash 1930s Transport for London
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage posters, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the poste...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Lithograph

St. Michael's Alley (Looking East)
Located in Raleigh, NC
St. Michael's Alley Looking East by Elizabeth o'Neill Verner. This impression #25 from an edition of probably 50. Slight light staining as shown in the photos
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Derain, Composition, Salomé, The Limited Editions Club (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, Stencil on wove paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Salomé published by The Limited Editions Club, Paris; rendered by Jea...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Circa 1930 original poster by Rorebour - Ligue Maritime et Coloniale Française
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1930 original poster by Rorebour, carries a compelling message urging viewers to join the Ligue Maritime et Coloniale Française (LMC) for a prosperous future empire. Create...
Category

1930s Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Court House Square
Located in Raleigh, NC
Court House Square by Elizabeth O'Neill Verner. This impression numbered 8 from an edition of probably 50 -100. Slight light darkening of the image. A dark richly inked impression.
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Man On the Horse - Vintage Photograph - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Man On the Horse is a black and white photograph of a painting realized by G.V Loune in the 1930s. Good conditions with slight foxing. Included a Passepartout:35 x 46 cm
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

Circa 1930 original travel poster Springtime in Holland - Dutch Railways
Located in PARIS, FR
The circa 1930 original travel poster, promoting "Le Printemps en Hollande" (Springtime in Holland) by the Chemins de Fer Néerlandais (Dutch Railways), encapsulates the allure of tra...
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1930s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper

The Dining Room - Etching by Georges Jeanniot - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The Dining Room is an Etching realized by Georges Jeanniot in the late 19th Century. Signed in the lower. Good condition.
Category

1910s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

"Le turban" original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on laid paper was printed in 1910 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Plate size: 9 3/8 x 7 inches (238 x 178 mm...
Category

1910s Art

Materials

Etching

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