1930s Figurative Paintings

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, a bouquet of anemones signed upper right oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm Label of the exhibition Maurice Asselin at the Galerie Schmit in february...

Lady in red and lady in brown. 1935. Paper, watercolor, 35x25 cm Sitting women in summer dresses, mixed media on paper Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, ...

The beauty of curvature. Paper, mixed media 16x12 cm watercolor and pen on paper Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his rel...

Hook Creek Hungarian American European Modernism WPA 1935 Long Island Canal Boat Oil on canvas board 12” x 15". The framed size is 18 x 21. In addition to this painting, we will include and etching of this scene.. The Print measures 3 1/2 x 6 inches and the sheet, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. It is signed: S. Csoka, 1943. Stephen (Istvan) Csoka was born in Gárdony, Hungary on January 2, 1897 and died in New York in 1989. He is best remembered as a painter and etcher of portraits, nudes, landscapes, genre, and horses. Csoka studied at the Budapest Royal Academy of Art and his memberships include Associate of the National Academy of Design in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY; the Society of Brooklyn Artists; and the Hungarian Etchers Association. Csoka's exhibitions and awards include a medal at the Barcelona International Exhibition in 1929; a prize at the City of Budapest Exhibit in 1930; prizes at the Society of American Etchers in 1942 and 1945; prizes at the Library of Congress in 1944 and 1946; a prize at the Society of Brooklyn Artists in 1944; a prize at the Philadelphia Watercolor Club in 1945; the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1945; the Carnegie Institute in 1943, 1944, and 1945; the Art Institute of Chicago in 1944; the Los Angeles Museum of Art in 1945; the National Academy of Design from 1940 through 1945; one-artist shows at the Contemporary Artists in 1940, 1943, and 1945; and the Minneapolis State Fair in 1943. *Stephen continued to recieve awards and exhibit his work throughout his life. In 1997, Hofstra Museum sponsored a Retrospective/Centennial exhibition in honor of his birth. Collections representing Csoka's work are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; the British Museum, London, England; the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA; the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH; the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN; the Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM; the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary; Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary, the Museum of the City of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary; the Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA; Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Holocaust Museum, Glen Cove, NY; National Academy of Art, New York, NY; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; New York Historical Society, New York, NY;New York Public Library, New York, NY; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Peabody Museum, Cambridge, MA; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Reading Public Museum, Reading, PA; Livingston Arts Center, Mount Morris, NY; Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, IN; City College, New York, NY; Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY; Hungarian Consulate, New York, NY; Hungarian Heritage, New Brunswick, NJ; Hunter College, New York, NY; IBM Collections; Princeton Print Club...

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Le Masque blanc (The White Mask) Signed lower right, Oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm In good condition In its vintage frame : 51 x 43.5 cm The white mask is ...

Antique American modernist painting of a circus by Dennis Meighan Burlingame (1901 - 1964). Oil on canvas, circa 1935. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image...

Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. Thes...

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bunch of anemones and daffodils in a vase Signed lower left Oil on canvas In good condition 36 x 31 cm In its original frame : 51 x 46 cm Maurice As...

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Saint Paul Church in Orleans Signed lower right Oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm In good condition In its original frame : 56 x 64 cm The subject of this pain...

An original modern abstract portrait of a child by American artist Will Barnet. The work has a letter of provenance from the artist's wife. The i...

Lacquer painting on silver foil representing a woman resting in the wood. Art deco painting from Italian painter Cavenago. Signed low in the center. On wood panel.

The present artwork is an unusual example of the paintings of Fritzi Brod. It is painted on both sides: on one side, an image of three Native Americans on ...

Archaic dancer. 1933, paper, mixed media, 20x9.5 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his rel...

Jacques Martin-Ferrières (French, 1893-1972) Le marché de Raguse en Yougoslavie, avec la fontaine, circa 1938 Oil on canvas Measures: 22-3/4 x 29-1/4 inches (57.8 x 74.3 cm) Framed: ...

Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 49 x 36 x 2 cm

The old sinner and the female figure. Paper, mixed media, 13x15.5 cm watercolor, ink on paper. Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurm...

Story illustration for “Great-Aunt Lavinia” by Joseph C. Lincoln for Good Housekeeping magazine, published July 1936, pages 26-27. The full caption reads: “The Judge read the lette...

Theater Spain. Paper, mixed media, 9.7x8.3 cm watercolor, ink on paper. Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives gi...

Lovely realist landscape done with acrylic paint of a quaint town and a pastel mountainscape in the background. Signed in lower right corner "M. Warren." With a label on reverse that reads "'Andes Mountains...

Presenting a very unusual vintage oil painting by French artist Antoine DeRoux. “Atelier DeRoux” is a double sided work; the front an image of the artist’s studio in Paris, and on the rear, a beautiful cubistic painting of a woman reading a book...

Presenting an original painting by WPA artist Ted Gilien. Book of 1000 Sorrows, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1936, beautifully framed, a testament to peace, as the ...

THEODORE CHARLES BASIL HITCHCOCK Mid Century or slightly earlier scene of men working on a pathway in a French Town. He was a painter and teacher who studied at Hornsey School of Art, after attending London University, his teachers being Adrian Hill and John Charles Moody...

Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a realistic style. Modernism at its best The work is framed by Heydenryk. Pène du Bois descended from French immigrants who settled in Louisiana in 1738 and was raised in a Creole household. He was born in 1884 in Brooklyn, NY and first studied with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and later continued his training with Robert Henri. Pène du Bois was greatly impressed with Henri's credo that "real life" was subject matter for art and throughout his life a realist philosophy informed his art as well as his parallel career, art criticism. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto associated with the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized, rounded, almost sculptural figures painted with invisible brushstrokes. The subjects of his paintings were often members of society whom he gently satirized. In 1924, Pène du Bois and his wife, Floy, left for France where they would remain until 1930. Returning to America showcases pictures the artist produced after this very productive period abroad. After five years of living in France, Pène du Bois was able to observe American life with fresh eyes. His work becomes more psychologically intense and less satirical. In Girl at Table a slender, blond is shown gazing at a small statue that she holds at arm's distance. The meaning is elusive, but a powerful sense of longing is evoked. Similarly, paintings such as Dramatic Moment and Jane are taut with unresolved dialogue. Both pictures depict mysterious interiors in which a lone woman anxiously awaits the denouement of a suspenseful scene. Other pictures, for example, Chess Tables, Washington Square and Bar, New Orleans, recall Pene du Bois's Ashcan origins in their depiction of urban entertainment. During this period, landscape becomes an important subject for Pène du Bois. Girl Sketching...

"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion Mervin Jules (1912 – 1994) "The Tailor" 9 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches Oil on masonite, c. 1930s Signed lower ...

Reading Woman is a beautiful and impressive oil on canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli. It was realized between the end of the 1920s and the beginning of the 1930s and represents a reading...

Aaron Bohrod, 1907-1992 Barbecue Stand, circa 1935 Gouache on board Signed Lower left: “Aaron Bohrod” Inscribed and signed on verso Bohrod-1 Provenance: Private estate, Rhode Island...

Woman in pink is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative work of a female figure...

Frederick William Becker (1888-1974) American Artist Well represented and listed. Oil on board, signed lower left c. 1930s 8.5” x 11.5”,...

Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing. Study to Scale Mural Sketch for “Evolution of Textile Production” East. All,...

This captivating 1930s modernist gouache painting by Boardman Robinson (1876–1952), titled The Vendor of Masks, depicts a striking mask vendor’s display with male and female figures,...

This small portrait, oil on panel 24 x 17 cm, is signed and dated in the upper right corner in openna cursive "Valentino Ghiglia 1934." It depicts a maiden with cropped hair and a so...

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Stunning portrait with a killer smile by Golden Age of Illustration female Illustrator Zoë Mozert. Signed lower right. Framed under glass, silk matted and i...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Illustration for “Measure of Love” by Honore’ Willsie Morrow, Published in Ladies Home Journal...

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas, first canvas, painting depicting a courtyard scene with horses returning from the hunt, of excellent pictoria...

A view of a landscape with a young woman shown seated and bathing her bare foot in a pool of water with white doves flying in a clouded, blue sky. Signed verso 'Nura' for Nura Wood...

Born in 1906, Cooley settled in New York City where she studied at the Arts Student League with John Sloan. Her genre paintings of women, children and the working class are in the As...

New York, published and copyrighted 1939 by Robert B. Strawbridge, Jr. Numbered limited edition 53/ 60 Art Sz: 17 1/2"H x 26"W Frame Sz: 25 1/2"H x 33 1/2" In French matt w/ original pencil remarque to Charles H. Jackson Jr. Very sincerely Paul Brown w/ 16 vignette polo teams (bottom left to right): Wanders/ Ranelagh/ Cooperstown/ Meadow Brook Magpies/ Meadow Brook/ Great Neck/ Argentine/ Midwick/ Orange County/ Sands Point/ Hurricanes/ Santa Paula/ Templeton/ Aurora/ Greentree & Old Westbury Charles Hervey "Pete" Jackson Jr. (1898 - 1978) was an American rancher, investor and polo player. Early life Charles H. Jackson Jr. was born on April 12, 1898, and grew up in Albany, New York. He was the grand-nephew of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. Ranching Jackson, briefly a banker, was interested in agriculture and became a rancher when he journeyed west and bought the Alisal ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley at auction in 1943. He built it up as a guest ranch, opening to the public in 1946. For a period of time the ranch was known for attracting celebrity visitors; Clark Gable married Lady Sylvia Ashley there in 1949. Under the management of his son it became more popular as a family destination. Equestrian interests Jackson was a co-founder of the Santa Barbara Riding and Hunt Club, in the suburb of Hope Ranch, alongside Amy DuPont, Charles E. Jenkins, Harold S. Chase, Dwight Murphy, C.K.G. Billings, John Mitchell, George Owen Knapp, Peter Cooper...

Advertisement published in the December 16, 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post Signed Lower Left

Miçao Kono was a Japanese artist who came to Paris in the early 1920s. He painted in oils and watercolors, and also did a number of etchings. Micao Kono became famous with his nude p...

Date: 1934 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 16.00" x 11.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Amazing Stories, Pulp Cover, August 1934 Exhibitions: A...

Watercolour and ink on paper, signed and dated '1939' bottom left and entitled on the reverse Image size: 18 x 9 inches (45.75 x 23 cm) Original frame This is a wonderfully moving w...

Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) Ukranian-Italian lived and studied in Italy. Russian Constructivist or Futurist style work on paper. there is some creasing to the paper but it should lay f...

Humorous illustration featuring a young boy fishing with his grandpa and dog in a rowboat. Louis Dow Calendar Illustration, March 28, 1939 Artwork Dimensions: 36" x 22" Framed Dim...

Harry Lemon Parkhurst American, 1876–1962 was a pulp illustrator for crime and detective stories. The works depicts an art thief caught at a pe...

La Plage aux Andelys by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Oil on board 23.7 x 32.9 cm (9 ⅓ x 13 inches) Signed lower left, Manzana Pissarro Executed circa 1930 Provenance Priva...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Ladies Home Journal Story Illustration, April 1931 "The Easter Candle" by Dagvar

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover Illustration for ''Motor'' Magazine, February 1931 Depicting a Duryea Automobile Driving by a Blacksmith Shop

Signature: light pencil signature lower left in the artwork Front Cover Art Judge Magazine December 1933 In a departure from their typical flapper cov...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, October 15, 1938, cover illustration. J. Cohn, Covers of The Saturday Evening Post, New Yo...

Miriam Story Hurford was a prolific and major American female illustrator in the 1930s to the 1950s. Her work was for cover art for women's magazines and home magazines and religious magazines. This work depicts t the wise men being guided by the star of Bethleham to the birth of the Christ child for a Christmas magazine...

Story illustration for "Beaver Woman's Vision" by James Willard Schultz, published in The American Boy, July 1935, pg. 5 The White Buffalo Robe, Schutz, pg. 30 Literature: Schoono...

Portrait of Theresa Rogers Housed in a period hand carved wood frame. Some scatter minor paint loss and stretcher marks otherwise presents very well Signature: Signed lower right T...

Story illustration for Moby Dick by Herman Melville, for the 1931 edition published by The John C. Winston Company. The full caption reads “The three harpoo...

ISTVÁN CSÓK 1865-1961 Pusztaegres 1865-1961 Budapest (Hungarian) Title: Portrait of a Girl Playing Cards, ca. 1930's Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on Panel size: 60 x 5...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Watercolor on Board Illustration for an unknown advertisement with Snyder and Black agency, with their stamp on verso, circa 1930s.

Woman in Surreal Landscape Illustration Published: Woman's Home Companion December 1939, "How to Pray" By Ralph Sadler Meadowcroft Work is Unframed

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...

This oil painting is hand signed by the artist "I. Ryback" in the lower left corner. This painting was created in the early 1930's Provenance: The authenticity of this work has been...

Date: 1934 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 23.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of Northwest Farmer Magazine, February 1934.