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Period: 1940s
Formal Portrait of a Chinese Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Miami, FL
Dressed in traditional clothing, a handsome Chinese man is depicted as he sits resolutely with one hand on his leg and the other holding a baton. Female Artist Joyce Ballantyne...
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Academic 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Americana, Horse Drawn Sled Christmas Celebration with Barking Dog
Located in Miami, FL
Good wholesome mid-century Americana is on full display in the joyous illustration that depicts a red horsedrawn sled of merrymaking folks being rreated at an inn. Signed lower left ...
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American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Americana New England Lighthouse Sailboats , Sunday at the Beach, Summer Fun
By Sean O'Shean
Located in Miami, FL
43 x 37.5 is the FRAMED SIZE. , 36 x 30 is the live size. Post-impressionist pointillist bush strokes describe this image of Americana. The location looks like New England. Signed ...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

American Red Cross At Work
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This piece is framed. Approximate Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Size: 25.00" x 37.00" Advertisement for Maxwell House Coff...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Father Teaching Son to Sail, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1941 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 32.00" x 26.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of The Saturday Evening Post Magazine, ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Look at It! Saturday Evening Post Cover, October 1942
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Center: Al Moore The Saturday Evening Post cover, October 10, 1942
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946 Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75" Signature: Unsigned "The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board, Graphite

Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Father and Son, Women's Day Magazine Cover, January 1945 The illustrations of Douglas Crockwell were often simply signed “Douglass” to avoid confusion with the signature of Norman Rockwell, particularly since their work was being published on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post during the same period. Necessary too, because Crockwell also worked very realistically, and like Rockwell, was particularly good with children. Their backgrounds, however, were entirely different. Crockwell was born in Chicago, Ohio, and took his degree in Science at Washington University, followed by study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. He received his first commission for a cover for The Saturday Evening Post in 1933, and this was followed by many more, as well as work for other periodicals and a long list of national advertisers. During the ‘thirties, he also completed Post Office murals in Vermont, New York State and Mississippi, and began to work on experimental animated films. The films, and inventing a “pan-stereo” viewing...
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Other Art Style 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Very Large ca. 1940s Painting of a Female Rower Holding Oars by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Very large ca. 1940s painting of a female rower holding oars by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 65" x 44". Framed size: 65 1/2" x 44 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist....
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Restoration Day on December 31, Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Golden wooden frame 46 x 38 x 3 cm
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Drunk man at party, Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
During the Golden Age of Hollywood no illustrator chronicled the great stars, pin-ups and good girls better than Jaro Fabry, Work is Framed i...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

Antique French Bathers at the Stream Figurative Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3601 Family bathers by the stream Set in a vintage wood frame Image size 9.5x7.5"
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Antique American School Sporting Scene Duck Hunt Oil Painting 1946
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6014 Antique sporting scene Duck hunt painting Set in a 19th century solid oak frame Signed Rocco Lotto 46
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Paula"
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 Benj...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mongols
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel There is from frame burn and scattered surface abrasions but they are minor. Additionally, there are a 3 or 4 very fine hair line scratches not visible unless you look very closely. The work is varnished and has a reflective quality to it that makes it hard to photograph. In person the viewing experience is much better. You can see more detail in the shadow areas. The colors are rich, deep and saturated. Riggs was very particular in researching the tribal costumes...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Mongols
Mongols
$26,000 Sale Price
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Antique Folk Art Carnival Sign Hand Painted Oil in a Custom Pediment Frame 1940'
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1677 Antique carnival sign hand painted in oil on wood panel with pediment top. The world's tallest man and tom tumb
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.5 x 9.5 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent conditio...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (original framed watercolor on paper)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Initialed lower right by Rolph Scarlett. Artwork size 7.75 x 8.75 inches. Frame size 17.5 x 21.5 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certifi...
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Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"The children danced around her, chanting"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "Illegitimate" by Nelia Gardner White for the Ladies' Home Journal, published June 1944, page 25. The full caption reads: "The children danced around her, cha...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Portrait of A Woman with Red Bow, 1940
Located in Stockholm, SE
Eric Johansson's "Woman with Red Bow" (1940) We are delighted to present for sale the evocative portrait “Woman with Red Bow” by the distinguished artist Eric Johansson, painted in ...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Countryside and peasants
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded plaster frame and gilded wood dimensions with frame 74 x 93 x 6 cm This captivating work depicts a rural landscape where the harmony between nature and architec...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Soldier Trying to Reassemble, Outdoor Life Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.20" Signature: Signed Center Right Outdoor Life Magazine Cover, February 1943
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Outdoor View - Original Tempera by Caroline Hill - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Outdoor View is an original painting in mixed media and oil realized in the 1940s by Caroline Hill (1935-1983). The artwork is hand-signed on the lower left. Good conditions. This...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

'The Doctor's Office', WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches. Born in Minneapolis, ...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"My Darling Bride"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1994 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Book Cover Robert Berran has been a prolific romance and historical book cover illustrator...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

Mother and child painting by Muller
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming painting of a mother and child. Very interesting early to mid 20th century oil on board. It is signed Muller. It could be a listed artist, but frankly there are too many Mu...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Mystic Woman"
Located in Southampton, NY
This is a oil on masonite painting by Nahum Tschacbasov done in 1946. Signed lower left and housed in a hand carved wood frame circa 1920. Overall size with frame is 40 x 33 inches.
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

"Mystic Woman"
"Mystic Woman"
$12,800 Sale Price
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Funfair
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right ha...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Woman in a Red Dress
Located in Chicago, IL
In an article published in Le Figaro (Paris, March 19, 1964), Raymond Cogniat comments on Czóbel’s unique artistic style. He writes: “...Czóbel, who arrived Paris in the first years...
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Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Studio Interior”
Located in Southampton, NY
Modernist oil painting done in miniature on a thick block of wood of a female nude in the artist’s studio. Signed lower left by the well known New York artist, Nicholas Takis...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Musician, The Lute Player, 1945 circa - Watercolour Painting by Duncan Grant
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Estate of Paul Roche, the Artist's partner. Unsigned. Duncan Grant was a British artist, designer and prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

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 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

Materials

Gouache

Young Girl with Horse Illustrations Original Oil on Linen by John Turner 1941
Located in Soquel, CA
Young Girl with Horse Illustrations Original Oil on Linen by John Turner Impressionist painting of a young horse enthusiast by John Turner (American, 19th,20th C). Exceptional detai...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Judaica Oil Painting 1945 Palestine Old Jewish Man Polish Israeli Artist
By Ozer Shabat
Located in Surfside, FL
Ozer Shabat 1978-1901 Ozer Shabbat was an Israeli painter, a resident of Haifa. Belonged to the Palestine Expressionist group of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Shabbat was born in Wolbrom, Poland. At the end of the First World War he went to Holland for agricultural training in the framework of the HeChalutz movement, prior to his immigration to Palestine. In 1920 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and joined the Hulda group. Later he joined the Merhavia group and there he began painting. Because of his desire to study drawing, he left the group and moved to Jerusalem. In 1921, he wrote articles in the newspaper "HaSadeh" on the subject of agriculture and Dutch cheese. Ozer Shabath won the first prize in a competition for the design of the Dutch Consulate's Garden in Jerusalem, enabling him to travel to Paris in 1923 to study painting. Until 1925 he studied painting at the Grande Chaumiere Academy in Paris. This year he returned to Eretz Israel and settled in Haifa, where he lived until his death. In 1928 he participated for the first time in an exhibition of Eretz Israel artists at the Tower of David. Since then he has participated in all the general exhibitions of Israeli artists. In 1934, together with painters Menachem Shemi, Avraham Mohar, Zvi Meirovitch and others, he founded the Haifa Artists' Group. In 1935-36 he toured Europe and visited Italy, France and England. During his visit, he maintained contacts with artists from the Jewish school of Paris. He has exhibited in several solo exhibitions, represented Israel in exhibitions in Europe and participated in international exhibitions in New York, Johannesburg and Zurich. In 1958 he represented Israel in the Venice Biennale. In 1960, Shabat, together with Elchanan Halpern he represented the Israeli Painters Association at the International Congress of Plastic Arts held in Vienna, Austria . In the 40s and 50s he focused on landscape pictures. However, despite the focus on the Israeli landscape, the approach is universal in the framework of the post-Impressionist painting school. In the 1960s, his approach changed and he turned more to abstraction. The abstract direction gradually evolved. The point of departure of the abstract approach is the architectural landscape, but this view loses its real character and becomes only imaginary: the buildings lose their real character and turn into exclusive geometric areas that are usually set against a dark background. Over time, architecture captured the lion's share of his paintings. Cities like Safed, Jaffa and Jerusalem are the subject of many pictures. He taught painting and art at the schools of the kibbutzim in Ramat Yochanan and Kfar Yehoshua, in high schools in Haifa and in the IDF and Gordon seminars. His paintings were purchased and are in the permanent collection of the Bezalel National Museum (now the Israel Museum), Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa Maritime Museum, Acre Municipal Museum. Select Solo exhibitions 1936 - Nadler Gallery, Haifa. 1943 - The Tel Aviv Museum of Art. 1952 - Artists House, Haifa. 1953 - Bezalel House, Jerusalem. 1955 - Gallery in Geneva, Switzerland. 1955 - The Writers' Club, Haifa. 1959 - Artists House, Haifa. 1960 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1962 - Museum of Modern Art, Haifa. 1963 - Gallery 220, Tel Aviv. 1968 - The Municipal Museum of Beit Emanuel, Ramat Gan. 1979 - Memorial exhibition marking the first anniversary...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dreamy Vintage Watercolor of Two Figures by Artist Gertrude Klares Bedell
Located in Chicago, IL
A dreamy watercolor of two figures in repose Gertrude Klares Bedell. Artwork size: 18" x 13 1/2". Framed size: 26 1/2" x 22". Biography from Askart: An Austrian countess born i...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French Impressionist 20th century Fete or Carnival scene
Located in Woodbury, CT
This charming carnival scene by Charles Leroux, a 20th-century French painter, offers a beautiful glimpse into the joy and spirit of French cultural life. The painting, with its live...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair (1890 – 1955) Parade 20 x 15 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed lower right Fram...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Spring
Located in New York, NY
Oil on masonite Signed and dated, l.r. This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Konrad Cramer grew up in Wurtzburg, Germany, and attended the Karlsruhe Academy. He was a member of Der Blaue Reiter...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

1940s Modern Reclining Nude Oil Painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful reclining nude in modern style, circa 1940. Faint illegible signature lower right edge. Condition: Good: Professionally cleaned; two tears professionally repaired/inpainted...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Dennis Ainsley French Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dennis Ainsley: 1880-1952. He was born in Illinois but spent a lot of time painting in France. This fabulous oil on canvas measures 36 inches wide by 24 inches high.. The beautiful f...
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Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Self Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Germain Chardon “Self Portrait” Painted while she was living in Rhodesia Painter and sculptress Germaine Chardon (Huet) was born in Paris in 1891, the illegitimate daughter of Pau...
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Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Sitting by the Lake, Mid Century Figurative Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Tranquil figurative landscape of two people sitting on a dock by a lake near Medina, Ohio by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was purchased with a collection of ...
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American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lady in creation
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Nocturnal portrait
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Gray wooden frame, silver borders 100 x 80 x 6 cm
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Girl in Green
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Linen, Oil

The Steeple Chase figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage, dramatic scene of the rigorous sport of steeplechasing by artist Benton Henderson Clark (American, 1895-1964). Signed and dated lower right "Benton Clark 1945." Presented ...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"The Three Hebrew Lads Going into the Furnace"
Located in Astoria, NY
Paul Shimon (American, 1919-2011), "The Three Hebrew Lads Going into the Furnace", Gouache on Paper, 1948, depicting a scene from the Book of Daniel, signed and dated lower right, ti...
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Post-War 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Eric James Mellon (1925-2014) Eric James Mellon was a painter, printmaker and ceramicist who was born in Watford, Hertfordshire. In his early teens he attended Watford Technical and Art Institute to prepare for a career in the local printing industry and at weekends he would Harrow School of Art for life drawing and pottery classes. In 1944 he enrolled at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London to study book production and printmaking. The wood-engraver John Farleigh...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled
$664 Sale Price
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Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
By Louise Miller Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Im...
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American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

The Artists Studio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a wonderful oil on heavy jute canvas, "The Artists Studio." The painting depicts an artist preparing his canvases for painting. "The Artist...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

The Dancer
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) Glass Blowers 28 x 23 inches Oil on canvas board Signed and dated 1944 lower...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Conference
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Royal Richmond Horse Show, c.1940 Underground poster design by A Searle
Located in London, GB
A Searle Royal Richmond Horse Show c.1940 26 x 30 cm Signed to lower right Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about A Searle beyond the fact that he studied under...
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Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

La Nobildonna - Il Guanto Rosso (Noblewoman - The Red Glove) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left: FANTUZZI. Archived in the General Catalogue of Eliano Fantuzzi, No. A-6, order number 15/76741. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1944 Boats in a Harbor American Painting Signed Nowotny
Located in New York, NY
JJ Nowotny Untitled, 1944 (date partially obscured but appears to be '44) Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 x 37 x 2 in. Signed and dated lower right
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American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940s Abstract Figurative Southwestern Mixed Media Painting 'Fetishes' Red Gray
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1949 gouache and wax painting, titled Fetishes, is by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Howard Schleeter (1903-1976). Signed and dated by the artist on the lower rig...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Gouache, Archival Paper

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