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Figurative Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1960s
This Week's Listings Only
"Cattleya Orchids" Jane Peterson, Modernist Bright Flowers, Female Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson
Cattleya Orchids, circa 1940s
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 32 inches
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Artist’s estate sale, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1960s
Priva...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large French Post Impressionist Oil on Canvas, The Port of Cannes at Crépuscule
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large French Post Impressionist oil on canvas view of the Port of Cannes in the South of France by Moroccan Monegasque painter Emmanuel Bellini. The painting is signed bottom left an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MID 20th Century VERY INTERESTING LARGE Oil Painting TWO SUSPICIOUS SPANISH MEN!
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: G.C.Neale (mid 20th Century) Spanish / English School
TITLE: "Two Suspicious Men At Night"
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 95cm x 80cm inc frame
NOTES: This original oil paint...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Lake & Plaza Hotel New York" Impressionist Oil Painting in Central Park
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a The Plaza hotel and the Manhattan buildings depicted in the far background with pops of colors shinning through the lights and magic of the city. The artist was truly a master of capturing New York in all of its glory throughout the seasons. This piece is executed whimsically, yet dramatically evoking an emotion of wonder and beauty. This piece is signed lower right by the artist and it also bears the reproduction right's stamp on the reverse. It is titled on the back and it comes housed in a beautiful French giltwood frame with linen liner and hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 6.5 x 8 inches
Frame measures 12 x 14 inches
Johann Berthelsen was born in Copenhagen in 1883, the 7th of seven children, to Conrad and Dorothea Karen Berthelsen. His parents were involved in artistic and professional circles. In 1890, his mother brought the children to America, settling in Manistee, Michigan, with her sister's family. They would eventually move to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a city on the shore of Lake Michigan. As a teenager, Johann was actively involved in choirs and singing groups. And he always loved to draw and paint, and while he was too impatient to take well to schoolwork, and never went beyond the 5th grade.
Although he worked in several trades, Johann's mind and heart were always with the arts. As his voice matured, he also always wanted to be an actor, and at the age of 18 moved to Chicago where he reconnected with an old friend who was studying voice at the Chicago Musical...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
1930's French Oil Portrait of Elegant Lady Gazing Out Of Interior Window Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Oil Painting
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 11 high by 8 inches wide
cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Landscape of Riverside Cottages at Dusk
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Landscape of Riverside Cottages at Dusk
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7 x 9.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, unframe...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rowboat Beneath the Trees, 1918
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Axel Edvard Peter captures the serene beauty of nature with remarkable skill. Painted in 1918, the scene depicts a wooden rowboat resting in still waters beneath the sheltering branches of a lush tree. The dappled sunlight filtering through the foliage creates a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow, while the artist’s use of short, expressive brushstrokes imbues the composition with a vibrant, almost impressionistic quality. The rich greens and golden hues of the landscape reflect Peter’s mastery of color and atmosphere.
Axel Peter was a Swedish painter known for his distinctive artistic voice, shaped by his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and further training in Paris and Germany. He was part of the influential Opponents’ Movement (Opponentrörelsen) of 1885, alongside artists such as Richard Bergh, Nils Kreuger, and Eugène Jansson...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Henri-André Martin, Les Baux de Provence, Oil on Canvas, 1961
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Henri-André Martin (1918-2004), France, ca.1980s. Les Baux de Provence. With frame: 71x98 cm - 28x38.6 inches. Without frame: 65x92cm - 25.6x36.2 inches. 30P format....
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century California Oak Tree in Summer Original Oil Landscape Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Oak Tree Original Oil Painting by Louise Cunningham
Iconic California Oak tree during summer with golden tones and olive green foliage by Santa Cruz, California artist Louise H. Grosset Cunningham (American, 1881-1983) circa 1960. Displayed in a new carved giltwood frame. A gem of a California landscape painting by one of the six Monterey Bay area distinguished women artists.
Medium: Oil paint on canvas
Signed lower right "Louise Cunningham"
Condition: Excellent
Presented in new, gold gilt-toned wood frame
Image, 16"H x 20"L.
Framed size: 22"H x 26"W x 2.50"D
A painter / architect/ pasteli, Louise Cunningham was born in Berkeley, California on May 4, 1881 of French parents. (Her uncle, Jules Jacques, was a distinguished Paris artist and a member of the French Royal Academy.)
Louise Grossett began her art studies at age eleven at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco a program run by UC Berkley. She then spent most of her life as a resident of California, Berkley, San Francisco, Mt Lassen, Yosemite and then retired to Felton CA in 1955, She ran art classes from her studio on Lazy Woods Rd.
She was the wife of Robert Cunningham...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of a Outdoor Market Scene in Impressionist Style
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (height x width)
Signed: Bottom left
Oil painting on bo...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
shellfish harvesters women on the beach Spain spanish seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Title**: Fisherwomen on the Beach
**Author**: Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa
**Technique**: Oil on canvas
**Canvas dimensions**: 25.6 x 31.9 in
**Framed dimensions**: 37.8 x 44.1 in
This artwork captures a beautiful costumbrist scene, focusing on traditions and everyday life. **Rafael Mumpao Hinojosa**, with his detailed and realistic style, draws inspiration from renowned painters such as **Joaquín Sorolla**, a master of light and movement, and **Julio Romero de Torres...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Stroll in Bustling City Parisian Boulevard Scene by Russian Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Parisian Evening Stroll
by Alexander Osipov (Russian, 1946)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 16 x 29 inches
Canvas : 12 x 24 inches
Inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Menton French Riviera Cote d'Azur Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Menton, South of France
signed by the Hungarian artist, Laslzo Ritter (1937-2003)
oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 22 x 28 inches
Canvas : 18 x 24 inches
Inscribed verso
Provenance: pri...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
King Charles 1st Antique Oil Painting Portrait of Famous British Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Charles I
British artist, early 20th century
signed with initials
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 36 x 29 inches
canvas: 32 x 26 inches
provenance: p...
Category
Early 1900s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century Impressionist French view of Montmartre, Paris, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Y. Gonez (French, mid-20th century)
Market Scene, Montmartre with Sacré-Cœur, ca. 1950s
Oil on canvas, in a Montparnasse-style frame
In this lively street scene, Y. Gonez captures t...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 20th Century French Cubist Modernist Signed Painting Female Musicians
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Musicians
French Modernist artist, circa 1960's period
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 35.5 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good conditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quai de Louvre - Impressionist Cityscape Oil Paiting by Luigi Loir
By Luigi Loir
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in cityscape oil on board circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Luigi Loir. The piece depicts a view of the quai du Louvre by the River Seine in Paris, France at ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
A man and his boat Spain oil on canvas painting seascape beach
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Signed Adolfo Perez
Frame size 75x66 cm.
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"View of Venice Canal" Orientalist & Impressionist Marine Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a Venice Canal by Grace Paterson. As an Impressionist and orientalist painter, she was known for her detailed works depicting scenes from...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Owen Waters, Impressionist landscape, circle of Edward Seago
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful example of the artist's work depicting an idyllic scene in the Norfolk countryside.
Owen Waters (1916-2004)
Norfolk pastures
Signed
Oil on board
12 x 16 inches excluding...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Adobe House, New Mexico, 20th Century Painting by Slovenian/American artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Harvey Gregory Prusheck (Slovenian/American, 1887-1940)
Adobe House, New Mexico
Oil on board
Signed lower right
9.25 x 11.5 inches
16 x 18 inches, framed
Harvey Gregory Prusheck was...
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Art Deco Couple Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Art Deco illustration by unknown artist.
Ink and gouache on faux wood grain illustration board.
Image field measuring 14 x 18 inches on a 17 x 21 inch illustration panel...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board
"La Madeleine" Impressionist 20th Century Parisian Street Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts "La Madeleine" in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the magic of Paris from the 20th Century with much life. The flower sellers and tre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Size: 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
English Impressionist Oil Painting Artists Nude Model Posed For The Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Posed Nude Model
by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century)
oil painting on board, un framed
board: 20 x 13 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: all the paintings we have ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats at Low Tide
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats at Low Tide
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6 x 8.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on board, unframed
Conditio...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset Antique Scottish Landscape Signed Oil Painting Cottage by Highland Loch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Mountain Lake at Sunset
signed by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950)
signed with one of the artists pseudonym's
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealism expressionism scene landscape mixed media
By Augustin Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustín Úbeda (1925-2007) - Surrealist scene - Mixed technique on paper glued to board
Measurements 44x71 cm.
Without frame.
BAD CONDITION, NEEDS RESTORATION.
Origin: Family of the a...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Board, Mixed Media
20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Six Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 6
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Lilacs on the table in the garden" Oil cm. 140 x 125
Located in Torino, IT
Lilac, garden, flowers, violet,Ukraine
Very important work
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949...
Category
1990s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large British Sporting Oil Painting Jockey on Racehorse in Landscape Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jockey on Horseback
British School, 20th century
painted after an earlier style
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, UK...
Category
20th Century English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bullfighting Scene oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16.1 x 13 inches (unframed)
Date: c. 1950-1960
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dutch Bridge & Canal Amsterdam Back Streets Framed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dutch Canal
Dutch artist, inscribed to label
oil on board, framed
Framed: 16 x 13.75 inches
Board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection, Scotland
This charming painting b...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Roses in the Cart" Parisian Autumn Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Paul Renard
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, artist Paul Renard depicts his subject in a most romantic yet academic way. The artist was truly a master of capturing the magic and romance of the busy streets of Paris portraying the way of the times effortlessly. With much attention to detail and subtle brush strokes using a wide color pallet, a beautiful rendition of the street with figures is accomplished. We are reminded of the great impressionists of the early 20th Century such as Edouard Cortès in this piece. Paris in all of its glory in the "Roses in the Cart" is a pertinent example of how Renard achieves excellence in his work, leaving us with emotions of Paris in Autumn during dusk effortlessly. This piece is signed lower right lower right and comes housed in a beautiful wood carved museum quality...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Watercolour of Rooftops and Stone Streets in Goudargues France
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Watercolour of Rooftops and Stone Streets in Goudargues France
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 20.5 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Figures Seated on an Outdoor Terrace
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Two Figures Seated on an Outdoor Terrace
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 7.25 x 9.25 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting ...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands Realist Landscape Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Preston, GB
Loch Katrine in the Scottish Highlands Landscape Vintage Painting. A beautiful realist oil painting of the Scottish Highlands from a highly respected British Artist.
Art measures 36...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Woman in rocking chair oil on canvas painting fauvism nude
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Woman in rocking chair - Oil on canvas.
Work measurements 61x46 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish paint...
Category
1970s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid-Century French Watercolour Winter Garden Scene With Bench Wall and Church
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-Century French Watercolour Winter Garden Scene With Bench Wall and Church
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Watercolor on unframed paper
Size: 10.75 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Paysage D'Ete - Post Impressionist River Landscape Oil by Robert Pinchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed fauvist oil on canvas riverscape circa 1920 by French post impressionist painter Robert Antoine Pinchon. The work depicts a view a river winding amongst wild flowers fields in...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Young Man in a Yellow Brocade Waistcoat', Paris, Munich, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower right, 'DM' for David Monies (Danish, 1812-1894) and dated 1849.
Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter, Peter Andreas Löser (1834–1857).
Framed in a su...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Canvas, Oil
Landscape with characters spanish original oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joaquim Marsillach i Codony (1905-1986) - Landscape with characters
Oil on canvas
Oil measures 46x55 cm.
Frame measures 69x78 cm.
Marsillach Codony...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fancy Department Store Satirical Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Fancy Department Store Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1930's. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, panel measures 19 x 15 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Ink
Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Showgirls Cartoon for Life Magazine, 1934. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, matting window measures 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet measures 19 x 15 inches; Matting panel measures 20 x 23 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition with discoloration and toning in margins. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Society Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1940s. Gouache on heavy illustration paper, image measures 17 x 14 inches; 23 x 20 inches in matting. Signed lower left. Very good condition but matting panel should be replaced. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Soda Fountain (New Yorker Magazine cover proposal)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). The Soda Fountain, ca. 1950s. Watercolor and ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches; 13 x 16 inches framed. Signed lower right. Exc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Expressive Portrait of a Gentleman in a Cravat Modernist French Oil
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressive Portrait of a Gentleman in a Cravat
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
size: 10.5 x 9 inches
oil painting on board, unframed
condition: the painting is in very good cond...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Countryside painting with Thatched Cottage, River & Cows Grazing
Located in Preston, GB
English Countryside painting with Thatched Cottage, River & Cows Grazing by British Artist
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 29 x 23 inches
This captivating original paint...
Category
1980s English School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
'Agay, le château et le Sémaphore'.
Oil on canvas. +/- 1922
Signed lower right
Measurements : 60 x 73 cm.
This painting will be recorded in the second volume of the Catalogue Raisonn...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1920's French Portrait of Man with Moustache Signed & Dated Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Man
French School
signed and dated 1923
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: good and sound conditi...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique English Dog Painting Portrait of Border Terrier framed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Border Terrier
by Leonard Richard Finn (British, b. 1891)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 20 inches
canvas: 20 x 16 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition:...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tavern on the Green (New Yorker Magazine cover proposal)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Tavern on the Green. Watercolor and ink on paper, 9 3/8 x 12 inches. Unsigned. Excellent condition.
Provenance: Ethel ...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
JULES RENE HERVE (1887-1981) Childen Feeding Ducks Woodland River signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding the Ducks
by Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French, signed front and back
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 9 x 11 inches
framed: 15 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of a Tranquil Scene of Fishing Boats at Rest
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on board, u...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats in the Harbor at Saint-Malo
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Boats in the Harbor at Saint-Malo
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 4.5 x 6.75 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on cardb...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Evening at the Grand Army Plaza" Impressionist 5th Ave NYC Oil Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A stunning jewel and pertinent example of Berthelsen's charming New York City scenes. Here we find a nocturne scene with The Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza on Fifth Avenue loo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dutch Fishing Boats in a Swell Seascape with Sailing Ships in Rough Waters
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean Laurent, French 20th century marine artist
signed oil on board, framed
Framed: 13.5 x 21.5 inches
Board: 8 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good co...
Category
20th Century Dutch School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The pearl necklace and the violets. Women in art!
By Madeleine Lemaire
Located in New York, NY
“The pearl necklace and the violets” . Oil on canvas 83x103cm, signed, untouched.
An excellent example of french academic art from late XIX century.
A great example of women in art...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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