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Period: 1940s
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Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A bunch of flowers in a vase, 1942, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A bunch of flowers in a vase Signed upper left, numbered and dated 1942 on the back Oil on canvas 35 x 27 cm In good c...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right Lower East Side Tenements Pushcart Market Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings. Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and settled in New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House Galleries, NYC, Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC, Associated American Artists Gallery and the A.C.A. Gallery. Gunvald's work spanned many modern American movements from the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Brooklyn Society of Artists. He exhibited with both of these organizations and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish artists participated in this New Deal program among them Ben Shahn, Joseph Solman, William Gropper, Philip Guston Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, the Soyers (Isaac, Moses, and Raphael), and many others Grunwald exhibited alongside other popular artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Charles Burchfield. He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York. Americana. Select Exhibitions A.C.A. Gallery Associated American Artists Gallery, 1936-1955 American Watercolor Society, 1932-1942 New York Watercolor Club, 1935-1937 Humanist Art...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism. Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Nude with Fruit Basket, Oil Painting by A. Raymond Katz c1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 - 1974) Title: Nude with Fruit Basket Year: circa 1949 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 48 x 33 in. (121.92 x 83.82 cm)
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Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Preparing the Meal
Located in Wiscasett, ME
This oil on canvas is signed and date in the upper left and measures 38" x 45.25" including the frame. Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964). Sam Uhrdi...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Graphis International Poster, magazine cover design c.1940s
Located in London, GB
Graphis International Poster Design Gouache 31 x 24 cm Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Graphis is a renowned international journal of visual communication and graphic arts...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Graphis International Poster, magazine cover design by W. C. Gibbs
Located in London, GB
W.C. Gibbs Graphis International Poster Gouache 30 x 23 cm Signed bottom right Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Graphis is a renowned international journal of visual commu...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Graphis International Poster December 1947, magazine cover design by E. Davis
Located in London, GB
E Davis Graphis International Poster, December 1947 Gouache 30 x 23 cm Signed to reverse Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Graphis is a renowned international journal of vi...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

'Crime', c.1945 painting by Pamela Denyer
Located in London, GB
Pamela Denyer (1923-2013) Crime 29 x 22 cm Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Although little is known about Pamela Denyer other than that she studied under A. E. Halliwell...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Rainbow Prism, 1946 painting by J. C. Kim
Located in London, GB
J. C. Kim Rainbow Prism 20 x 25 cm 1946 Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about J. C. Kim beyond the fact that he studied under A E Halliwell, though the fact ...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Mother and Child -- 1949
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Bryon Browne was an important American modernist painter. Signed upper right; signed, dated and situated 'New York' on reverse
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Joan Colom i Agustí (1879 - 1964) - Óleo sobre tablero - Bañistas
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado en la parte inferior por el autor Estado de conservación aceptable Se presenta enmarcada la obra Medidas de la obra: 50 x 65 cm. Medidas del marco: 59 x 73 cm. :::::::::...
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Symbolist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Beach" Nathan Hoffman, Brooklyn, New York, Sunny Day Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman The Beach Estate stamped on the reverse Oil on artist's board 10 1/4 x 14 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Born in Russia, the s...
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American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Two Heads -- 1947
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Byron Browne was an important American modernist painter. Ink, tempera, and crayon on paper Signed and dated lower right.
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Consolation, Collier's magazine illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Signed upper left
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Academic 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Paper, Pencil

"La iglesia de Belén en 1840" 1a. prueba.
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Lluís Muntané Muns ( Mataró, Barcelona 1899- Barcelona 1987) Obra: "La iglésia de Belén en 1840" 1a prueba. Aguafuerte a color. Firmado y titulado a lápiz, en la parte inferior. Medi...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Etching

Up the Staircase
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Dimensions: Sight Size 30.50" x 34.75," Framed 36.00" x 39.50"
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ruckus, Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 34.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Ruckus, Story Illustration
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eavesdropping
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 22.50" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depict...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bridal White
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right and Titled on reverse Dimensions: 28.13" x 25.13" (71.45 cm x 63.83 cm) Literature: Temple Bailey, Bridal White, The American Mag...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunters
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Born in San Francisco, Amos Sewell was a ranking California tennis player in his 20s wh...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Jewel"
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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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watching Over Them, Brown & Bigelow Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Watching Over Them, Brown & Bigelow illustration
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Balinese beauty by Theo Meier (1908-1982)
Located in ZEIST, UT
After his academy Theo Meier moved to Germany where he came into contact with Max Liebermann and German expressionists from Die Brücke. Inspired by Paul Gauguin, he left for Tahiti at the age of 24. The influence of Paul Gauguin and the German Expressionists can be clearly seen in his works. After a year in Tahiti, he moved toBali where he found the culture and art that he had missed in Tahiti. He settled in Sanur and befriended the other artists who had settled in Bali, such as Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Antonio Blanco...
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Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ancient Revel oil painting by Wesley Lea
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and titled verso on stretcher "Lea Ancient Revel". Subtitled verso on label in artist's hand: "An attempt to marry ancient mineral matter with people". Exhibited at the 194...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blond Pin up with Perfect Smile Tennis Racket - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Julia (Elsie Julia Miller) Schleicher (Canadian/American, 1916-1988) she was an important female illustrator Woman Tennis Player Pastel and gouache on boa...
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Romantic 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache

Tribesmen with Headdresses
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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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Oil Painting Titled "The Death of Crispus Attucks", by Thomas Dietrich, 1943
Located in New York, NY
Thomas M. Dietrich 1912-1998 The Death of Crispus Attucks, 1943 Tempera and oil on board 21 x 15 inches Signed and dated: Tom Dietrich 1943 Thomas M. Dietrich was an artist in residence at Lawrence College for 30 years and painted in the American Regionalist style. He exhibited yearly at the Art Institute of Chicago where he also received the acclaimed International William Tuthill Prize for watercolors in 1941 (Charles Burchfield won the associated Logan prize that same year) Dietrich also received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship and was a founding member of the Wisconsin Watercolor Society. In 1943 Deitrich painted The Death of Crispus Attucks, depicting the historical battle known as the Boston Massacre...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Tempera

"Lucy, You Are a Lonely Woman." Story Illustration for Women's Home Compan
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940s Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "Lucy, you are a lonely woman." Story illustration for "The Enchanted Circle," published ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Uncle Sam
Located in Missouri, MO
This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Fantastic Armada, " Story Illustration, Ladies Home Journal
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 26.00" x 19.50;" Framed 61.60" x 26.00" "The Fantastic Armada" by Dorothy Black and illustrated by Rico Tomaso for Ladies Home Journal...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cover illustration for "The Future Mr. Dolan"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned "The ragged edges of Manhattan. . . the rowdy brothels, the dirty hallways, the seething streets of Yorkville -- this was where Mattie Dolan...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Frank Judge Oil on Board Painting Titled "Miss St. Louis", circa 1940
Located in New York, NY
A bright portrait of a woman in pageant dress before a St. Louis skyline and riverboat.
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Saratoga Trunk
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Secret Project, Magazine Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1948 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 17.25" x 13.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Magazine Story Illustration
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
Located in Miami, FL
“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Return of General Kosciuszko" - Philadelphia Blended Whisky Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Image of colonists with ships in background. Frank J. Reilly (1906-1967) was noted as "the number 1 art teacher in America." Reilly is noted for developing a means of organizing the palette. His value studies and chroma organization are still taught as the primary methods of oil paint organization. Reilly studied with Frank DuMond at the Art Students League of New York. He taught at the Grand Central School of Art, The Art Students League of New York and other art schools as well as establishing his own art school. Reilly was the main influence on George Passantino. He is credited with the mosaic mural in The Bronx High School of Science's front lobby. Reilly's influence continues today through the teaching and art of Michael Aviano and Jack Faragasso as well as their students Jon deMartin...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Amoco Gas Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Amoco Gas Advertisement
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand
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. That's easy art. Executing a portrait with a great depth of anatomy and structure takes years of academic training. In Riggs's time, there were teachers who knew how to pass on this knowledge. He studied at the Art Students League and the Académie Julian . Today, they are very few and far between. Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel - Robert Riggs was a Gay Artist...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Yosuke Matsoke, Time magazine cover illustration , July 7, 1941
Located in Miami, FL
Ernest Hamlin Baker is one of America's greatest artist that no one has ever heard of. Take a look at his full body of work. If you haven't noticed, Ernest Hamlin Baker is an excepti...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Happy Endings
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Linen Signature: Signed and Dated Story illustration for "Farewell Without Regret" by Sarah-Elizabeth Rodger for Good Housekeeping, published July 1940, page 58. The...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Friday Night or The Band, Maxwell Coffee Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1949 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee, "The Quartet, The Dog...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Americana "Good House Keeping Magazine", 1948
Located in Miami, FL
When the Wood Grows Dry "Good House Keeping Magazine" illustration Surreal depiction of a young mid-century girls social life Good House Keeping Magazi...
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Academic 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

The Standoff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1949 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post illustration, 1949 Twelve of von Schmidt's paintings hang in the Go...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Postman Always Drinks Twice", Preliminary Study for Life Magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Preliminary study for Life magazine, Circa 1941. Features a study of the work titled; "The Postman Always Drinks...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Junior Red Cross, Poster Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Approximate Date: 1943 Dimensions: 35.00 x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left American Junior Red Cross, Poster Illustration
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Champion Fertilizer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 26.00" x 26.00" Fertilizer advertisement, image of a man, girl, boy and dog. This illustration was also a...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Heart Remembers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1941 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 50.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Study for 'Happy Landing' Amoco Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil and Pencil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned During his over four decades as the preeminent illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post, Joseph Christian Leyendecker's clever illustrations were eagerly anticipated by enthusiastic readership across the country, and none more so than his holiday designs. One of Leyendecker's most celebrated creations was his groundbreaking idea of the New Year's Baby. Originally portrayed as a fleshy sweet-faced child complete with tiny angel wings, the New Year's Baby gradually morphed into a worldly tot acutely aware of the social and political issues facing the nation at the time. In fact, Leyendecker's final Post cover illustration was the 1943 New Year's Baby. Following the success of these Post covers, the artist was hired to create advertisements for the American Oil Company (AMOCO). Throughout the 1940s and through the final years of his life, Leyendecker produced ads incorporating his famed New Year's Baby into AMOCO advertisements, as in the present work, Happy Landing...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Pencil

Filling the Biggest Lumber Order on Record
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1946 Medium: Oil on Paper Dimensions: 20.25" x 18.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Exhibitions: September 2007: Society of Illustrators
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Prospector firing Rifle ( Happiness is a Warm Gun ) Gay Art
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel Robert Riggs was a gay man. Being gay in American during the 1940's time was something not to flaunt in public. Rigg's had to communicate his underlying feelings in more symbolic ways. Throughout Riggs oeuvre, one sees continuous references to strong hunked out manly men and vulnerable boys. It is a core element of is iconography and is described in a powerful graphic style. In “Prospector firing Rifle” is a Dick Pic. Riggs is clearly making a sexual statement about the moment of climax. The long, straight rifle explodes and is captured at the peak moment of climax. Meanwhile, the bag two bags of gold clearly resemble the other part of the male anatomy. Riggs was a thoughtful and meticulous visual thinker and nothing in any of Riggs’s compositions were haphazardly placed. In tribute to the artist’s suppressed feelings, I have given this work a second title “Happiness is a Warm Gun...
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Academic 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Webster Cigars at Florida's Boca Raton Club, Study for Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper laid on Board Signature: Signed and Dated on the Reverse Study for advertisement promoting Webster Cigars at Florida's Boca Raton Club, circa...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Fuel Oil Delivery
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Couple at Museum
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper Signature: Unsigned
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Time magazine cover, April 6, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
This work is meticulously and brilliantly rendered to capture not only the likeness of the sitter but spirit as well. The image is pushed to the forefront of the composition and s...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

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