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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
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Nude Girl, Polynesian Girl Tahiti, Annabella
Located in Miami, FL
In some instances, a painting will look significantly much better in person than it does digitize. This is one instance. In-person, this painting will knock your socks off. It is...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Candidate (Patriotic Politician), Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Oil on Canvas Saturday Evening Post Cover, September 18, 1920 - Leyendecker addressed the theme of American patriotism in several ways. His famous Fourth of July covers asserted the import of American independence through stock characters: George Washington, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, colonial Freedom Fighters, and modern-day soldiers. In addition, his World War I and World War II covers depicted soldiers proudly defending their country. Leyendecker also profiled U.S. presidents and historical figures - George Washington, Robert E. Lee, William Howard Taft...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Chef and the Wedding Cake, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Left Satuday Evening Post Cover, May 30, 1925.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Laying On The Beach
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gondola In Venice, 1947
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Upper Left Original Use: Interior Illustration for The American Magazine Excellent Condition This luminous, expressive oil on masonite wa...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Soldier Trying to Reassemble, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.20" Signature: Signed Center Right Outdoor Life Magazine Cover, February 1943
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Profil de Danseuse”
Located in Southampton, NY
Outstanding original oil on canvas painting of a young ballerina in profile. The artist is German born artist, Dietz Edzard. Signed lower left by the artist. Titled and dated verso...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Christmas Manger Set - A Product Illustration
By George Hinke
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned This piece was produced as the cover art for the box containing a die-cut color lithograph manger set...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

"He bent down and kissed her" Magazine WWII Era Story illustration for the Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Magazine story illustration for “Hero Come Home” by Ruth Burr Sanborn for The Saturday Evening Post, published September 12, 1942, page 24. This sentimental illustration, accompany...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Kindred of the Dust, Frontier Town Cosmopolitan Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
A somewhat similar Cornwell featuring a strong woman at the center of a the composition just sold at Christie's for $164,000. In this work we also see a strong woman at the center of the composition. Here she surrounded by men. More than 20 beautifully rendered post-impressionist portraits in character, define Dean Cornwell as one of America's great artists. In his time, he was a famous as Norman Rockwell and was Norman Rockwell's favorite illustrator. "One thing puzzled Dirty Dan extremely. That was the perfectly frank, friendly manner in which his employer and this outcast woman greeted each other, the earnestness with which they conversed, and the effect of the woman's low-spoken words upon the color of Hector McKaye's face." Morris Weiss collection...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Study of a Man', Paris, Flâneur, Boulevardier, Danish Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed upper right 'A.B.' for Axel Bentzen (Danish, 1893-1952) painted circa 1925. Axel Bentzen studied art as a child and, by the age of 14, was copying Old Master paintings at Copenhagen's National Museum of Art. He traveled to Italy in 1919 and, from 1923-1939, spent every second year there or in Paris, painting and furthering his understanding of the principles of Modernism. Bentzen was the recipient of numerous scholarships including the prestigious Hielmstierne-Rosencrone scholarship which he was awarded twice (1925, 1927) and the Copenhagen Akademie scholarship which he received three times (1927, 1929, 1931). He exhibited internationally with success including, from 1922, at the Charlottenborg as well as at prominent salons in Paris, Berlin, Venice, Budapest, Riga and Belgrade. The artist is listed in all relevant art reference works including both Benezit's Dictionary of Artists and Thieme-Becker's Kunstlexikon (Vollmer Supplement). We are pleased to offer this dramatic and psychologically penetrating oil study of a young man dating to circa 1925. Reference: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 2, p. 122; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 1, p. 173; et al. Scholarships: Hielmstierne-Rosencrone 1925, 1927; Raben-Levetzau 1926; Bielke 1926; Carlson's Pr. 1926; Akkadian. 1927, 1929, 1931; Oluf Hartmann 1928, 1930; Eckersberg Med. 1930; Kaufmann 1930; March 1931; Zach. Jacobsen 1932, 1936. Exhibitions: KE 1922-26; Charles. Spring 1925; The free Exhibition 1927-38 (inc. from 1930); Association of painters, Helsinki, 1928; Funen Spring Exhibition. 1930, 1938; Tour exhibition 1930-36; Newer Painting, Germany 1932; in Venice 1934, 1954; as exhibited in Budapest, Riga, Bucharest and Belgrade 1936-37; Nerd Mässhallen, Gothenburg 1939; Grønningen 1939-47, 1952 (commemorative issue), 1953, (commemorative issue), 1955, 1965; Icelandic, Swedish art, Mässhallen, Gothenburg 1941; Ny Carlsbergfondet Jubilee Charlottenborg and others 1952; That then buying convention, Fr. 1952 (commemorative issue); The Freeman's Memorial Exhibition, Kunstforen, Kbh 1966; Easter 1974, Skive Museum 1974; Modern art owned by Vejle, Vejle Kunstmuseum 1977; Inside, outside, Mouse at Koldinghus 1981. Solo exhibitions: Anton Hansen, Copenhagen 1917; The free Exhibition building, 1921; Kunstforen, Copenhagen 1937; Jugelsalan, Aarhus 1946-47, 1950; Storstrøm's Kunstmuseum 1953 (commemorative issue); Open Mouse, 1972. Artworks: Egyptian Woman on Balcony (1920); Self-Portrait (1925, Stat. Museum for Art); The Hospital Garden (1925); The Dreamer (1925, Storstrøm Art Museum); The Blind (1925, Carlsons Pr for 3 last names); Marsk Stig's daughters (1926, Nordjyll Kunstmuseum); Young Italian woman on a chair...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Squatting Man-2 & 4, Figurative, Pencil on Paper, Set of 2 Works "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Atul Bose - Squatting Man-2 & 4 Pencil on Paper 4.5 x 3.5 inches & 4.5 x 5.4 inches, 1943 (Set of 2 Works) (Unframed & Delivered) His poignant sketch captures the quiet vulnerabilit...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen, Pencil

Argument on the Dock
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Used as Advertisement in the Saturday evening Post Signed Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Water Bearers, Africa - British 1920's Orientalist art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb vibrant Orientalist Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted British artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. It was painted about 1925 when Pryse was visiting Morocco and Norther...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1940s Symbolist Figurative -- Her Holy Visions
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic figurative of woman having visions with religious themes and icons (cross, bride, salamander, crown, meeting Christ) while reading by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
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1940s Futurist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Credit is Dead oil on canvas painting Figurative Expressionism School of Paris
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Le Bouilt (The Boil) Author: Pedro Creixams (1893-1965) Date: 1928 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 31.9 x 25.6 in (unframed) Signature: Signed on the front and back ...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Night Journey - Drip Painting like Jackson Pollock
Located in Miami, FL
In Byron Browne's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and gestural abstrac...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Women at the Well" - Tucson, Arizona Southwestern Figurative Landscape
By William Constable Adam
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 19th Century Native American figurative landscape of women at well in Tucson, Arizona by William Constable Adams (American, 1846 - 1931),...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pere Creixams Spanish Woman, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pere Creixams Pico (1893-1965), School of Paris, ca.1920. Beautiful Spanish woman. Provenance: Charpentier Gallery, 76 rue du Faubourg Saint Honore, Paris (Sotheby's...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lombard Landscape - Oil Paint by Gigi Comolli - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Lombard Landscape is a modern artork realized by Gigi Comolli in 1928. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Includes frame: 110 x 127.5 cm Hand signed and date...
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1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Villa
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Original frame 63 x 55 x 5 cm The city - View of Geneva This work of art depicts an urban landscape at the edge of a natural area. Dominated by shades of green and gra...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Interior of Alcazar of Seville", Early 20th Century oil on canvas by F. Liger
Located in Madrid, ES
FERNANDO LIGER HIDALGO Spanish , 1880 – 1945 "Interior of Alcazar of Seville" Signed & located "F. Liger, Sevilla " (lower left) Oil on canvas 2...
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kuppenheimer Famous Fifties Featuring John Barrymore
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Inscribed on back #174 House of Kuppeneheimer 1927 fashion advertisement, catalog cover.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Touchdown, Early Football Player being tacked
Located in Miami, FL
Provenance: Illustration House, New York, Framed in a simple and modest metal frame. This is a brillant post-Cubist work by Dutch-American illustrator Charles Verschuuren...
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1920s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Pigeon Hill, Rockport" Winthrop Duthie Turney, North Eastern American Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Winthrop Duthie Turney Pigeon Hill, Rockport Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Exhibited New York, National Academy of Design, Artists of America, Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1949. Winthrop Duthie Turney was born in New York City and received his education at the Art Students League. He was affiliated with the Fifteen Gallery...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Red Cross At Work
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This piece is framed. Approximate Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Size: 25.00" x 37.00" Advertisement for Maxwell House Coff...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Old World
By Russell Cowles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Old World, by 1943, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 43 ½ x 30 ½ inches, artist’s name and title inscribed verso; exhibited 1) Romantic Painting in America, Museum of Modern Art, N...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Paper Laid Down to Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This is an illustration for the book by Samual McChord Crothers, The Children of Dickens, originally published in 1925. Bob Cratchit first appeared in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol as the victimized clerk of cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge. Timothy Cratchit, also known as Tiny Tim...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Board

Moments of Reflection Depicting a Woman Sitting by the Fire, Original Oil Paint
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to present a captivating painting by the artist Sam Uhrdin (1886-1964). This beautiful artwork depicts a woman from Dalarna, sitting in front of a warm, glowing fire. The entire painting is bathed in a soft, radiant light, particularly illuminating her face and traditional white/red attire. The woman appears contemplative, lost in thought, perhaps thinking of someone dear to her heart. She is depicted in a kitchen, taking a moment to relax after a day's chores in her home. Sam Uhrdin's artistic journey began in the early 1900s, he traveled to Stockholm in 1903 to further continue his studies in painting. He worked as a painter during the day and attended various evening schools in the evenings. In 1906, he journeyed to America to work as a sign painter, but he mainly ended up working as an upholsterer. Returning to Leksand in 1909 via London and Paris, his artistic talent gained recognition, and with the help of some patrons, he began studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1911, occasionally attending Althin's painting school in Stockholm. Financial circumstances cut his study time short, and his skill as a portrait painter earned him numerous portrait commissions, which further occupied his time. In 1921, Uhrdin received a scholarship from the Royal Academy, enabling him to embark on a study trip in 1922 to the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, which he had to cut short due to his wife's illness. He later visited places like Spain and Portugal. Uhrdin's breakthrough came with his portrait of the former Prime Minister Nils Edén, which he executed in 1919. In 1921, he portrayed the participants of the Swedish Academy. Among other representatives of official Sweden captured by Uhrdin were Gustav V, Manne Siegbahn, Ludvig Stavenow, and bishops Gottfrid and Einar Billing. In 1932, he held a solo exhibition at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, and he participated in various exhibitions, including the Swedish Artists' Association in Stockholm in 1917, Swedish Art at Valand-Chalmers in Gothenburg in 1923, Dalarna Artists displayed at Liljevalchs Konsthall in 1936, and the National Museum's traveling exhibition "Barnet i konsten" (Children in Art...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Defense on the Sea Begins on the Shore
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned "Defense on the sea begins on the shore." Study for a World War II propaganda poster for the "Industr...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

World War II Naval Engagement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nude on Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Heavy impasto pained in alla prima ( Wet-on-wet ) technique. Layer of damar varnish. Frame burn, On Masonite. Unframed Signature: Signed Max Weber upper left.
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1940s Cubist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Dimensions: 26.00" x 40.00" Illustration for American magazine.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. ...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Dramatic Storm over Sandhamn, Sweden, 1943
Located in Stockholm, SE
This striking seascape, painted in 1943 by Jacob Löfgren, most likely depicts a view from Sandhamn, a location he frequently captured in his works. Four years earlier, he created ano...
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1940s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Birds by Jankel Adler - Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
Birds by Jankel Adler (1895-1949) Oil and ciment on canvas 61.4 x 46.4 cm (24¹/₈ x 18¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Adler Executed in 1948 Provenance Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 Gimpel Fils Gallery, London Denham Gallery, UK Exhibitions John Denham Gallery, Jankel Adler, June 9th - June 23rd 1996 Jankel Adler was born in Lodz, Poland and lived a life of wandering. In 1912 he moved to Belgrade where he began training as an engraver with his uncle and then went to Germany in 1914 where he lived for a time with his sister in Barmen. There he studied at the college of arts and crafts with Professor Gustav Wiethücher. Between 1918 and 1921 he moved between Lodz and Germany until in 1922, he settled in Düsseldorf where he became a teacher at the Academy of Arts, and became acquainted with Paul Klee, who influenced his work. A painting by Adler received a gold medal at the exhibition “German art Düsseldorf” in 1928. In 1933, with the rise of Hitler’s Nazi regime, he left Germany for Paris. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he volunteered for the Polish army...
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1940s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Tribesmen with Headdresses - Photo Realism
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel "Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame. His work is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts and the U.S. Library of Congress. Riggs's compositons are "monumental" Walt Reed Riggs was a Gay Artist...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Tempera

Spanish flamenco dance oil on board painting impressionism Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Flamenco - Oil board Oil measures 35x39 cm. Frame measures 40x44 cm. Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957) Joaquim Terruella Matilla, neph...
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1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Ramses Statues at Luxor Temple, Karnak
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Egyptian archaelogical oil painting by American artist Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950). Smith was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and after attending Brown University and MIT,...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Jorge Mateo Serrano (XIX-XX) - Óleo sobre tela - La jardinera andaluza
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior, dedicado y fechado del año 1940 Se presenta enmarcada la pintura (el marco presenta algunas faltas) El estado de la pintura es aceptable Medidas obra...
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1920s Romantic Figurative Paintings

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Oil

“Bruyères en fleurs” 1949, 20th Century oil on canvas by William Didier-Pouget
By William Didier-Pouget
Located in Madrid, ES
WILLIAM DIDIER - POUGET French, 1864 - 1959 BRUYÈRES EN FLEURS signed and dated “Didier-Pouget / 1949” (lower right) inscribed, located and signed ““Le Malin dans la vallée du Lot.”...
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Casein

Three Sailors
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) Glass Blowers 28 x 23 inches Oil on canvas board Signed and dated 1944 lower...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 26.00" x 40.00", Framed 35.00" x 49.00" Story illustration from The Flower of the Flock, Cosmopolitan magazine, August...
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Restoration Day on December 31, Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Golden wooden frame 46 x 38 x 3 cm
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Blond and Blue Eyed Ballerina in Tutu against Chinese Screen
Located in Miami, FL
Prolific Saturday Evening Post Cover Illustrator Pearl L. Hill Worthington paints a stunning portrait of a Ballerina in a tutu with underlighting. She sits on a decorative Chinese ...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wallpaper Blouse, Saturday Evevning Post Cover, October 1941
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post magazine cover, October 25, 1941
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Early 20th Century Young Golfer Figurative
By Margaret Neilson
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a young man with his golf clubs by listed artist Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, 1867-1944). Image, 14"H x 20"W. Displayed in vintage mat. S...
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1920s Realist Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

In Evening Bells, Back Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions 24.50" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Board, Oil

Medieval Fight Scene, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Medieval Fight Scene by Edmund Franklin Ward, from 1926.
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1920s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rushelle in the Garden"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Falstaff Beer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Oil on Board
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Pair of African American Portraits
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Josef Presser (Poland, United States, 1907 - 1967) “Pair of African American Portraits” 9 x 7” each, Gouache on paper (One signed) circa 1945 About Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker...
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945 The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children. Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers. During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...
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1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946 Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75" Signature: Unsigned "The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board, Graphite

1946 Antique German American Abstract Expressionist Jesus Christ oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Joachim Probst (1913-1980) signed and dated verso 1946 oil on canvas original frame Joachim Probst was an American German Abstract painter Here we have a an image of Christ done i...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1928 Antique VERMONT American French Post Impressionist Portrait Painting
Located in New York, NY
William Malherbe (1884-1953) Signed lower right Dated 1928 Oil on Canvas 27x22 inches unframed 34x29 inches Framed Carved American period Frame Good Condition William Malherbe was ...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Figurative Paintings for Sale

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