1930s Figurative Paintings

Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 80 x 69 x 5 cm

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas painting depicting a game of cherubs with fruit, hide and seek, of excellent pictorial quality. Painting signe...

George Herbert Buckingham Holland was born in Northampton, the son of a grocer. He studied at Leicester School of Art. He made his living painting portraits of Northampton dignitarie...

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...

Abram Tromka was born May 1, 1896 in Poland. At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York ...

Oil on wooden panel realized by Fausta Settimj in 1930s. Hand signed and titled in pen on verso. Good condition.

Oil on wooden panel realized by Fausta Settimj in 1930s. Good condition except for some minor missing parts on edges.

Female figure is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Includes frame: 93.5 x 73.5 cm Mixed colored oil painting on canvas Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award. That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...

Lady with fur is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame 110x3x79 cm Not signed. Antonio Feltrin...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Spring Gouache 26 x 15 cm Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator, and designer best known for h...

Stark and emotional depiction of a family after a natural disaster by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). This grayscale painting was created as an ...

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...

Industrial Mural Study, Veterans Memorial Building, Santa Barbara WPA American Joseph Edward Knowles (1907-1980) "Study for Industry Mural, Veterans Memorial Building, Santa Barbara, CA" 19 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches Oil on board, c. 1930s. Estate stamp verso Framed: 27 x 60 inches The completed mural is currently hanging on the wall, part of the building actually, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Barbara. A photo of the work insitu is included in the attached photos. BIO Joseph Edward Knowles was born in Kendall, Montana, on June 15, 1907. He grew up in San Diego, California. At age twenty, two years before the beginning of the Great Depression, he moved north to another town on the coast of California---Santa Barbara. There he began studying fine art at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts* (1927-1930), under the supervision of Frank Morley Fletcher, previously director of the Edinburgh College of Art. Fletcher, who was trained in portraiture, landscape painting, and woodblock* printing, was a great influence on young Knowles. It was there that Knowles learned the art of color woodblock printmaking, a medium in which he showed great skill. Not long after completing his studies with Fletcher, Knowles began teaching art. For a period of thirty years, from 1930 to1960, he taught at the Cate School in Carpinteria, California. In 1934-1935, Knowles traveled throughout Europe, further developing his artistic skills in England, France, and Italy. Upon his return, he continued to teach art at various schools and institutions: Cate School, Crane Country School, extension classes at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), and at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA). Knowles also served as an art education consultant for the County of Santa Barbara. In addition, he was founding co-director and president of the Santa Barbara Fine Arts Institute (1969-1972), which later developed a specialization in photography and became the Brooks Institute of Photography. Knowles died at his home in Santa Barbara on September 8, 1980. Much of Knowles' watercolor work is associated with what has been termed the "California School*," a loose grouping of artists throughout the state that included such figures as Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman, George Post, and the Santa Barbara painters Dan Lutz and Standish Backus, Jr. The California School artists, including Knowles, were known for their fresh, direct, spontaneous style of watercolor painting. Knowles and other members of the school found inspiration in nature and the built environment alike, emphasizing elements of design in their exuberant, boldly stated, colorful scenes from everyday life. While painting in a representational* manner, Knowles generally avoided photographic realism, preferring subjective interpretation of his subjects. In this, as well as in his experimental approach and vigorous brushwork, he displayed a strongly modern sensibility. Knowles often used the wet-on-wet watercolor technique as he painted seascapes and landscapes, mostly along the California coast. He also employed dry-brush* techniques in many of his paintings, often leaving some of the white of the watercolor paper exposed. Some of the latter depict trees and other forms in a broken and airy manner that recalls Cezanne. Knowles' colored woodblock prints are more reserved and exact in their draftsmanship than his paintings. Spare, clean, lyrical lines are drawn to illustrate floral motifs and boat scenes with a touch of asymmetry conjuring Japanese woodblock prints. His murals from the post-World War II period are considerably more modern in their approach and show an emphasis on design and color. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS California Watercolor Society (1940 - 1955) Santa Barbara Art Association (Vice President - 1952) ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) - San Francisco, California San Diego Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA) - San Diego, California Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) - Santa Barbara, California Cowie Galleries - Los Angeles, California Gallery de Silva - Santa Barbara, California Bradley Galleries - Santa Barbara, California MURALS Westmont College - Ellen Porter Hall Mural - Santa Barbara, California Safeway Grocery (now Vons Grocery on West Victoria Street) - Exterior Tile Mosaic - Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Bank & Trust - Interior Mosaic Panels, Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara Girls Club - Interior Mosaic Mural - Santa Barbara, California Ernest Righetti High School - Mosaic Mural - Santa Maria, California Shell Oil Company - Mosaic Panel - California Beckman Instruments, Corporate Headquarters - Mosaic - Fullerton, California STAINED GLASS WINDOWS, WALLS and PANELS Katherine Thayer Cate Memorial Chapel - Cate School, Carpinteria, California William S. Porter Memorial Chapel - Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California La Rinconada Building - Santa Barbara, California ILLUSTRATIONS "California's Wonderful Corner: True Stories for Children from the History of the Santa Barbara Region," by Walter A. Tompkins (1962 & 1975) China Designs: Two sets of dinnerware for Winfield China...

Still Life with Fishes is an original oil painting on wood panel realized around 1935 by an anonymous artist of the Italian school of the XIX century. A wonderful still life with a ...

Self-portrait 1936 Oil on canvas 55.4 x 46.2 cm Signed and dated lower left

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...

Original oil on canvas painting of a Russian peasant woman in a moonlit landscape by the well known Russian American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lo...

"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on Canvas. Signed land dated ’38 lower left. The photograph in the listing depicts the artist's friend who taught drama and about whom the painting is based Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship to study under the German Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to create frescoes for the San Francisco Jewish Community Center and the University of California Medical School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Running Race Airbrush and pen 13 x 13 cm c.1930 Signed to the bottom right Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British art...

Charming figurative genre painting of Dutch family in the forest. Signed illegibly lower left. Presented in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 27.25"H ...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Buy From Our Own Empire the Best Market (in black) Gouache 19 x 76 cm c.1930 Design for Empire Marketing Board Provenance: From the family of the artist ...

Still Life is a modern artwork realized by Giordano Becciani in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Includes frame. The artwork is ...

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on board Beautiful and representative artwork of a female fi...

Ursula Vivian McCannell 1923 - 2015, was a English born artist who painted in an impressionist style. Both her Father and Mother were painters. Ursula studied under her Father at th...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Royal Air Force Display, 'Book to Colindale' Gouache 26 x 32 cm c.1930 Stamped to reverse A E Halliwell Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell ...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Women in blue and yellow Gouache 30 x 47 cm c.1930 Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator, and d...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) February 14th - Travel LMS Gouache 31 x 20 cm c.1930 Artist's stamp to reverse Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British...

Beautifully detailed oil on heavy card stock painting of an orientalist scene with camels resting and two figures taking the shade under a tree with several large impressive building...

Model with swan is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative artwork of a female figure. Anton...

In the manner of A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) RA Exhibition Gouache c.1930 26 x 30 cm Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustr...

Portrait is an artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli, 1930s.  H 160 x 110 cm. Oil paiting on canvas. Hand signed lower left margin. Good cond...

Poseidon is an original painting realized by Lucie Navier in 1933. Original Ink and tempera painting on paper. Dated on the lower right corner (23-6-2033). Fair conditions except...

Sitting model is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1...

'Young Woman with Doves' by Nura Ulreich. Art Institute of Chicago, Salon d'Automne, Paris, Art Deco ----- Signed verso 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) and pai...

An original antique watercolor painting by well listed Austrian artist Franz Weidinger. This work is signed and titled lower left and housed in a be...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Don't be drowned, travel underground Gouache 11 x 6 cm 1927 Signed, dated and inscribed 'Poster design 12.5" x 20" executed 1927' Provenance: Family of t...

A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987) Xmas Gifts Airbrush and pen 50 x 32 cm c.1930 Stamped signature Provenance: Family of the artist A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illu...

An antique American Woodstock school landscape painting in an original hand carved period wood frame. Unsigned but clearly done by a very masterful hand.

Terrestrial Paradise is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Good conditions Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli...

Woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on board Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli...

Here for your consideration is a oil on academy board painting by the American artist, Alvin Raffel. Signed and titled verso. Circa 1930's. Condition is good. Small puncture in the ...

Noble 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 nude wom...

1930's Figurative landscape oil painting of a woman walking down a path through a country farm by S.E George (American, 20th Century). Possibly a Wichita, Kansas artist...

Portrait of woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on wooden panel. Not signed. Very Good conditions Antonio Fel...

Lying Woman is an original modern artwork realized by the artist Nino Bertoletti beetween 1930 and 1940. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin Nino Bertoletti (Rome, October 26...

Ships is an original painting realized by Bruno Croatto in 1938. Signed and datet by the Artist at bottom left. Includes a wooden frame.

Woman is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) ...

Sketches is an original modern artwork realized by Luigi Bartolini in the mid-20th Century. China ink drawing and watercolor. Hand signed by the ar...

Portrait of Woman if a beautiful oil on wooden panel realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Very good conditions. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) Antonio Felt...

Odalisque ,yellow,orange, orient 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...

Signed lower left. On rear: "Corrado Cagli Via Ludovico Muratori 27 Roma o Via Imbonati 17 Milano" "Paese" - hand written by the artist. Painting in which Corrado Cagli, a key exponent of the so called "Scuola Romana...

Woman on Sofa is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Another painting of human figure on rear. Includes frame. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnano, 1942) He was born in Milan on June 1, 1887 to Giovanni Feltrinelli, the nephew of Giacomo, who was the founder of the Feltrinelli partnership. Feltrinelli was not only a prominent figure in the Italian economic and financial field, but he was also a painter, who was characterized as a strong, impetuous hot colorist, and preferred still lifes, portraits and landscapes. He started his career in 1930 at La Permanente (Milan), where he exhibited a portrait and a still life that won him the Fornara award. That same year, Feltrinelli exhibited his work at the Venice Biennial and at the Pesaro Gallery in Milan. Together with other prominent avant-garde artists, he participated in various foreign exhibitions on modern Italian painting...

Vase of flowers is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnan...

Olio su tela. Firmato e datato in basso a sinistra sulla tela laterale sinistra. La grande composizione è costituita da tre tele separate, di cui quella centrale sviluppata verticalm...

Women 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 and on ...

Odalisque and Guitar is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on board. Signed on the back Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 188...

Woman is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1932. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated. Good condition. Antonio Feltrinelli (Mil...

Woman with parrot is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Includes frame Not ...

The monkis an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Not signed. Good condition. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 ...

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...