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Edgar Bundy ARA RI RBA, A Country Cousin
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This witty early 20th-century oil painting by British artist Edgar Bundy ARA RI RBA (1862-1922) depicts a young country woman visiting the home of her wealthy relatives, to much dism...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Period Cubist Abstract Signed Framed Rare Artist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare early American modernist cubist abstract by Anita F. Plumb. Framed. Pastel and gouache on paper. Signed. Image size, 20H by 26L.
Category
1940s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Albert-Ernest Carrier Belleuse Bisque Plotchrome Persian Maiden
Located in Soquel, CA
Bisque bust with ploychrome enamel decorated with painted gilt and raised on a circular socle with a square plinth. After Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse by Ferdinand and Bing Co. an ...
Category
Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
American Poplar
Located in Stockholm, SE
A vibrant painting depicting an avenue lined with poplar trees in fall colors, prominently featuring a very large, centrally placed yellow poplar. Possibly an American poplar. The artist, Agda Holst, has employed a diverse palette of colors to the poplars, creating a dynamic and colorful composition. This oil on panel is signed and dated by Holst in 1948. The work exemplifies her use of color and form, characteristics that defined her artistic practice throughout her career.
Agda Holst was a Swedish modernist painter known for her precise study of form, stylized compositions, and ability to merge structured geometry with expressive color. Her works, often still lifes, portraits, and figure studies, reflect a balance between naturalistic representation and modernist influences such as Cubism and New Objectivity.
Holst's artistic journey began in 1907 at the Académie Colarossi in Paris, where she studied under Christian Krohg. Seeking further refinement, she moved to Munich between 1910 and 1911, studying with Julius Exter, known for his teachings in portrait and genre painting. In 1911–1912, she returned to Paris to study under Kees van Dongen, whose bold use of color and strong contrasts left a lasting impression on her work. The early 1920s marked another period of study in Paris, this time under André Lhote, who instilled in her a structured approach to composition and geometric clarity.
Holst’s first public exhibition took place in 1916, when she displayed paintings in a bookstore...
Category
1940s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Abstract Expressionist Vintage Framed New York School Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 18L x 24H.
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Geranium', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Royal Academy, Denmark
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989), titled, verso, on old label, 'Opstilling' (Still Life) and dated 1949.
Exhibited: Landmandsbankens Kunstforen...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Early 20th Century Cornish Harbor Fishing Boats Landscape 1910
Located in Soquel, CA
Important and historical painting titled, "Cornish Harbor With Boats" by Royal Academy of British Artists member Adolph M. Brougier (German, 1870-1926). Brougier exhibited at the 100th anniversary of the Reign of Queen Victoria Exhibition of 1911. Signed lower left corner "Brougier." Label on verso: "No 278, Adolph Brougier, RBA. Sold by Mrs. John Diehl, Daughter of the Artist."
Born in Germany, Brougier studied art in France and spent his later years painting in Santa Barbara,California. Image, 15"H x 22"W. Displayed in vintage wood frame.
BROUGIER, Adolph was born on September 23, 1870 in Stuttgart. Son of a German merchant whose family was of French origin.
Education
Stuttgart; Munich; Studied art for three years at Munich, and later spent a year in Paris, where he studied under Benjamin Constant and Bougereau.
Career
From there he went to Rome, where he also took up sculpture. Settling down in Munich he became a member of the Ktinster Genossenschaft and Luitpoldgruppe. Paid frequent visits to Italy, Spain, and the Tyrol.
Has lived in England since 1901. Exhibits at Munich, Berlin, Salon at Paris, and Royal Academy. Figure and landscape painter.
Membership
Royal Society of British Artists. Clubs: Alpine, German Athenaeum.
Royal Society of British Artists. Clubs: Alpine, German Athenaeum.
Interests
Other Interests
Fishing, bicycling, and mountain climbing...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
Improvisation 11 Limited Edition Lithograph 1990
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Wassily Kandinsky - Improvisation 11
1910
Lithograph in colors on Arches paper,
1990
Paper size 24" x 24" inches
Image size 18" x 20" inches
Stamped signature
Blindstamps of the Russ...
Category
Early 1900s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique American Impressionist Signed Cafe Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing and rare early American impressionist street scene oil painting by Reynolds Beal (1866/67 - 1951). Framed in a period giltwood Whistler impressionist frame. Oil on canvas....
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Opera Scene Signed Rare Illustration Framed Genre Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American illustration of an opera scene by Richard W. Baldwin (1920 - 2012) . Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Farm in Winter)
By Julius M. Delbos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Farm in Winter), 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 26 x 30 inches, presented in an original frame
Julius Delbos...
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vue de Paris - 1906 - Impressionist Riverscape Oil Painting by Camille Roche
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated impressionist oil on panel landscape by French painter Camille Roche. This beautifully coloured piece depicts a view of the River Seine in Paris, France on a bright ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique Horse and Carriage Danish Winter Landscape Oil Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3910C Antique impressionistic winter landscape.Oil on canvas applied to board
Displayed in a gilt wood frame,
Signed lower left by Johanssen.
Image size 17.5 H x 23.5 W
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
A 1940s Painting of a Seated Female Nude in Summer Landscape, Ox-Bow School
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 1940s painting of a seated female nude in a summer landscape by renowned Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the Oxbow School in Saugatuck, Michig...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Turtle-Doves II - Spanish Dove Peace
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Picasso" in the lower right image.
It is hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 25, in the lower left image.
The...
Category
1940s Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Agathon Léonard Art Nouveau Bronze "Danseuse au flambeaux"
Located in Berlin, DE
Awesome Art Nouveau sculpture by Agathon Léonard ( Lille 1841-1923 Paris ). Gilded bronze, circa 1900. Signed on the back: A Léonard sclp and foundry...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Marternity
Located in Geneva, CH
Artist born in Vienna, Austria in 1887.
Died in 1970 in Geneva.
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Period New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and amazing mid 1900s abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Join the U. S. Crop Corps, Work on a Farm this Summer vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
WORK ON A FARM… THIS SUMMER; JOIN THE U. S. CROP CORPS. Original World War II vintage poster # 1943-0-520467. Artist: Morgan Douglas. A visual play on Grant Wood’s famous painting, AMERICAN GOTHIC. This World War 2 poster is linen backed with the original fold marks restored. (US Government...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
"Portrait of a Seated Nude Woman" American Impressionist Painting Oil on Panel
Located in New York, NY
A rare and breath taking work, with masterful bursh work and sublime execution of light. We are drawn to the subtle beauty and elegant pose. The tasteful compostion lends an intimate scene into the artists studio where Philip has captured her effortlessly. This piece comes displayed in a wonderful frame and hanging wire on verso.
Art measures 24 x 20 inches
Frame measures 30 x 26 inches
Robert Philipp was born on February 2, 1895 in New York City. He was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Moses Solomon Philipp showed early talent and grew up in a family atmosphere that fed and cultivated his creativity. At age of 15, he entered the Art Students League for four years and then continued his training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers at the League included George Bridgeman and Frank DuMond, and at the National Academy he studied with Douglas Volk...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lake view by A. Muller - Oil on canvas 60x73 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas with a frame; total size 80x93 cm
Category
1940s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life with Imari Bowl', Paris, Japanese Woodblock, Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945.
A dramatic, Post-Impressionist still-life showing a group of items including a fluted, Japanese porcelain vase holding an informal arrangement of variegated daisies, a lobed Imari bowl with fruit and a Japanese woodblock print set...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
German School, Figure Study
Located in London, GB
German School, Figure Study, c.1890, Oil on canvas, 64cm x 39cm, (74cm x 50cm framed). The painting has been recently cleaned and is in a new period style frame.
This wonderfully t...
Category
Early 1900s Old Masters Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude in Life Class with Green Shoes - British 40's Slade School art oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940'...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Lady in Black Hat - British Edwardian art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking British Edwardian portrait oil painting is by artist Shirley Slocombe. He painted it in 1901 and it is signed and dated lower right. The composition is a bust length po...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
No title
By André Masson
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1940
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 31/200
Certificate of authenticity
LCD4451
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Please, Mister, Don't Be Careless" Vintage Poster featuring Disney Characters
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Printed in 1943, by the U.S. Government Printing Office for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The poster features the beloved Disney characters, Bambi (deer), Thumper (rabbit), and Flower (skunk) in wide-eyed shock leaning towards fear. With the slogan "Please, Mister, don't be careless" the poster is designed to tug at the heartstrings of the viewer and make them consider what actions they could take in their own lives to prevent forest fires.
Poster: 20" x 14 1/4"
Frame: 30" x 22 1/2"
Framed to conservation standards with a 100% cotton fiber matboard border and UV clear glass that filters 99% of UV Rays. UV Rays can be especially damaging and cause fading to the inks used in poster making. All of these features are housed in a contemporary natural wood frame.
Smokey Bear...
Category
1940s Other Art Style Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Italian Art Nouveau Coldpainted Bronze Orientalist Figure Arab Girl 1900
Located in Portland, OR
A very large & finely modeled antique Italian cold-painted Orientalist bronze of a young Arab girl, by the Italian sculptor Ferdinando de Luca, circa 1900.
Ferdinando de Luca (also k...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Mid Century Colorado River Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century impressionist landscape of Colorado River and hills by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961), c.1940. Unsigned; purchased as part of collection of artist's wo...
Category
1940s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Quebec in winter
Located in Westmount, QC
Graham Noble Norwell, Canadian, 1901-1967
Saguenay, circa 1949
watercolour on paper
21 x 28 in (sight)
Signed lower right
framed
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
A Careless World ...A Needless Sinking original 1942 vintage World War 2 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage World War 2 poster: A Careless Word … A Needless Sinking.
A Careless Word ... A Needless Sinking. Linen backed origin...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
"Lounging Nude" 1940's Charcoal Nude Drawing Bay Area Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers
Lounging Nude
1940s
Charcoal on Paper
25"x19", unframed
Came from a portfolio from the estate of John Bowers
John Henry Bowers
September 9, 1921 - January 30, 2017
Joh...
Category
1940s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Loch Eck, Scotland - Scottish Edwardian art landscape oil painting
By William Young
Located in London, GB
This breath taking Scottish Edwardian landscape oil painting is by much exhibited landscape artist William Young RSW. Entitled Loch Eck and painted circa 1908...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Petit Pont-Neuf - Pont Saint-Michel Paris Bridge at Night Original Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Petit Pont-Neuf - Pont Saint-Michel Paris Bridge at Night Original Oil on Linen
Pont Saint-Michel Paris Bridge at Nigh by an unknown artist, signed illegibly and possibly H. Pierrot ...
Category
1940s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique Dog Painting Collies in Horse Stable w/ Saddle and Blanket, 19th century
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Dog Painting "Collies in Horse Stable with Saddle and Blanket"
Auguste Vimar (French 1851-1916)
Circa 1900
21 x 17 1/2 (29 x 25 1/2 frame) inches
An excellent depiction of collies in the barn awaiting their master. The color and textures are very evocative of an actual stable right down to the hay scattered about. With its original frame, this is quite the statement piece.
Auguste Vimar was a French painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator though he is best known for his talents as an illustrator. He illustrated great classics like La Fontaine's Fables or books by his friends, such as L'Arche de Noé by Paul Guigou...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henry Wallace Methven "Impressionist Landscape" Water, Trees Summer Reflection
Located in Detroit, MI
Impressionist Landscape" is an exquisitely peaceful late summer scene along the banks of a quiet river. The dappling yellow and green leaves and the spots of blue sky give the perfect impressionistic feel to the scene. Impressionism was a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and color. Methven captured this impression perfectly. It is as fresh today as when it was painted in 1902 so much so that you can almost hear the rustle of the leaves and see the shifting light. The gold gilt frame is original to the piece. Without the frame the piece measures 20 h x 16 w. It is signed by the artist.
Methven was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1930's he moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he painted with other area Chicago artists and showed at The Art Institute of Chicago. He spent his summers in Benton Harbor, Michigan, along Lake Michigan. He is known for his landscapes and water scenes. Michigan has numerous rivers, creeks and small lakes and Methven would have had a wealth of scenes to draw upon for his numerous oil paintings.
He studied under Henry Fenton Spread who taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later founded Spread's Art Academy. In 1902, this academy became the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Spread was named the first president of the Chicago Society of Artists in 1889. Known primarily as a portraitist, Spread also painted landscape and genre scenes. Although a skilled artist, he did not exhibit widely; his primary legacy being fostering a love of art in Chicago. Fellow artist (and former student of Spread), Ralph Clarkson, the noted Chicago society portrait painter, stated that Spread' s "fine and advice formed the careers of the men who were not only to achieve prominence as artists, but to occupy leading places as art teachers". Harry Wallace Methven...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Exhibited Impressionist Seascape with Pelican Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted and impressive mid 20th century impressionist seascape with a pelican. Exhibition label verso. Framed.
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original You buy 'em We'll fly 'em! Defense Bonds vintage WW2 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: "You buy 'em We'll fly 'em!" Artists: J. Walter Wilkinson and his son Walter G. Wilkinson. (1917 - 1971). Linen backed with original WW2 U.S. military with original issued fold marks restored. Excellent condition. Touchup pinhole in the four corners. Excellent colors. Ready to frame.
A flying ace pilot smiles and gives the thumbs up to the viewer to promote war bonds, saying, "You Buy 'Em, We'll Fly' Em" in this 1942 WWII poster by J. Walter Wilkinson and his son Walter G. Wilkinson. The artwork features a squadron of Douglas SBD Dauntless, which the US Navy used as scout planes and dive bombers. The seal at the bottom of the poster reads, "The More Bonds You Buy- The More Planes Will Fly." This poster is one in a series of six created by the award-winning father-son team for the United States Treasury Department. J. Walter Wilkinson (1892-1988) and his son Walter G. Wilkinson (1917-1971) created several posters for the United States Department of Treasury during the Second World War. J. Walter Wilkinson was an academic painter who studied in Italy and worked for advertising agencies in Philadelphia. He specialized in outdoor landscapes and created many commercial artworks for advertising campaigns, including Ivory Soap, Pabst Beer...
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Offset
1940's San Ynez Valley Indian Trail Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century California landscape of the beautiful San Ynez Valley Indian Trail with Native American children walking towards the sunset by H. Hansen (American, 20th Century), 1944. The small figures walk through a majestic, sprawling landscape full of plants, rocks, and tall trees flanking this gorgeous trail that leads towards an epic mountain range in the distance.
Signed and dated "H. Hansen 1944" lower left corner.
Label on verso with title and "Rubicon Lodge" (an old California...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Spanish village european modern art oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Genis Capdevila Puig (1860-1932) - Landscape with Spanish village - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 62x76 cm.
Frameless.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Maui Coastal Hawaiian Beach Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare Hawaiian landscape of coastal Maui. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H x 24"L.
Category
1940s Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Mural Study Mid-Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study Mid-Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Workers
Anton Refregier (1905-1979)
Mural Study, Untitled
7 ¾ x 22 inches (sight)
Gouache, pencil, and charcoal on board, c. 1940s
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of Seymour Fogel, noted verso
Thomas McCormick Gallery...
Category
1940s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache, Board, Pencil
South Street, NYC - Impressionist Oil Painting by Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: South Street, New York
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Original 1943 World War II poster, designed by Sloan Roberts
Located in PARIS, FR
This original 1943 World War II poster, designed by Sloan Roberts, was part of the U.S. government’s War Bonds campaign, encouraging American citizens to financially support the war effort. During WWII, War Bonds were a crucial means of raising funds for military operations, and posters like this played a significant role in mobilizing patriotic sentiment across the nation.
Roberts’ artwork for this poster is a striking example of wartime propaganda, using bold imagery and compelling text to inspire action. The composition typically features heroic figures—soldiers, civilians, or symbolic American icons—set against a powerful backdrop, reinforcing themes of duty, sacrifice, and national unity. The typography is strong and direct, emphasizing the message: "Buy War Bonds", a rallying cry repeated across numerous government-issued posters during the war.
As a wartime artist, Sloan Roberts was known for his ability to evoke emotion and urgency through dynamic compositions and dramatic lighting. His work exemplifies the graphic design style of the era, which combined realistic illustration with bold, patriotic color schemes—often featuring reds, whites, and blues to reinforce national pride.
These original 1943 posters were distributed widely across public spaces, factories, schools, and military recruitment centers, serving as a visual reminder of the home front’s responsibility in the war effort. Today, Sloan Roberts’ War Bonds poster is a highly collectible piece of WWII history, valued for its artistic, historical, and patriotic significance.
This poster remains an iconic representation of American resilience and unity, making it a prized addition for collectors of vintage military propaganda, WWII memorabilia...
Category
1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Linen
Rue de Paris
Located in Madrid, ES
EMILIO GRAU SALA
Spanish, 1911 - 1975
RUE DE PARIS
signed "Grau Sala" (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 19-3/4 inches (61 x 50 cm.)
framed: 29-3/8 x 25-1/4 inches (74.5 x 64 cm.)
PRO...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Far Away Thoughts", 19th Century Oil on Canvas by Daniel Hernández
Located in Madrid, ES
DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ
Peruvian, 1856 - 1932
FAR AWAY THOUGHTS
signed "Daniel Hernandez" (lower right)
oil on canvas
27-1/2 x 19-1/4 inches (70 x 49 cm.)
framed: 39-3/8 x 31-1/8 inches (100 x 79 cm.)
Daniel Hernández Morillo...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940s Modernist Oil Painting – Adobe Church Landscape, New Mexico Southwest Art
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative vintage oil painting from the 1930s–1940s captures a classic adobe church in New Mexico, likely inspired by the historic San Francisco de Asís Mission Church in Rancho de Taos. Painted by Denver modernist Paul K...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Six O'Clock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six O-Clock, c. 1942, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, signed and titled several times verso of frame and stretcher (perhaps by another hand), marked “Rehn” several times on frame (for the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries in New York City, who represented Craig at the time); Exhibited: 1) 18th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings from March 21 to May 2, 1943 at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. #87, original price $450 (per catalog) (exhibition label verso), 2) Craig’s one-man show at the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York City, from October 26 to November 14, 1942, #10 (original price listed as $350); and 3) Exhibition of thirty paintings sponsored by the Harrisburg Art Association at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg in March, 1944 (concerning this exhibit, Penelope Redd of The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) wrote: “Other paintings that have overtones of superrealism inherent in the subjects include Tom Craig’s California nocturne, ‘Six O’Clock,’ two figures moving through the twilight . . . .” March 6, 1944, p. 13); another label verso from The Museum of Art of Toledo (Ohio): original frame: Provenance includes George Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
About the Painting
Long before Chris Burden’s iconic installation outside of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light, another artist, Tom Craig, made Southern California streetlights the subject of one of his early 1940s paintings. Consisting of dozens of recycled streetlights from the 1920s and 1930s forming a classical colonnade at the museum’s entrance, Burden’s Urban Light has become a symbol of Los Angeles. For Burden, the streetlights represent what constitutes an advanced society, something “safe after dark and beautiful to behold.” It seems that Craig is playing on the same theme in Six O-Clock. Although we see two hunched figures trudging along the sidewalk at the end of a long day, the real stars of this painting are the streetlights which brighten the twilight and silhouette another iconic symbol of Los Angeles, the palm trees in the distance. Mountains in the background and the distant view of a suburban neighborhood join the streetlights and palm trees as classic subject matter for a California Scene painting, but Craig gives us a twist by depicting the scene not as a sun-drenched natural expanse. Rather, Craig uses thin layers of oil paint, mimicking the watercolor technique for which he is most famous, to show us the twinkling beauty of manmade light and the safety it affords. Although Southern California is a land of natural wonders, the interventions of humanity are already everywhere in Los Angeles and as one critic noted, the resulting painting has an air of “superrealism.”
About the Artist
Thomas Theodore Craig was a well-known fixture in the Southern California art scene. He was born in Upland California. Craig graduated with a degree in botany from Pomona College and studied painting at Pamona and the Chouinard Art School with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Barse Miller among others. He became close friends with fellow artist Milford Zornes...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Covered Wagon" On the Oregon Trail Prairie Schooner Horseman and Cattle
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Covered Wagon" On the Oregon Trail Prairie Schooner and Cattle
Facsimile in oil or silk screen Oil print by Gilbert Ross Tonge (American, 1883 - 1970...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Screen
Landscape
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paul Berthon - Sarah Bernhardt La Princesse Lointaine " The Faraway Princess "
By Paul Berthon
Located in PARIS, FR
Paul Emile Berthon ( 1872- 1909 ), was a French decorative artist.
He began studying painting in Villefranche. From 1893, he moved to Paris, where he attended the École normale d'enseignement du dessin. Among the courses taken at the time, those of the professor of decorative art Eugène Grasset had the greatest impact on him.
The first works of Paul Berthon (around 1896) show a style close to that of Grasset. By freeing himself from the style of his master, his own style develops based on a palette of autumnal pastels with sharp lines and contours.
This is his most famous lithograph, a portrait of Sarah Bernhardt in the title role of "La Princesse Lointaine...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Lithograph, Paper
The Running River. Oil painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Stephen DENISON
1909 - 1965
Canvas Size: 20 x 24" (50 x 60cm)
Outside Frame size: 27 x 31" (69 x 79cm)
Signed and dated 1948
A wonderful example of Modern British art.
This Englis...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Ginger Cat with Still Life', American Modernist, WPA Muralist, SFAA, GGIE, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jay Risling' (American, 1896-1993) and dated 1941.
A psychologically penetrating study of a contented, golden-eyed ginger cat shown re...
Category
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Oil painting on Canvas, a reclining Nude 19Th
Located in Gavere, BE
French Oil painting on Canvas, a reclining Nude 19Th
Additional Info:
Title: reclining nude
Medium: original oil on canvas
Signature: Signed lower right
Provenance: private collect...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1900's French Oil Painting Impressionist Portrait Sketch Portrait Young Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Young Lady
French School, early 1900's period
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 26 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Early 1900s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait de Madame Luce - Post Impressionist Portrait Oil by Maximilien Luce
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas portrait by post impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The painting is of the artist's wife, Ambroisine "Simone" Bouin, seated in a chair with a vase ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
woman in white oil on canvas painting portrait
By Ignasi Mundó
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignasi Mundó Marcet (1918-2012) - woman in white - Oil on canvas
Canvas measures 73x60 cm.
Frame size 76x63 cm.
MUNDO Ignasi
Ignasi Mundó trained at the School of La Lonja, with Joa...
Category
1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School New York City Modernist Central Park View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist central park, new york city oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvasboard . Image size, 18H by 24L.
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil