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Period: Early 20th Century
A MOTHER’S LESSON
By Flora MacDonald Reid
Located in Marlborough, England
Flora MacDonald Reid (1861-1938)
A MOTHER’S LESSON
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated 1916
Frame H. 64cm x W. 79cm Image H. 46cm x W. 60cm
A scene showing a seated woman,...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Chinese Man
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Lazlo Tatz (Hungary 1888 - Philippines 1951)
Portrait of a Chinese man
Oil on canvas, H. 50 x W. 44.5 cm
Tatz studied in Budapest and Paris, and in 1931 h...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Soldier YMCA
By Félix Bouchor
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed and Dated Upper Right
An Open Doorway With the American Y.M.C.A". Inscribed upper right "A mon ami Hall Aout 1918 JF Bouchor". Titled verso.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman with Strawberries
By Myron Barlow
Located in Sheffield, MA
Myron Barlow
American, 1873-1937
Woman with Strawberries
Oil on canvas
29 by 29 in. W/frame 35 by 35 in.
Unsigned
Studied: Art Institution of Chicago; Ecole des Beaux-Arts,
Gerome...
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cream of Wheat Ad Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 25.25" x 27.50"
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Forgotten
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Costantini (Rome 1872 - 1947), FORGOTTEN
Oil painting on canvas 155 x 90 cm, signed lower left, titled on back.
In the years between 1915 and 1921 he painted 45 paintings ...
Category
Post-War Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Shopper
By John Howitt
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1909
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 30" x 20"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Image of an elderly man in a gun shop.
John Newton Howitt...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of an Old Man
By George Luks
Located in Miami, FL
Painted from life with bravura brush strokes, Luks captures the essence of the sitter. Work is unframed.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$38,400 Sale Price
20% Off
In Conference, Original Liberty magazine cover, 1920s fashionable woman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 16, 1924
A fashionable woman sitting at an information desk hands a slip of paper to a man
Artwork Dimensions: 27" x 22"
Mediu...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
At The End of A Perfect Play, Liberty Magazine Cover, August 7, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published August 7, 1926
Robert (Pop) Morse returns home from his work at the real estate office after the successful sale of a corner lot on Ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cadillac Fleetwood Transformable Town Cabriolet
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Catalogue advertisement for Cadillac Motor Car Company, 1927
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Board, Pen
Alexander Brook Oil on Canvas Painting Titled "The Artist's Model", Dated 1928
Located in New York, NY
A model standing in a studio putting on, or taking off, her clothing.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bretonne sous un Arbre by LUDOVIC RODO PISSARRO - Post Impressionist painting
Located in London, GB
Bretonne sous un Arbre by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878 - 1952)
Oil on board
33 x 41 cm (13 x 16 ⅛ inches)
Signed and dated lower right, Ludovic Rodo 1903
Provenance
Private Collecti...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pausing for Refreshments
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Laid on Panel
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 29.00" x 23.00," Framed 33.00" x 37.00"
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Board
William Zorach Oil on Canvas Painting Titled "Kiddie Kar", Dated 1920
Located in New York, NY
Kiddie Kar exemplifies the integration of the primitive aesthetic and the depiction of family in William’s work. The primitive aspect of this particular painting is apparent in its d...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“You Tell Your Mother!” Original cover for Liberty Magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 22, 1929.
Sandy, away on a business trip, calls Lil to check in. The two discuss bills and talk about how much they miss each oth...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Olympiad Discus Thrower
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Sight Size 13.00" x 10.00", Framed 21.00" x 18.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman lost in Thought
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated 1924 upper right
Simplified forms, geometricized volumes and restricted color palette characterizes this work.
Zabriskie Gallery Label on verso
Original period frame
Kenneth Hayes Miller taught at the Art Students League from 1911 until 1951. Some of his students were: Reginald Marsh, George Bellows, George Tooker, Rockwell Kent, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Patrick Henry Bruce
Category
American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Film Noir Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Herbert Morton Stoops
American (1888 - 1948)
Curse of the Golden Cross
Magazine illustration, 1925
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
Not signed
Work is framed
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Basting the Turkey, Saturday Evening Post Cover Study
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
Signature: Unsigned
The Saturday Evening Post, November 16, 1912 cover Study (Thanksgiving Edition)
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
In the trenches
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Costantini (Rome 1872 - 1947), IN TRINCEA
Oil painting on canvas 156 x 170 cm, signed lower left, titled on back.
In the years between 1915 and 1921 he painted 45 painting...
Category
Post-War Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Asian Love Story - The Good Earth - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Magazine Story Illustration most likely for Cosmopolitan or Woman's Home Companion.
Caption: "'I will not heed these old ones,' said the maid. 'Let us flee together somewhere and ...
Category
Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Adhesive, Oil
Baron Steuben at Valley Forge
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1902
Medium: Oil
Dimensions: 24.00" x 26.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right & Inscribed
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wedding Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ann Grant and her butler at 270 Fulham Road, Chelsea
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 29 x 24 inches
Contemporary frame
James Arden Grant RP was born in Liverpool in 1887 and studied at the School of Art there, where he also later taught. He...
Category
English School Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory" Melchior Hondecoeter (after)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Victor (A Triumphant Cockerel Crowing Over His Victory...)"
After Melchior de Hondecoeter (Flemish, 1636-1695)
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
40 1/2 x 34 1/4 (frame) inches
This much copied painting is a masterfully executed portrait of a strutting and triumphant rooster painted...
Category
Old Masters Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Children Book Illustration - Female Illustrator - Turn of the Century
Located in Miami, FL
At a certain size, painting a small painting with precise and meticulous detail becomes an art in itself. So is the case of "Three Children" by English Childen's book illustrator Amy Millicent Sowerby...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Mother Goose Gems Book - Three Dutch Children - Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Sarah Noble Ives, artist (1864-1944). Original drawing of three Dutch children, with an ink inscription reading: “Full Page / 6 Buff / Three children sliding on the ice / upon a summer’s day” above image. Ink, watercolor, and gouache on linen/board. Illustration for Mother Goose...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Woman in a Rowboat - Original cover for Illustration for Good Housekeeping
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original magazine cover illustration for Good Housekeeping, published August 1906. The illustration features a young woman in pink sitting in a rowboat
Artwork Dimensions: 22.5" x 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Pekingese (Le Pékinois), drawing of a dog by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Le Pékinois by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961)
Charcoal on paper
41 x 49 cm (16 ¹/₈ x 19 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower centre, Manzana Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a cer...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Fighting for the Flock
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Illustration for 'Fighting for the Flock' written by Edwin L Sabin.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"I can't take the money for it" Red Book illustration
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Immediate Jewel” by Ben Ames Williams for The Red Book Magazine, published January 1921, page 72.
The full caption reads: “No, no, I can’t. You mustn’t. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Three Rosy Cheek Children - Children Book Illustration. Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Legendary female illustrator creates a graphic and tightly designed triple portrait of her signature subjects. Kids!
Signed lower right. Unframed on heavy illustration board. Grace Drayton had a recognizable style which is a hallmark of all great artists. Instantly recognizable, a Grace Drayton subject is a stylized child with a cherubic style, often with round faces, plump bodies, rosy cheeks, and a happy disposition. Three Rosy Cheek Children is an excellent example of her best work.
Grace Drayton
Born: Grace Gebbie
October 14, 1878
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Died: January 31, 1936 (aged 58)
Cartoonist, Illustrator
Grace G. Wiederseim
Notable works
Campbell Soup Kids
Dolly Dimples
Dolly Dingle...
Category
Pop Art Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Daughter Taking Leave of Parents
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 22.00" x 27.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Image of a girl saying goodbye to her parents.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bad News, Liberty Magazine Cover, Oct. 2, 1926
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published October 2, 1926
Sandy glowers as he sits at the table watching his rival Babe Dolan, the athletic lifeguard, flirt with Lil. Lil is entranced as Babe promises to make her a champion swimmer and the two are oblivious to the arrival of the waiter with the check, which Sandy reluctantly pays with nearly all of the remaining money in his wallet. (Liberty magazine, October 2, 1926, p. 54)
This cover illustration was produced right after Liberty ceased their title contest for readers.
“For the Love o’ Lil: The Picture Story of an American Family”
In 1926, under his long-term contract to produce a cover per week for Liberty magazine, Leslie Thrasher introduced a signature cast of characters that appeared each week, telling a serialized story through his illustrations. Liberty touted its new cover serial as “something no magazine has ever done before…Heretofore, all magazine cover...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Located in Miami, FL
Charming portait with Modernest colors.
Provenance: Christie's
Mercedes Matter, daughter of the artist, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York. Private Collection. Sale: Skinner, Inc...
Category
American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Children Playing on The Slide, Ashcan School - Lower East Side
By Jerome Myers
Located in Miami, FL
Immigrant children from New York's Lower East Side are joyfully captured whizzing down on a slide. From the window of a tenement building, a lone adult with child witnesses the foli...
Category
Ashcan School Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1925 Cream of Wheat Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1925
Medium: Gouache on Board
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Orientalist Watercolour Painting of Muslims in Prayer by Rappini
Located in London, GB
Orientalist watercolour painting of Muslims in prayer by Rappini
Italian, Early 20th Century
Paper: Height 34cm, width 23cm
Frame: Height 53cm, width 39cm, depth 3cm
This charming scene is by the Italian Orientalist artist Vittorio Rappini...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Watercolor
Spring Carrying Out Winter, Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In the Den
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 29.00" x 25.00"
Signature: Signed Upper Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,900
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan Magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1912, page 200.
The full caption reads: “With much awkwardness and angry haste, the...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The trench filled in
Located in Roma, RM
Giovanni Costantini (Rome 1872 - 1947), THE TRINCEA COLMATA
Oil painting on canvas 113 x 203 cm, signed lower left, titled on back.
In the years between 1915 and 1921 he painted 45...
Category
Post-War Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cuba Libre! Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Liberty magazine, published March 2, 1929.
After spending a few weeks in Florida, Sandy and Lil continue their winter vacation in Havana, Cuba, where Lil goes on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Salutations
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$16,500
Second Thought
By Alan Foster
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$28,000
Gatherers of Dry Wood - Oil Painting Cubism - French
By Valentine Prax
Located in London, GB
VALENTINE ZADKINE PRAX 1897-1981
(French)
Title: Gatherers of Dry Wood / Ramasseuses de Bois Mort, circa 1925
Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas
size: 116.2 x 100.3 cm / 45.75 x 39.5 in
Additional Information: This original oil painting by Valentine Prax-Zadkine is hand signed by the artist at the lower left part.
It was painted in circa 1925.
Provenance:
Collection Pierre Alexandre Regnauld (1868-1954), Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale; Collection de Tableaux Modernes de feu P.A. Regnault, Paul Brandt...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Château under the Moon" 1929, 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Joaquín Peinado
Located in Madrid, ES
JOAQUÍN PEINADO
Spanish, 1898 - 1975
CHÂTEAU UNDER THE MOON
signed "Peinado ´29" (lower right)
oil on canvas
13 x 16-1/4 inches (33 x 41 cm.)
framed: 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Illustration for "The Ineligibles"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1922
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 25.00" x 25.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
"Tain't 'cause they don't want us, Nobbs. It's 'cause we're inel'gible" (Nobbs laid hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woe is Me
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 25.50" x 20.00"
Signature: Initialed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$10,500
Good Scrap in Sawdust Town
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right
'Big Flat' by Henry Oyen: Appeared in Country Genteman, January 25th, 1919.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Prairie Fire
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The King & The Beggar Maid, early 20th Century Arts & Crafts MARJORIE MCGILL
Located in Blackwater, GB
The King & The Beggar Maid, early 20th Century
by MARJORIE MCGILL (BRITISH, 1908-1996)
Large early 20th Century English Arts & Crafts School scene of the King & The Beggar, oil on...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,618 Sale Price
20% Off
Subway works in Paris
Located in Roma, RM
Lionello Balestrieri (Cetona 1872 - 1958), The works of the subway in Paris
Oil painting on canvas 65 x 93 cm signed lower right, label from Galleria Pesaro, Milan, on the back.
Ex...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
June Bridal Couple, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 22, 1929
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Admiring the View
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921
Medium: Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 20.75" x 17.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right (Monogram)
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
$1,900
Choosing the Love Nest, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
“Choosing the Love Nest: Lil and Sandy Find a Cozy Spot for Their Bungalow of Dreams,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 18, 1927
Lil and Sa...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Ready and Waiting
Located in London, GB
Ink & Watercolour
Image size: 4 x 5 1/2 inches (10 x 14 cm)
Contemporary frame
Provenance
Private family collection
This painting was created in the early 1900's when the Decadent Movement...
Category
Aesthetic Movement Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Springtime Melody
Located in Miami, FL
Mabel Rollins Harris was among other things an illustrator who specialized Children's art. Looking at her work today her pictures take on an almost surreal quality. She posed ...
Category
American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Tulip-Tree Honey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
"'I love you both,' she faltered. 'I can't, I just can't think of marrying one of you for the sadness of losing the other.'" Illustration f...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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