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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1940s
Heidi
By Joseph A. Maturo
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1937 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Upper Left The original painting for the 1937 Heidi movie poster.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil on Cardboard La Femme au Tir II by Dietz Edzard, 1938
Located in Berlin, DE
Dietz Edzard (German/French 1893-1963) Oil on cardboard, 1938, stamped at lower right with the initials D.E. Framed. Property of the Estate of Dr. Max Stern sold for the benefit of ...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Friday Night or The Band, Maxwell Coffee Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1949 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee, "The Quartet, The Dog...
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Hills of Carmel"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed Lower Right George W. Sotter (1879-1953) George W. Sotter is remembered for painting the scenic towns, farms, mills a...
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1940s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sledding, Capper's Farmer Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1933 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 20.13" Signature: Signed Lower Left Capper's Farmer Magazine Cover, February 1933
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1930s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 28, 1936
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1936 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 28.00" x 22.00", Framed 34.00" x 28.00"
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1930s Paintings

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Oil, Board

The Whistling Cat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for The Whistling Cat by Robert W. Chambers, Liberty magazine, November 21, 1931. Image of woman, young girl and dog at dory. Signed...
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1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Mid Century Study of Temptation of St. Anthony
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling oil painting of Temptation of St. Anthony by Piero Tamo (Swiss, 1899-1966). Tamo was a poet and a painter who worked in the realist style and ...
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Art Deco Figurine w. Dogs & Lilies Still Life by Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Romantic still-life of a beautiful porcelain lady and her two dogs - perhaps Borzoi - set among a display of fresh cut lilies by listed artist Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970). Signed "Nell Walker Warner" lower left. Displayed in a giltwood frame with linen liner. Image, 30"H x 36"L. Nell Walker Warner was born in Richardson County, Nebraska on April 1, 1891. She was educated in Colorado Springs, Colorado and graduated from the Lexington College in Missouri in 1910. She moved to California in 1916 where she studied and graduated from the Los Angeles School of Art and Design. After her marriage to Dr. Bion Smith Warner in 1920, the couple settled in La Canada. During the 1920's, Nell was the curator of the Tuesday Afternoon Club in Los Angeles and further studied with Nicolai Fechin, Paul Lauritz and Fritz Werner. Her floral paintings are radiant; an article in the Christian Science Monitor stated, ''California flowers...
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1940s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Early 20th Century Monterey Cypress Tree
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning oil painting in gorgeous pastel tones titled Old Monterey Cypress by P. M. Anderson (American, 20th century). Signed and dated "P.M Anderson,...
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1930s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trout Fishing
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of Outdoor Life magazine, April 1933. Image of a man with fishing gear in front of a calendar. Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all of his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, "the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs." These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all of the major - and some minor- magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, The Country Gentlemen, Capper's Farmer, The Elks, Outdoor Life, and The Associated Sunday Magazines. His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International Harvester...
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1930s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Lower Manhattan"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed & dated 1940 lower left. Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the S...
Category

1940s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Swords at Weehawken
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1938 Medium: Oil on Paperboard Sight Size 20.25" x 13.875", Framed to 27.50" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right with Initials: N/R 'Philip found himself involved in a humi...
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1930s Paintings

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Oil, Board, Laid Paper

French Oil Painting - The Cat's Meow
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical oil on paper painting of a tabby cat resting on a rug and backed by large abstract cat forms, circa 1940. Signed lower left. Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...
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1940s Paintings

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Oil, Paper

“Surreal Family”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated top right, 1942. Condition: Good. Old relined canvas.. Provenance: Estate of The artis...
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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

No Title
By Pieter de Haard
Located in Dordrecht, NL
Pieter de Haard (Rotterdam 1914-2000)
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1940s Abstract Geometric Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Board

The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right ha...
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Oil Derrick" Boomtown Bust Regionalist
Located in San Antonio, TX
E. Scholz Texas Artist Image Size: 22 x 30 Frame Size: 29 x 37 Medium: Oil 1948 Texas Regionalism at its finest.
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1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life with Artist's Reflection
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a magnificent early painting by American artist Jirayr Zorthian. "Still Life with Artist's reflection was painted in the early 1930's, signed, beautifully framed in a gol...
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1930s Paintings

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Oil

Original Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1935 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 23.00" x 33.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Illustration for magazine story, 1935. Original magazine story illustration...
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1930s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Study of a Young Woman', California Woman artist, Art Institute of Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn pastel study of a young woman with red hair shown wearing a blue dress and gazing to the viewers right. Signed lower left, 'Sarah H. Hobson' and painted circa 19...
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1930s Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Deep Surf, Laguna Beach - Mid Century Seascape
By Raphael G. Wolff
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic, beautiful seascape of deep surf on the rocks by Raphael G. Wolff (American, 1908-1972). Signed lower right " Raphael G. Wolff" and “RGW” stamped on stretcher bar. Displayed in a painted wood frame with linen liner and gold fillet. Image, 21.5"H x 39.5"L. Raphael Gustave Wolff...
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1940s American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Les baigneuses - Eté (summer), '30s - oil paint, 73x60 cm., framed
By Suzanne Blanche Kaehrling
Located in Nice, FR
Oil on canvas by Suzanne Blanche KAEHRLING, representing two girls on the beach. The painting comes with its frame. Suzanne Blanche KAEHRLING, painter from Alsace, lived and worked ...
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1930s Modern Paintings

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Oil

“Abstract Sailing, 1945”
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed. Biography : Russian-America...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Oil, Fiberboard

Art Deco Cherry Dancer
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Dancer Marcel Vertes French, 1895-1961 Beautiful girl juggling cherries is a beautiful and charming idea that is deftly rendered in a quick and loose style. Work is round De...
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1930s Art Deco Paintings

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Gouache

Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis, American (1901 - 1967) Title: Flowers Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed l.r. Size: 24 x 20 inches Frame: 33 x 29 inches
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1940s American Realist Paintings

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Oil

Femme Affranchie A' Quatorze Heures Chante Midi
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on plate. Edition of 450 prints, belonging to the suite “Miserere”, considered as the most important religious graphic work of XX century. The single prints, realized with a s...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Etching

South Street, New York - Oil Painting on Canvas 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)
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1940s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Board, Krim 1949 by Leonid Tschernow, Ukraine
By Leonid Tschernow
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on artist's board, 1949. Signed and dated lower right: L. Tschernow ( cyrillic script ) 1949. Signed, inscribed and dated on the back: Leonid Tschernow, Krim 1949 X.N.K ( cyrill...
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1940s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Auto Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A rare, early original self portrait by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first pr...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Pastel

"Fish" Watercolor cm. 18 x 14 1937
Located in Torino, IT
Fish,red,yellow,sea, animals Italian 1937 Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990) Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patronize La Coupole de Montparnasse (from Kisling to Pascin, from Derain to Vlaminck). He is considered one of most representative exponents of the Turin’s artistic scene in the ‘30s-‘40s, close to the Gruppo dei Sei. His works can be found in the following museums: Turin, Modern Art Gallery...
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1930s Expressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

"Steamboat Landing"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Complemented by a hand carved and modernist style gilt frame. Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art" by James Alterman...
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1930s American Modern Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Mount Hood From Clear Lake, Early 20th Century Large-Scale Panoramic Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Mount Hood From Clear Lake, Early 20th Century Large-Scale Panoramic Landscape Large-scale panoramic oil painting landscape of Mount Hood from Clear Lake ...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Bruckman
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Lodewijk Bruckman(1903-1995), was a professional artist along with his twin brother Karel. They lived and worked in the Hague in Holland. Lodewijk was a student at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Holland. Exhibited at Raymond Agler Fine Arts Gallery, Gloucester, Cooley Gallery; T. Scott & Fowles Gal, NYC (1948, Boston Arts Festival, (1953, 1957, both prize winners), Cape Cod Museum of Art, Provincetown Art...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter Sunlight"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956). Born in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, Walter Baum was one of the only membe...
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1930s American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Industrial Seascape -- Gloucester Harbor
By Charles Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
A detailed mid century industrial seascape of Gloucester, MA Harbor scene with boats and the Old Paint Works by Charles Johnson (American, b. 1874), c. 1940. Signed lower left corner...
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1940s American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Still Life with Pastries and Fruit
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modern still life done in the baroque style: staged fruit, glass with reflections of light from an unseen source, a cup of tea and a crystal server filled with a variety of...
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1940s Baroque Paintings

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Cardboard, Linen, Oil

Adolf Hölzel Pastel Mutter mit Kinder ( Mother with Children ), 1930
Located in Berlin, DE
Pastel and graphite on paper, 1930 by Adolf Richard Hoelzel ( 1853-1934 ), Germany. Estate stamp verso. Height: 5.71 in ( 14,5 cm ), Width: 4.53 in ( 11,5 cm ). Framed: 13.39 x 12.2...
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1930s Abstract Paintings

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Pastel, Graphite

Colonists and Ships
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Image of colonists with ships in background. Frank J. Reilly (1906-1967) was noted as "the number 1 art teacher in America." Reilly is noted for developing a means of organizing the palette. His value studies and chroma organization are still taught as the primary methods of oil paint organization. Reilly studied with Frank DuMond at the Art Students League of New York. He taught at the Grand Central School of Art, The Art Students League of New York and other art schools as well as establishing his own art school. Reilly was the main influence on George Passantino. He is credited with the mosaic mural in The Bronx High School of Science's front lobby. Reilly's influence continues today through the teaching and art of Michael Aviano and Jack Faragasso as well as their students Jon deMartin...
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1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Washington's First Meal at His Philadelphia Home
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Image of George Washington seated at a table surrounded by other gentlemen. Signed lower right. Frank J. Reilly (1906-1967) was noted as "the number 1 art teacher in America." Reilly is noted for developing a means of organizing the palette. His value studies and chroma organization are still taught as the primary methods of oil paint organization. Reilly studied with Frank DuMond at the Art Students League of New York. He taught at the Grand Central School of Art, The Art Students League of New York and other art schools as well as establishing his own art school. Reilly was the main influence on George Passantino. He is credited with the mosaic mural in The Bronx High School of Science's front lobby. Reilly's influence continues today through the teaching and art of Michael Aviano and Jack Faragasso as well as their students Jon deMartin...
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1940s Other Art Style Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Flower and Jug Still Life
By Helen Bratton
Located in Soquel, CA
Flower and jug still life by Helen Bratton (American, 1889-1986), 1936. Compelling still life of glass jug reflecting and hinting at the interior of room. Magnolia flower with orange...
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1930s American Impressionist Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Gossips"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Richard Wedderspoon (1889 - 1976). Richard Wedderspoon was an important member of the New Hope Art Colony as both an Impressionist and Modernist painter. Wedderspoon was not only a respected painter, but also a teacher who spent summers at his Bucks County home and the school year at Syracuse University where he was Professor of painting. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and first studied art at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He continued his studies at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, and at age twenty four, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts studying with Henry McCarter and Daniel Garber. While there his roommates were Charles Garner and Lloyd Ney. Wedderspoon began friendships with fellow artists, Charles Hargens, Clarence Johnson and Stanley Reckless...
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1940s American Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Thistles with Greek Relief
Located in Boston, MA
Ernest Fiene, American (1894-1965), Thistles with Greek Relief, 1948 Signed lower right: "E. Fiene". Titled and signed on stretcher: "Thistles with Gree...
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1940s Realist Paintings

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Oil

Saturday Evening Post Cover, May 16, 1931
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 30.00" x 27.00", Framed 38.00" x 35.00" Saturday Evening Post Cover, May 16, 1931 From the Estate of Charles Martignett...
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1930s Other Art Style Paintings

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Board, Oil

Fish Metropolis
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Just discovered, a rare, mixed media watercolor painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
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1940s Paintings

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Watercolor

Suzanne Eisendieck Oil on Canvas "Á la plage" ( On the Beach )
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on canvas, ca. 1930. Signed lower right: Suzanne Eisendieck. Framed. Dimensions: Height 26.77 in ( 68 cm ), Width: 36.61 in ( 93 cm ) Suzanne Eisendieck was born 1906 in Danzi...
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mediterranean Port and Boats Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Charming painting of a Mediterranean town, two men untangle a fishnet while beach goers frolic on the shore, circa 1940. Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of art on paper displaye...
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1940s Other Art Style Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Art Deco Woman in Classical Robes set in Stylized Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Woman in Surreal Landscape Illustration Published: Woman's Home Companion December 1939, "How to Pray" By Ralph Sadler Meadowcroft Work is Unframed
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1930s Art Deco Paintings

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Tempera

3 - Original Set Renderings by Franz Bergmann
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting three original set renderings by American artist Franz Bergmann(8198-1970) Franz Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern Califo...
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1940s Modern Paintings

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Watercolor

At Home Wedding
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1941 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions; 30.00" x 45.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration for Look magazine
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1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Dallas Skyline from the City Hall"
By Albert Tupel
Located in San Antonio, TX
Albert Tupel Dallas Artist Image Size: 13 x 17 3/4 Frame Size: 22 x 26 Medium: Watercolor Circa 1930s "Dallas Skyline from the City Hall"
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1930s Impressionist Paintings

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Watercolor

Ruckus, Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 34.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Ruckus, Story Illustration
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1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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

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Gouache

"City Street, " Oil on Board, circa 1930
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, American (1899 - 1987) Title: City Street Year: circa 1930 Medium: Oil on Board, signed verso Size: 20 in. x 13.75 in. (50.8 cm x 34.93 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 20...
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1930s American Impressionist Paintings

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Oil, Board

Untitled
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas painting by American artist James Koenig created in 1944.
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1940s American Modern Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Figure Composition"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984) He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, returning to New York when he was 20. From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent), and Anders Zorn. He accepted a teaching position at the Minneapolis School of Art in 1916, remaining there until 1921. This enabled him to travel to Europe to study Cézanne’s paintings and works of the Old Masters. He traveled to Paris, Prague, Dresden, Berlin, and Munich seeking the works of Titian, Cranach, Rembrandt, Veronese, and Holbein, which gave him new perspective. Vytlacil studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, settling there in 1921. Fellow students were Ernest Thurn and Worth Ryder, who introduced him to famous abstractionist Hans Hofmann. He worked with Hofmann from about 1922 to 1926, as a student and teaching assistant. During the summer of 1928, after returning to the United States, Vytlacil gave lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, on modern European art. Soon thereafter, he became a member of the Art Students League faculty. After one year, he returned to Europe and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. He spent about six years in Europe, studying the works of Matisse, Picasso, and Dufy. In 1935, he returned to New York and became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936. He later had teaching posts at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the 1920s indicate an understanding of the art of Cézanne. In the 1930s, his works displayed two very different kinds of art at the same time. His cityscapes and landscapes combine Cubist-inspired spatial concerns with an expressionistic approach to line and color. Vytlacil also used old wood, metal, cork, and string in constructions, influenced by his friend and former student, Rupert Turnbull. He eventually ceased creating constructions as he considered them too limiting. The spatial challenges of painting were still his preference. During the 1940s and 1950s, his works indicated a sense of spontaneity not felt in his earlier work. He married Elizabeth Foster in Florence, Italy, in 1927 and they lived and worked in Positano, Italy for extended periods of time. Later on, they divided their time between homes in Sparkill, New York and Chilmark, Massachusetts, where Vyt, as he was affectionately called, taught at the Martha's Vineyard Art...
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1940s Abstract Paintings

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Board, Oil

Paddy the Next Best Thing, Movie Poster Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 34.00" x 17.00" Signature: Unsigned Date: 1933 Paddy the Next Best Thing, movie poster illustration, c. 1933 This illustration was used on a movie poster for Paddy the Next Best Thing starring Warner Baxter and Janet Gaynor...
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1930s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Creek Near Rushland"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. *Original Meltzer frame Arthur Meltzer (1893 - 1989) Arthur Meltzer was born in Minneapolis, but spent most of his life in Bucks and Montgomery counties where he was widely acclaimed as a landscape painter. He first received art training at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Robert...
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1930s American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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