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Period: Early 20th Century
Red Flower Basket
Located in Pasadena, CA
Oil on canvas representing a flower basket in the style of the Impressionnisme school of the 19th century signed
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Red Flower Basket
Red Flower Basket
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La rentrée des classes
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left Literature: Aleksandrowski, Mathieu, Lobstein, Henry Jules Jean Geoffroy dit Géo, 1853–1924 (Édition Librairie des Musées...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928) Circa 1910 Oil on canvas on ...
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Fauvist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

'Women Gathering Garlands', Paris, Cooper Union, Metropolitan Museum, NAD, NG
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Fred. Ballard Williams' for Frederick Ballard Williams (American, 1871-1956) and dated 1906. An early twentieth-century oil showing two young women in classical...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Mediterranean Seafood, Jacques Madyol, Brussels 1871 – 1950
Located in Knokke, BE
Still Life with Mediterranean Seafood Madyol Jacques Brussels 1871 – 1950, Belgian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left, verso inscribed "Poissons de la Méditerranée" Expo Jan. 84...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The View Of Jerusalem" 19th-century Realism Orientalist Oil on Panel
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Private Collection, Palm Beach, Fl. AB Levy Gallery, October, 2019 Description: Experience the captivating artistry of Anna Richards Brewster (1870...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Post Impressionist Garden View, Lady Picking Flowers, Circle of Edouard Vuillard
Located in Cotignac, FR
1920s Garden view, mixed medium on paper, influenced by the garden paintings of Vuillard from the same period. The work is indistinctly signed, as yet undeciphered, bottom right. Pre...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Pastel, Gouache

'Young Bretonne', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961), dated 1911 and titled 'Bretagne' (Brittany). Additionally titled on partial exhibition label verso, 'Piga fra Bretagne...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City address and titled, 'When Guest Stay...
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Surrealist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Illustration Board

'Fête Foraine', Circus, Brittany, Breton, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'L. Simon' for Lucien Simon (French, 1861-1945) and painted circa 1919. Partially titled, verso, on old label. Provenance: Austin Hills estate, San Francisco. Pre...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ballerina
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist pastel painting of a ballerina by American artist Louis Kronberg (1872-1965). The painter, dealer and art advisor Louis Kronberg was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied at the Arts Student League in New York and at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, where he was influenced by Edmund Tarbell...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Antique Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Figure Walking in Mountain Glen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Highland Glen by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950), signed with artists pseudonym oil on canvas, framed framed: 26 x 36 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private collect...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Port of Le Havre & Sainte-Adrese- Post Impressionist Seascape Oil - Othon Friesz
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas seascape by French post impressionist painter Achille-Emile Othon Friesz. The piece depicts a view of Le Havre, a port city in Normandy, France, locate...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Orientalist Oil on Board 'Desert Bedouin', by José Benito Ortega
By José Benito Ortega
Located in London, GB
Antique Orientalist Oil on Board 'Desert Bedouin', by Spanish Artist Ortega Spanish, early 20th Century Frame: Height 51cm, width 59cm, depth 2cm Board: Height 44cm, width 53cm, depth 0.5cm Fluidly painted, this vibrant oil on board depicts a dusty Orientalist scene. Four Bedouin ride camels alongside a flurry of goats, carrying lambs and hens in saddlebags. Other figures clothed in Middle Eastern garments walk with them, and the busy scene fades into a dusty, evening landscape. The colour palette is vibrant and hued with dusky pinks and oranges, giving the impression that these Bedouin are returning back to camp. The cropped composition also gives a dynamic feel to the picture: a glance into early 20th Century desert life. The present painting was created by Spanish artist José Benito Ortega...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Wood, Oil, Board

English Caricature Watercolour Painting, Victorian, 1902
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
An English Caricature Watercolour painting signed with the artists monogram & dated 1902 . A beautiful painting of a tamp playing a trumpet on a winters day , outside a house that is for sale or to let . ( It makes me wonder if the tramp portrayed in the painting was once the owner of the property but has fallen on hard times...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

'Portrait of the Artist, Victor Isbrand', Paris, Copenhagen, Morocco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Oda Lauritsen' for Oda Lauritsen Isbrand (Danish, 1904-1987) and dated, upper left, '1928'. A powerful oil portrait of the artist's husband-to-be, the notable D...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Oil

The Callers, Cosmopolitan Magazine Interior Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1925 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 25.5" x 16.5" Signature: Initialed, Dated and Inscribed Lower Left: DC / 1925 / To Sid Hydemon / 19
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Scouting
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Scouting" is an oil on canvas painting by Frank Tenney Johnson. The framed piece measures 23 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Johnson was well-known for his work of the American west, particularly for his portrayal of cowboys at night, lit by moonlight. Johnson utilized knives and fingers when painting, so his work is recognizable for its distinctive marks. Provenance: Biltmore Galleries, Scottsdale...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Garden Scene Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
French impressionist style painting. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. In the original frame.
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Edith Desternes, The Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Auvers-sur-Oise, 1920s
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Edith Desternes (1901-2000), France, 1920s. The Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption in Auvers-sur-Oise. This church has been painted in ...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nymph - Paint by Walter Einbeck - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on Canvas realized by Walter Einbeck in 1915. It depicts a nymph bathing in a rippling lake, with a knight watching her in the background. The work features divisionist technica...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"The Barber of Seville", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by José Villegas
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ VILLEGAS CORDERO Spanish, 1844 - 1921 THE BARBER OF SEVILLE signed & dated "J. Villegas. / Junio 1913." (lower left) oil on canvas 19-3/8 x 28-3/4 inches (49 x 73 cm.) framed: 27-1/2 x 36-3/4 inches (69.5 x 93 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collector, Seville, Spain José Villegas Cordero (Seville, August 26, 1844-Madrid, November 9, 1921) was a Spanish painter. He directed the Prado Museum between 1901 and 1918. He was the brother of the painter Ricardo Villegas Cordero. He began his apprenticeship very young with José María Romero, with whom he remained for two years until entering the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was under the tutelage of Eduardo Cano. In 1860, when he was only 16 years old, he sold his work Little Philosophy for 2,000 reais at the Seville Exhibition. In 1867 he traveled to Madrid, where he entered Federico Madrazo's studio. There he established friendship with painters Eduardo Rosales and Fortuny. He went regularly to the Prado where he copied Velázquez, from whom he acquired spontaneity and the use of color for his technique. Finally, and out of admiration for Fortuny's orientalist painting, he returned to Seville and organized an excursion to Morocco. At the end of 1868 he decided to travel to Rome accompanied by the painters Rafael Peralta and Luis Jiménez Aranda...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Summers Day in the Country
Located in Naples, Florida
Henry John Yeend King (1855-1924) was a landscape and rustic genre painter. He began his artistic career by working for three years in glass works. King went on to study painting under William Bromley in London, and also with Bonnat and Cormon in Paris. He exhibited from 1874 to 1924 at The Royal Academy and The New Watercolour Society. He was elected to the Royal Society of British Artists in 1879, the Royal Institute in 1886, later becoming Vice President. He was also a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. In 1898 his picture 'Milking Time' was purchased by the Tate Gallery in London. Yeend King was a fine late-Victorian oil painter...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Place Clichy" 20th Century Impressionist Oil on Canvas by Eduardo León Garrido
Located in Madrid, ES
EDUARDO LEÓN GARRIDO Spanish, 1856- 1949 PLACE CLICHY signed "E. L Garrido" (lower right) oil on canvas 24-1/8 x 19-3/4 inches (61 x 50 cm.) framed: 33-1/4 x 28-7/8 inches (84 x 73 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Spanish Collector Fresh and bright view of Clichy Square, Paris, where Leon Garrido offers us his most impressionistic and innovative technique. The work has a pyramidal composition, from where monument to "Mariscal Moncey" on an 8 meter high pedestal and decorated with bas-reliefs that dominates the entire square. The florist occupies a central place, from which distinguished figures appear around her. Its delicate and smooth chromaticism in gray and pearly dark almost black and a touch of red. Eduardo León Garrido (Madrid, 1856 - Caen, 1949) was a Spanish painter. He began his training at the Higher School of Painting in Madrid and as a disciple in Vicente Palmaroli...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Preparing for fishing", 19th Century oil on canvas by E. Martínez Cubells
By Enrique Martinez Cubells y Ruiz
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE MARTÍNEZ CUBELLS Y RUIZ Spanish, 1874 - 1947 PREPARING FOR FISHING signed "E. M - CUBELLS. RUIZ" (lower right) oil on canvas laid on panel 11-1/4 X 15-1/4 inches (28.6 X 38....
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Rudolf Schacht, Oil Painting, Lively Old Town Scene with Carriage and Horses.
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Schacht, oil painting, lively old town scene with carriage and horses. Age-related condition. The painting is damaged in places and in need of restoration. On request, we are...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Soldier's Pride, House of Kuppenheimer Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: n/a Soldier's Pride was created as a component of Kuppenheimer's six-piece easel-backed World War I advertisement placards for in-store display. These pieces were expertly printed on a coated cardboard substrate so the black background would dramatically display the clothing item. Kuppenheimer & Hart Schaffner Marx...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vielle Femme en Petite Cape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with stamp, J.V. 7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art 19" x 15-1/4" frame Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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India Ink, Gouache

"Female Nude, " Edith Glackens Dimock, Ashcan School Figurative Painting
By Edith Glackens Dimock
Located in New York, NY
Edith (Glackens) Dimock (1876 - 1955) Untitled (Female Nude), circa 1915 Oil on canvas 34 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Colle...
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Ashcan School Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Reclining Nude" Mercedes Matter, Abstracted Nude, Early American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Mercedes Matter Reclining Nude, circa 1920 Signed "Mercedes Matter" on the overlap Oil on canvas 32 x 51 inches Born in New York in 1913 to famed Philadelphia Modernist, Arthur B. ...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Return to the Stables, Gates Mills, Ohio, Summer Landscape with Bridge & River
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Luis Jirouch (American, 1878-1970) Return to the Stables, Gates Mills, Ohio, c. 1925-30 Oil on canvas board Signed lower right 14 in. h. x 16 in. w....
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Sepia Gouache on Board Dimensions: 25.50" x 16.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Story Illustration, Two Victorian women, man reading lett...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Antique Scottish Signed Oil Fishermen Bringing in their Catch Boats at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sorting the Catch John C Gray (Scottish, 1880-1951) oil on canvas, framed signed and dated 1914 framed: 18 x 22 inches canvas: 13 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, Scotland...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

John R. Grabach Oil Painting, circa 1940s, Woman Fixing Her Hair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful impressionist painting by highly regarded New Jersey artist and teacher John R. Grabach, (1886-1981) This work is oil on canvas laid on board and measures: 12 1/4" H x 16" ...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paint

Winter Snow - Gstaad - Impressionist Landscape Oil by William Samuel Horton
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a view of the town of Gstaad in Southwestern Switzerland. The buildings and ...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Valencian Flower Pickers ", Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by José Mongrell
Located in Madrid, ES
JOSÉ MONGRELL Spanish, 1870 - 1937 VALENCIAN FLOWER PICKERS signed “J. Mongrell” lower left oil on canvas 29-1/4 x 45 inches (74 x 114 cm.) framed: 42-3/...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Louis Valtat Mere Et Enfant Monumental Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis Valtat (French, 1869-1952) Fauvist Oil painting of a mother and child. A very large painting by Louis Valtat titled Mere et Enfant (Mother and C...
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Fauvist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stoic and Soulfully Strong Women - All Women Composition Euphorbia -
Located in Miami, FL
One of Cornwell's hallmarks is that he paints stoically soulful faces that express the subject's trials and hardships. In this only-woman composition, he depicts a scene of two women who are strong, unafraid, and self-confident and can weather the storm despite the challenges. In this regard, it is similar to "A Strange Sound Drifted Down to Kit from the Top of the Range—A Man’s Voice, Singing" by Cornwell, which sold at Christie's USD $163,800 on 18 Apr 2024. Caption: "Are you making little things?" questioned Lucy. 'No ,' said Marge. 'If this one happens to live, there will be many long years ahead of us for that." Morris Weiss collection...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Oriental motif. Oil on canvas, 100x73.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Oriental motif. Oil on canvas, 100x73.5 cm At the turn of the century, the Viennese painter Eduard Ansen-Hofmann (1862-1955) became known with his oriental slave market and harem sc...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed Dated Painting Portrait of Child, 1921
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Italian painting dated 1921. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a portrait of a child on an armchair of good pictorial quality. Chiseled and gilded wooden frame ...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Old Time Football in the 1920s - Football 1920s - Classic Football
Located in Miami, FL
You Got to be a Football Hero to Get Along with a Beautiful Girl. Masterfully composed and dynamic illustration that show a player getting punched in the jaw. During this period, there were no face...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Low Tide
Located in Milford, NH
This splendid coastal marine landscape painting was done by American artist Reynolds Beal (1866-1951). Beal was born in New York City, studied painting at Merritt Chase’s Shinnecock Summer School, and went on to become a prominent East Coast marine and landscape painter, eventually settling in Rockport, MA. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled “Low Tide” on front plaque, as well as on verso Clark Point Gallery, Southwest Harbor...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio Pastel on Canvas 1910 circa
Located in Rome, IT
Graceful Portrait of the Countess Carrobio with elegant white dress. Pastel on Canvas with finely carved gilt wood frame. Signed CFroschl . Carl Forsche 1848- 1934 . Austrian Painte...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

1920's French Charcoal Sketch of Seated Nude Lady the Artists Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Artists Model" French School, circa 1920's Charcoal drawing on paper, unframed. Paper: 24.5 x 17.5 inches. Condition report: The painting is in good and sound condition.
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

So Hate That is Brother to Death Was in the Heart of Craftainy the Harper
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 22.50" x 52.00", Framed 30.00" x 60.00" Signature: Signed 'N.C. Wyeth' (Lower Right) Exhibited Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Two people on a path
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 67.5 x 77.5 x 5 cm
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Italian School Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Blond and Blue Eyed Ballerina in Tutu against Chinese Screen
Located in Miami, FL
Prolific Saturday Evening Post Cover Illustrator Pearl L. Hill Worthington paints a stunning portrait of a Ballerina in a tutu with underlighting. She sits on a decorative Chinese ...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Circus Dog, The Saturday Evening Post cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by artist lower right The Saturday Evening Post cover, July 29, 1922 This commission for The Saturday Evening Post is a brill...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

La Marchande de Fleurs - French Realist Figurative Oil by Victor Gilbert
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figurative oil on original canvas by French realist painter Victor Gabriel Gilbert. The work shows a flower seller filling a young girl's basket with cherries while a little b...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rare Large Art Nouveau Young Girl with Peacock
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful young standing life size realist girl with peacock by Elias Delman (1898-unknown). Oil on canvas, circa 1910. In a period frame, overall with frame 51x43 inches and image...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Weaving a chair while smoking a pipe
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This painting by Dometer Guczul, titled "Weaving a Chair While Smoking a Pipe," offers a glimpse into rural life with a quiet, contemplative charm. The scene depicts a man engaged in...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Jeune femme aux fleurs" 20th Century oil on canvas by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Madrid, ES
JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE French, 1889 – 1962 "JEUNE FEMME AUX FLEURS" Signed & dated "Jean-Gabriel Domergue ´28 " (lower right) With the Atelier stamp on the stretcher and canvas on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 X 25-3/4 inches (81 x 65 cm.) framed: 39-1/2 X 33-1/4 inches (100 X 84 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Madrid Note: We are grateful to Mr. Noé Willer for confirming the authenticity of this work which is recorded in the archives of the Artist. Painter born in Bordeaux, in 1889 and died in Paris in 1962. He began painting his mother's portraits very soon. He studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts. The artist considered his teacher and inspiring Degas. Between 1904 and 1907 he joined Fauvism. In 1905 he participated in the "Autumn Hall" and in the "Hall of Independents". In 1907 he presented his 1st individual exhibition at the Vollard Gallery. He specialized in female portraits of Parisian ladies, creating a unique, sophisticated and elegant female portrait prototype that characterized him forever. He played an essential role in the evolution of women's fashion of his time. He designed numerous dresses, hats and accessories for famous designers such as Paul Poiret and Henry Marque It goes down in history as the architect of a new type of woman, thin, with an elegant air, always with style, with unusual elongated necks, with impressive slanted eyes, that seem to look at the world in amazement, perhaps because they express a feeling of freedom towards Society and its norms. With these paintings of women, he showed the world the true French, elegant, beautiful and with a gooseneck. In 1914 he won the Rome Prize. Many celebrities of the time posed for the artist, Josephine Baker, Brigitte Bardot, etc. But although he painted numerous nude actresses...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The Story Hour" Illustration for Harper's Bazar
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This large oil painting depicting a sweet moment of maternal bonding was published as an interior illustration for Harper’s Bazar in May 1910. Jessie Willcox Smith gained renown for ...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

A Very Fine and Large Oil on Canvas "Ashura Rituals in Tangier, Morocco"
Located in LA, CA
Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian:...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Lady in a Rocking Chair Outdoors
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This signed American or European School painting presents a serene portrait of an older woman seated outdoors, engaged in the timeless act of handwork. The artist captures her in qui...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Solving the Problem
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

In Venice
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Like his mentor the great American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, Charles Webster Hawthorne was equally admired in his own day as both a talented painter and a highly influential instructor. Hawthorne first studied with Chase at his Shinnecock Summer School of Art, which was specifically dedicated to open-air landscape painting. Not only did Hawthorne quickly absorb all the principles of Chase’s instruction, but he also became determined to found his own school based on the same model. In 1899 Hawthorne discovered the small fishing village of Provincetown on the furthermost tip of Cape Cod, and after purchasing a large house on Miller Hill, he opened the Cape Cod School of Art, which proved to be an immediate success. While Hawthorne’s own approach as a teacher owed much to Chase, he developed a distinctly unique painting style and teaching method that defies easy categorization. He was greatly impressed with the work of Franz Hals, which he was exposed to during his trip to Holland in the summer of 1898. Hawthorne was particularly struck by Hals’ Regentesses of the Old Men’s Almhouse, and from this work he absorbed a deep appreciation for the power of human expression and an economy of technique. Hawthorne applied these lessons to his own realistic portraits of Provincetown fishermen and their families; these works have a somber, almost melancholy quality to them, and they reveal a sense of the vulnerability of the human condition. Stylistically, Hawthorne maintained a life-long commitment to the importance of color. “Beauty in art,” he said, “is the delicious notes of color one against the other.” Of equal importance to him was capturing the effects of light. He told his students: “Everything in painting is a matter of silhouettes. Hold light against shadow, not light against light.” He developed a particular technique of layering glazes and texturing the surface of his paintings, which heightens the relationship between the colors and creates a light effect that seems to emanate from within the painting. These stylistic techniques in combination with his straightforward compositions of one or more figures shown at close range create the hallmarks of Hawthorne’s best paintings. Hawthorne and his wife Ethel’s 1905-1907 trip to Italy did not result in a drastic impact on his artistic style. Nonetheless, it proved to be a transformative and enlightening voyage. The extensive trip was financed by collectors who paid in advance for a painting to be produced abroad. On the trip, Hawthorne explored the work of old masters and was struck particularly by the paintings of Titian, which to Hawthorne, demonstrated the master’s true adoration for the act of painting itself through his handling of paint and color. Where Titian’s paintings...
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Abstract Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Orientalist Oil Painting of Bedouins in a Desert by Alphons Leopold Mielich
Located in London, GB
Orientalist oil painting of Bedouins in a desert by Alphons Leopold Mielich Austrian, c.1900 Canvas: Height 68cm, width 111cm Frame: Height 79c...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'The Park' by M. Phidias (circa 1920s)
Located in London, GB
'The Park', oil on canvas, by M. Phidias (circa 1920s). Painted using this artist's trademark impasto, the effect is to add depth and texture to the exuberant display of hues and ref...
Category

Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Woman Dressing"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this work by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874 – 1939). Frederick Carl Frieseke was a member of the third generation of American painters to inhabit and find inspiration from Giverny, France. His use of bright colors and light, to depict the female figure, defined the style of the Giverny group during his residence, synthesizing aspects of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Born in the United States, Frieseke studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York. In 1898, he moved to Paris to enroll in the Académie Julian, where he studied under Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens. During this time, Frieseke also briefly studied with James A. Whistler, who would prove to be a great inspiration in Frieseke’s early works. From Whistler, Frieseke adopted a tonalist palette and a decorative approach to figurative painting. While in Paris, Frieseke’s works were featured at the American Art Association of Paris and in several annual salon exhibitions. His painting, “Before the Mirror...
Category

American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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