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Art For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
Graveyard Leapfrog
Located in London, GB
A group of boys playing leapfrog amongst the gravestones of the Corporation Burial Ground in Rutherglen Road, one of the few areas of greenery in the Gorbals, a slum district of Glas...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Salomé - Rare Illustrated Book by Alastair - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Salomé is an original modern rare book, a versione of Oscar Wilde's Salomé illustrated by Alastair (1887 – 1969) in 1922. Published by Crès Editeur, Paris. Original edition. Format: in 8°. 89 pages with 9 full page engravings in two colors. Mint conditions. Alastair (1887 – 1969). Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (1887 – 1969), best known by his nickname Alastair, was a German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator. He is best known as an illustrator, under the nom de plume "Alastair". His career as an artist was launched in 1914, when John Lane...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Picasso, Study for Les Demoiselles D'Avignon, Picasso: Fifteen Drawings (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso: Fifteen Drawings, 1946. Published by Pantheon Books, Inc., ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

1943 Focke-Wulf FW 190 Würger Luftwaffe World War 2 airplane recognition poster
Located in London, GB
To see our other original vintage propaganda 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 poster you want. US Naval Aviation Training Division Focke-Wulf Fw 190 - World War II aeroplane Aeroplane identification poster, 1943 63x47cm A particularly unusual style of aeroplane identification poster, owing to the very arty images. Most such posters rely on very plain silhouettes, this series - and we have several in this series - have a much more arty approach to the task with shading and an interesting angle view. The Würger (in English, Shrike) is a single-seat single-engined fighter airplane widely used during World War II by the Germans. Designed in 1936 over 20,000 were built, beginning operations in August 1941 outclassing the Spitfire Mk V...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Torso of a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Torso of a woman by Auguste HENG (1891-1968) Sculpture in pink marble stone Signed on the base " A. Heng " Presented on an olive-wood base France circa 1925 height 34,5 cm height ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Stone

Vogue - Original Ink and Tempera by Fortunato Depero - 1929 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed lower left: “Depero”. Certificate of authenticity by the Archive of Fortunato Depero. In 1929, Fortunato Depero realized some proposals for internal illustrations of t...
Category

1920s Futurist Art

Materials

Ink, Tempera

The Body - Maurice Rouzée - 1940s - Tempera
Located in Roma, IT
The Body is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Hand-signed by the artist on the upper left margin. Good conditions. The artw...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Tempera

Antique San Martino Hills Naples Italy 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2879a San Martino Hill ,Naples Italy, a 1940's oil on canvas applied on board,displayed in a gilt wood frame.Signed by Ferrara
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Oil

King's College Cambridge River Cam 1920s Art Deco Jazz Age watercolour art
Located in London, GB
Anonymous King's College Cambridge with the River Cam and Bridge to foreground 51x63.5cm Watercolour c. 1920s A fine, and large, view of King's College. The...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Watercolor

Woman in a Fur Wrap
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman in a Fur Wrap Pen and ink heightened with white, c. 1920 Signed in ink lower right (see photo) Estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: estate of the artist ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Ink

Matador
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in New York, Julian Levi spent his early years in Philadelphia. He began his art studies art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Arthur B. Carles, Daniel Garber, and Henry McCarter. On graduation, Levi was awarded a scholarship which he used to travel to Italy and Paris. During his stay in Europe, which lasted five years, from 1920 to 1925, Levi was influenced by Cubism. He was especially drawn to the art of Juan Gris, adopting the gentle color harmonies and precise linear treatments of forms found in Gris's works. In 1924, Levi participated in an important show of Philadelphia modern artists which included works by Charles Demuth, Hugh Breckinridge, Franklin Watkins...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Gouache

"Bread" lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold lithograph titled "Bread" by Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945). This piece is one of the Lithographic reproductions of the original lithographs, plate 2 from a series of 10, pr...
Category

1940s Expressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Spanish landscape oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Landscape of Olot Artist: Joaquim Marsillach Codony (1905-1986) Year: 1945 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.7 in (60 x 73 cm) Location: Olot School, Catalonia Mo...
Category

1940s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Large Framed Waterfall Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist framed landscape oil painting. Framed in a silver impressionist molding. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 20H by 30L inches.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, (Colors, new tales follow...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, published in Le Mercure de France (Colors, new tales follow old things), 1908 Graphite and colored pencil, 1926 Signed in pencil l...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Color Pencil

"In The Woods"
By Bert Geer Phillips
Located in Warren, NJ
Bert Geer Phillips (1868-1956) Original Oil On Board In good condition Measures 22x17 International buyers most cover shipping cost
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Board

1928 Original Jungfrau Railway poster, created by Émile Cardinaux
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Jungfrau Railway poster, created by Swiss artist Émile Cardinaux in 1928, is a masterpiece of Swiss design. Cardinaux, who was born in Swi...
Category

1920s Art

Materials

Linen, Lithograph, Paper

Surrealist composition
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Photogravure

"Hombre contemplando la luna" signed / numbered original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Signed in pencil and numbered 68 of 80. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as a speci...
Category

1940s Surrealist Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Mosaic II
Located in Greenwich, CT
Appropriately called the "Mosaic" period for important historical artist Carl Holty, this is a super example! His color use during this time frame was lively as he always used sky b...
Category

1940s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Composition (Cramer 36; Bloch 360; Horodisch A6), Non Vouloir, Pablo Picasso
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Zincograph on Vélin Bouffant paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Non Vouloir, 1942. Published by Éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris; printed...
Category

1940s Cubist Art

Materials

Etching

Springtime: Almond Tree in Bloom (Printemps:Amandier en Fleur) Raymond Thibesart
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Springtime: Almond Tree in Bloom (Printemps: Amandier en Fleur) Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Oil on canvas, circa 1920s 19 x 25 1/2 (22 3/4 x 28 1/2 framed) inches Raymond ...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Le Tir Forain' (Fairground Shooting) — 1920s French Cubism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Le Tir Forain, engraving, edition 108, 1920-21, Sylvain Laboureur 191. Signed and numbered '19/85 ép' in pencil. Initialed 'L' and dated 1920 in the matrix,...
Category

1920s Cubist Art

Materials

Engraving

Antique American Impressionist Mountain Lake Sailboat Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American impressionist lake landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas board. Signed. Image size, 10H by 14L.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Palo Alto Foothills Landscape Oil Painting
By Bruce Nelson
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to present Early 20th Century Oil Painting Palo Alto, California Foothills Landscape Painting circle of Bruce ...
Category

1920s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Canvas

Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print
Located in London, GB
Gorbals Boys (1948) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Bert Hardy/Getty Images Archive London) Possibly Bert Hardy's most famous image. Two boys in the Gorbals area of Glasgow. The Gorbals tenements were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s, providing housing for Glasgow's burgeoning population of industrial workers. Conditions were appalling; overcrowding was standard and sewage and water facilities inadequate. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap. By the time this photograph was taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920. Redevelopment of the area began in the late 1950s and the tenements were replaced with a modern tower block complex in the sixties. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4499 - The Forgotten Gorbals - pub. 1948 Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 20 x 16'' inches / 51 x 41 cm Printed 2024 Silver Gelatin Fibre Print Limited edition issued and stamped on front by the Getty Archive London Edition size 300 only NOTE OTHER SIZES OF THIS IMAGE AVAILABLE 10 x 8'' 10 x 12'' 12 x 16'' 16 x 20'' 20 x 24'' FRAMING AVAILABLE ON REQUEST Bert Hardy Albert William Thomas Hardy (19 May 1913 – 3 July 1995) was an English documentary and press photographer known for his work published in the Picture Post magazine between 1941 and 1957. Life and work Born in Blackfriars, Bert Hardy rose from humble working class origins in Southwark, London. The eldest of seven children, he left school at age 14 to work for a chemist who also processed photos. His first big sale came in 1936 when he photographed King George V and Queen Mary in a passing carriage during the Silver Jubilee celebrations, and sold 200 small prints of his best view of the King. His first assignment, at age 23, was to photograph Hungarian actor Sakall at the Mayfair Hotel. Hardy freelanced for The Bicycle magazine, and bought his first small-format 35 mm Leica. He signed on with the General Photographic Agency as a Leica photographer, later founding his own freelance firm, Criterion. General Photographic Agency General Photographic Agency a Fleet Street, London agency, sold photos at least between 1880-1950. Picture Post and World War II In 1941, Hardy was recruited by the then editor Tom Hopkinson of the leading picture publication of the 1930s to the 1950s, Picture Post. Founded in 1938 and funded by publisher Edward Hulton, the magazine's first editor was Hungarian émigré Stefan Lorant (1901–97) assisted by Hopkinson, who took over as editor from 1940. The picture-centric, left-leaning and reasonably-priced publication was highly successful and circulation soon rose to over a million. Hardy's photographer colleagues included Felix H. Man (aka Hans Baumann...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

German Aircraft, original vintage Second World War poster
Located in London, GB
German Aircraft Original vintage Second World War poster Lithograph 51 x 71 cm c.1941-1944 This original vintage poster, published in 1941, depicts a series of German aircraft,...
Category

1940s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Danse Macabre - Rare Book Engraved by Frans Masereel - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Danse Macabre is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) in 1941. Original Edition. 950 numbered copies. Published by Lang, ...
Category

1940s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photogravure

Lithographie I (Duthuit 20), Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse, 1947. Publ...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Walpurgis Nacht - Drawing by A. Kubin - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Walpurgis Nacht is a drawing with pen and Indian ink on paper, realized by Alfred Kubin in 1920, Hand-signed. Provenance Zevi Collection Milan. Included a frame. In very good co...
Category

1920s Symbolist Art

Materials

India Ink, Pen

Antique American Modernist New York Cityscape Silver Leaf Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 27 by 33 inches overall and 23 by 29 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Handsomely f...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Paris, Hotel des Saint Pères - Oil on Masonite by F. De Pisis - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on Masonite realized by the Artist in 1948. Includes a coeval wooden frame. Artist paints the Hotel where he used to live in Paris during those years. Note, title, date ...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk , Signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Man writing at his desk, 18th century interior scene Pastel on paper Signed upper right 20.5 x 15.8 cm Framed under glass : 37 x 31.5 cm It is known that Guirand de Scevola was very interested in the Palace of Versailles and its Old Regime atmosphere, that he often painted it and that he participated in the Versailles Revival movement at the beginning of the century. This probably led him to paint scenes in the 18th century style, for which he was particularly well known and which are still sought after. What is striking is the modernity of the execution of our pastel, which obviously contrasts with its subject in the style of the 18th century. Guirand de Scevoal is a great colourist and he proves it here with eclat, by building up his composition with white pastel highlights, contrasting with brown and black. There is something of the northern painters in this treatment of light. All this, as always with him, is very subtle. The light radiating from the window is almost an abstract notation, but it gives meaning to this interior scene. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Pastel

Edward, My Son (with Deborah Kerr) (20% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Spencer Tracy & Deborah Kerr Edward, My Son Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper Year: 1949 Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (16.51 x 20.32 cm) Stamped verso Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

Rio de San Barnaba, Venice 1927 - Impressionist Riverscape Oil by Emma Ciardi
By Emma Ciardi
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel landscape by Italian impressionist painter Emma Ciardi. The work depicts a view of the Rio de San Barnaba which runs through Venice, It...
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU?
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU? 1927 ( Chapon/Rouault 97; Wofsy 151) Miserere XLIV Aquatint, 1927, on laid Arches. watermark...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Aquatint

"Holzbrücke" Max Beckmann, 1922 Modernist Drypoint Urban Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Max Beckmann Holzbrücke, 1922 Signed in pencil lower right Drypoint on cream wove paper 11 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches From the edition of 150 Max Beckmann dreamed up a world of actors, cab...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Drypoint

Antique American Southern School Macabre Street Scene Mortuary Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist street scene. Reminiscent of New Orleans or another souther city. A bustling street scene. Nicely framed. No signature found. Image size, 24...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Lieselotte Friedländer', Bauhaus, Berlin National Gallery, Munich Sezession
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A substantial, Modernist portrait of the fashion designer, Lieselotte Friedländer, shown seated in a chrome-steel Bauhaus chair with a view beyond to a sunlit, woodland grove. Georg Rössner first studied in Berlin and, later, in Paris with Lovis Corinth. Rössner was a member of both the Berlin and Munich Sezession committees and, in 1920, was appointed professor at Berlin’s Staatliche Kunstschule. Over the course of a long career, Rössner exhibited internationally with success including at the 1929 Paris Exhibition des Peintres-Graveurs Allemands. His work is held in prominent private and public collections including the permanent collection of the National Gallery in Berlin.  Born in 1898, Lieselotte Friedländer moved to Berlin with her family in 1909. By the mid-1920s, she had established herself as the Weimar Republic...
Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Easter Sunday' — Mid-century American Surrealism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Vale Faro, 'Easter Sunday', color lithograph, 1946, edition 31. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '116' and '17/31' in pen. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 21 x 13 1/2 inches; sheet size 24 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Bird #2" - 1949 Vintage Black & White Modernist Monotype Print by Edgar Britton
Located in Denver, CO
Bird #2 is a striking vintage black-and-white monotype print by renowned Colorado artist Edgar Britton. Created in 1949, this original work features a bold composition of a white dov...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Monotype

GEFALLEN (Killed in Action)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945) GEFALLEN (Killed in Action) 1920 (Klipstein 153 (1st state, a of c of 2 states) Lithograph on laid paper. Image 16 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, Large Full Sheet, 25 ½...
Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Formes from the Jazz Portfolio, Modern Lithograph (After) Henri Matisse
Located in Long Island City, NY
Formes (Forms) Henri Matisse (After) French (1869–1954) Portfolio: Jazz Date: Of Original: 1947 Year Printed: 1983 Lithograph Image Size: 14.5 x 21 inches Size: 15.25 x 23.5 in. (...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

INSTRUCTION
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) INSTRUCTION 1940 (Fath 41) Lithograph, signed edition of 250 as published by Associated American Artists. 10 ¼” x 12 ¼”. Full margins, deckle edges....
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique American Impressionist Western Landscape Pike's Peak Colorado Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted antique American impressionist western landscape painting; Oil on canvas. Signed. Handsomely framed and ready to hang.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Modern Abstract Landscape Monogrammed American Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Italian Rural Landscape Oil Painting 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6022 Antique Italian rural landscape oil painting, Set in a period gilt frame Image size 8x9" Signed lower left
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Signed Flower Still Life Oil Painting Great Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Monhegan Island Maine Landscape
By Margaret Cox Herrick
Located in Soquel, CA
Painterly, colorful impressionist painting of a tree lined path on a sunny hillside overlooking Monhegan Island, with distinctive residences for artists and visitors, in this beautiful Art Colony by Margaret Cox Herrick (American, 1865-1950). Signed by the artist lower right, "M. C. Herrick." Oil on canvas. Linen wrapped wood liner. Gilt wood frame. Image, 16"H x 14"W. Born in San Francisco, CA on June 24, 1865, the daughter of artist Wm F. Herrick. Margaret studied at the local School of Design under Virgil Williams, Emil Carlsen, and Arthur Mathews...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay - Mid Century Landscape
By William Winthrop Ward
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully detailed mid-century coastal landscape of Pillar Point Fishing Dock near Half Moon Bay, California by William Winthrop Ward (American, 1901-1985). Signed lower left: "W. ...
Category

1940s American Impressionist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz 1949
Located in London, GB
Slim Aarons Estate Print - Dinner Jazz American Jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971) enjoys a plate of spaghetti in Rome. (Photo by S...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) "6th Avenue El" 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 Oil on canvas board, c. 1940s Signed lower righ...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Miró, Composition, Cahiers d'Art (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Cahiers d'Art N°24, 1949. Published and printed by Éditions des Cahi...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Cocteau, Portrait de Jean Desbordes is a Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", publ...
Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Tom, Dick & Harry', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Art Deco, Woman Artist, ASL, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fresh, hand-colored stone lithograph titled 'Tom, Dick and Harry' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and stamped wit...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

A Serene, ca. 1940s, Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, ca. 1940s, Western landscape painting with horses by artist Francis Chapin. In a brown, wooden frame. Image size: 22" x 28". Framed size: 25" x 31". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category

1940s American Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Notre Dame de Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb, dark impression of a well known scene by Arms. Etching with aquatint on watermarked handmade F.J. Head & Co. laid paper, 12 3/8 x 13 15/16 inches (315 x 354 mm), full marg...
Category

1920s American Modern Art

Materials

Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Vue de Rolleboise - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Maximillien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figure in landscape oil on paper laid on canvas circa 1925 by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts a view of Rolleboise, a commune in the Yvelines d...
Category

1920s Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Laid Paper

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For art meditating on the subconscious, investigate Surrealists like Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí. Explore Pop art and its leading artists such as Andy Warhol, Rosalyn Drexler and Keith Haring for bright and bold colors. Not only did these artists question art itself, but also how we perceive society. Similarly, 20th-century photography and abstract painting reconsidered the intent of art.

Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler and Lee Krasner and Color Field artists including Sam Gilliam broke from conventional ideas of painting, while Op artists such as Yaacov Agam embraced visual trickery and kinetic movement. Novel visuals are also integral to contemporary work influenced by street art, such as sculptures and prints by KAWS.

Realist portraiture is a global tradition reflecting on what makes us human. This is reflected in the work of Slim Aarons, an American photographer whose images are at once candid and polished and appeared in Holiday magazine and elsewhere. Innovative artists Mickalene Thomas and Kerry James Marshall are now offering new perspectives on the form.

Collecting art is a rewarding, lifelong pursuit that can help connect you with the creative ways historic, modern and contemporary artists have engaged with the world. For more tips on piecing together an art collection, see our guide to buying and displaying art.

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