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A Corner of the Dressing Room - British 40's exhib ballet portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful exhibited British 1940's interior portrait oil painting is by noted artist Francis Edwin Hodge. Painted in 1941 it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy that year e...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
Located in New York, NY
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study.
A label verso titles the work "Study for Fornca Mural." The painting itself measure 24 x3 6 inches and is...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Nuturing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Skaters" WPA American Winter Scene Mid-Century Modernism Figure Skating
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Winter Scene Mid-Century Modernism Figure Skating Olympics
Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876 - 1952) "The Skaters (Variations on a Pattern by Signorelli)," 25 x 30 inches, oil...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Serenade
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category
Cubist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bert Lahr - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Walt Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's firs...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paysage - Landscape
Located in Geneva, CH
From 1920 to 1927 Baumann completed an apprenticeship as a decorative painter and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Cologne under Robert Seuffert. From 1927 to 1934, he studie...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rue De La Madeleine at Dusk
Located in Missouri, MO
Canvas Size: approx. 13 x 18 inches
Framed Size: approx. 20.5 x 25 inches
Provenance: Artist to Marshall Fields, Chicago to Private Midwest Collection
Cortès was born in Lagny, F...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moses Soyer, American 1899-1974 Portrait of a Woman
By Moses Soyer
Located in Fairview, NC
In what appears to be the original frame 26" x 22" in the frame signed lower right. Please not the light glare in the photo is on me. I will try to re-shoot.
Dedicated to art expr...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Eileen', University of Illinois, Chicago Bauhaus
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1945 by Robert Francis Gatechair (American, 1913-2000) and stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Acquired from the son of the artist.
A bright and fresh, w...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Untitled (Sausalito Hillside, California, Modernist Oil Painting, Houses, Trees)
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Modernist landscape of houses on a hill in Sausalito, California, by Hugh Weller (1898-1982), original oil painting on board depicts houses and trees on a hillside in colors ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Football Match Wolves Vs Man City 1947 Score 1:0 sporting portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb sporting portrait oil painting is by artist Sydney Poole. The painting depicts a football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City on 20th December 1947 ...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Werner Reifarth Oil Paint on Canvas "Obskure Gesellschaft", ca. 1948
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting on canvas, circa 1948 by Werner Reifahrt ( 1919-1977 ), Germany. Signed on the back. Framed.
Measurements: 37.4 x 30.71 in ( 95 x 78 cm )
Werner Reifarth ( 1919 - 1970 ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On The Beach Modern Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marguerite Rousseau was born in 1888 in Belgium died in 1948.
She is known for her French Impressionist style in her earlier work, she was painting parks, beaches, the woman with an...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jean-René Chatelain, Carnation Vase, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas dating from 1946 by Jean-René Chatelain. Beautiful canvas of a neo-realism soothed. Measurements : with frame: 81x72x7.5 cm - 31.9x28.3x3 inches, without frame: 68x58 c...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique California Impressionist Fruit Harvest Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed oil painting by Rose Baumruker. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and her child in a style of som...
Category
Feminist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Diner" NYC New Yorker Illustration Mid-Century Modernism Realism American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"Diner" NYC New Yorker Illustration Mid-Century Modernism Realism American Scene
Arthur Getz (1913-1996) "Diner," 29 x 20 inches. Caesin paint on paper, c. 1940s. Signed lower right...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Casein
MILITARY MUNITIONS American Modernism WPA World War II Modern Realism Historical
Located in New York, NY
MILITARY MUNITIONS American Modernism WPA World War II Modern Realism Historical.
Howard Norton Cook (1901 – 1980) "Military Munitions," 20 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1940s. Sig...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris Fantacy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HAROLD CHRISTOPHER DAVIES
"PARIS"
CHARCOAL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, CALIFORNIA, C.1940S
24 X 18 INCHES
Harold Christopher Davies
1891-1976
Harold Christopher Davies was a painter wit...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) "Union Square," 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas, c.1940s, Signed lower center.
A...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Modern Paris School Portrait of Young Clown Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Paris School oil painting of a young clown. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 18"L x 22"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Ashcan School Window Front Signed City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting of a street view. Oil on board, circa 1930. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 5"L x 5"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1946 WPA Ohio Artist Russel Limbach American Colonial Home Oil Painting
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Painting, Architectural study. Colonial style house with green shutters.
Signed lower left "R. Limbach 1946".
22 1/2" high, 26" wide, sight 18 1/2" high, 22" wide. Artist informati...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Blitz Birth - British art c1942 World War II figurative interior oil panting
Located in London, GB
This stunning Modern British oil painting is attributed to noted British artist Louis Duffy. It was painted during World War II circa 1942 when Duffy, in his thirties, was serving in...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Bistrot du Coin - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Cafe Interior by Cosson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A really wonderful oil on canvas by sought after French post-impressionist painter Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson depicting several figures in a French cafe interior. Signed lower right.
...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deux jeunes femmes - Pointillist Oil, Nude Figures by Marie Vorobieff Marevna
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful pointillist oil on panel by Russian painter Marie Vorobieff Marevna depicting two nude young women - one redhead with a blue blanket wrapped round her waist and one brune...
Category
Pointillist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Woman Bearing Fruit', Polynesian Figural, Tropical Jungle, Pacific Islands
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Muff' for Orla Muff (Danish, 1903-1984) and painted circa 1940.
Orla Muff received his first formal instruction at the Copenhagen Technical School from 1917-21, ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Destiny's Path, Hawaii by Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s figurative of pasteled orange figure journeying down path by Marguerite Louis Blasingame circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame wer...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pavanne - 17th Century Court Dance - British exhibited Surrealist oil painting
Located in London, GB
Painted by "Modern British" Surrealist artist John Armstrong this oil/tempera on board depicts Pavanne. The Pavanne is a 17th century Court dance. The figures bunch up rhythmically a...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Environs of Rome
Located in Miami, FL
Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time.
This work is a pers...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Marc Chagall-Liberation, 1937–1945
By Marc Chagall
Located in New York, NY
Marc Chagall's "Liberation" is an original Oil Painting on Canvas. Embedded with numerous of Chagall's iconic motifs, this piece elicits soft emotion through its warm color palette o...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting by Joep Nicolas (1897 - 1972). Oil on board, circa 1949. Signed. Displayed in a period frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grandmom
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Grandmom with grandson and dog
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Red and Blue Toned Color-Block Female Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Buckley Mac-Gurrin, prominently known for his work as a Los Angeles Mural Painter, painted an abstract portrait of a female using a combination of geometric shapes with hues of red a...
Category
Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Black Stocking
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FLETCHER MARTIN
"NUDE WITH BLACK STOCKING"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1940
30 X 25 INCHES CANVAS SIZE
Original Frame
Fletcher Martin
1904-1979
Martin was a painter...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shove Ha'penny - British Impressionist art 40's Pub game interior oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming figurative interior oil painting is by British artist William Edward Narraway. Painted in an Impressionist style with wonderful soft tones and heavy impasto, but strong...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Piccadilly - Post War London - British Impressionist art oil painting cityscape
Located in London, GB
A original oil on canvas/board which was painted and depicts post war London in 1946. Painted by Frank Waddington, it is a busy city view of Piccadilly. Finely painted, this work is ...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Parade Mexicaine by JEAN DUFY - Modern, Animals, Colourful, Fauve, Gouache
By Jean Dufy
Located in London, GB
Parade Mexicaine by Jean Dufy (1888-1964)
Gouache on Ingres paper
45.1 x 55.6 cm (17³/₄ x 21⁷/₈ inches)
Signed Jean Dufy lower centre
Executed circa 1948-1950
Provenance
Galerie Kä...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wall Street Winter
Located in New York, NY
A view of Wall Street and Trinity Church in winter by the 20th century American artist Guy C Wiggins. Other artists who painted similar scenes include Childe Hassam, Johann Berthels...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mexican Bar Scene —School of Diego Rivera
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
José Baqué Ximénez (1912-1999), 'Untitled (Mexican Bar Scene)', ink on paper, c. 1940. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, modernist rendering in India ink, on heavy cream wove drawi...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink
Off Her Pins
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a fresh-to-the-market pin-up calendar painting by Arnold Armitage published in the 1940s by The Louis F. Dow Calendar Company, St. Paul, Minnesota. This bowling themed cheese...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Conversation with Motherwell
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered magnificent oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2002.)
Conversation with Motherwell, Is a tribute to American artist Robert Motherwell...
Category
Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jean de GAIGNERON (1890 - 1976) A camp with horses, oil on panel
Located in Paris, FR
Jean de Gaigneron (1890-1976)
A camp with horses
Oil on cardboard
27 x 34 cm
Modern frame : 39 x 47 cm
Provenance : Estate of the Artist (not signed)
In good condition
Jean de Gai...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fuel Oil Delivery
By Victor Olson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
New Year's Baby Hitching to War
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
The Saturday Evening Post unpublished cover, 1943
The story behind the New Year's Baby Hitching to War is a fascinating one: The...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Defense on the Sea Begins on the Shore
By Ralph Iligan
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 "Industry--The Arsenal of Democracy" series com...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Last Roman (for the poet, Ezra Pound)
By Ernest Trova
Located in Missouri, MO
Ernest Trova (American, 1927-1909)
"The Last Roman" Oct. 30, 1949
Oil on Board
approx. 48 x 15 inches
Signed Dated and Titled Verso
*See the book, “Trova: Paintings, Sculptures and ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Italian Flute Player Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3252 Acrylic on artist board set in a decorative vintage wood frame
Image size 11,5x14.5
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Resting Mother with Child Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2620 Vintage original colored pastel on paper
displayed in a gilt wood frame under glass.Arist unknown
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Impressionist Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2646 Impressionist figurative landscape ,oil on artist board
Displayed in a gilt wood frame
Image size 19,5x15.5 overall 23.5x 19.5
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Cobbler Figurative Painting by L. Colli
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-112 Italian oil on canvas
Displayed in custom wood frame
Image size 10.5x13.5"
Signed A. Colli
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sainted Sister
By Peter Helck
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Cosmopolitan Magazine, 1940
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1949 Original Oil Figurative Russian Impressionism Soviet Realism "Factory Boy"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
For over 20 years, Andre Kohn has been passionately collecting the works of classically trained master Impressionists from the Soviet Realism period (Russian Impressionism, 1930 -197...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Over sized Ballerina Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3022 Ballerina a 1940's large scale oil on canvas Signed lower left by Carole Nelson,displayed in a gilt wood curved frame.
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Figurative painting of a French Noble Woman
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2576 Oil painting on artist board set in a carved wood frame
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Dutch Winter Scene Landscape Painting circa 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2568 A Dutch Winter Scene,impressionistic style of a winter landscape.Oil on canvas applied to board,displayed in a gilt wood frame,signed lower left by Johanssen.Image size 17.5 ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lawbreaker Painting Figurative Plaque
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2984 Lawbreaker Painting Plaque,scene of Middle Ages court ,vintage Italian oil on wood panel.Signed E.B /2
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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