Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

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...

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 ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 27.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published July 24, 1926 Sandy, Lil, and their friends gather on the front porch of the Morse home to sing. They began in the late afternoon, but...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

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...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Date: 1918 Signature: Unsigned Dimensions: 26.00" x 14.00" Fashion Illustration, Fall: 1918

Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Martha Walter (1875 - 1976). Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It was at the Academy that Walter’s artistic talent was discovered. An admiring instructor by the name of William Merritt Chase took young Martha under his wing, giving her both inspiration and direction. She additionally enrolled with Chase at his summer school in Shinnecock, Long Island and in 1903, was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy. This sent Martha Walter on travels to France, Italy, Spain, and Holland, where she attended the Grand Chaumiere and the Academie Julian in Paris. Afterwards, she established a studio on the Rue De Bagneaux in France with several other American women artists. In 1909, Walter won the Mary Smith Prize from the Academy for a portrait she had painted while in Europe. At the onset of World War I, Martha returned home and began painting plein-air subjects, such as Ellis Island, the fishing village of Gloucester, scenes of cheerful children, and the quintessential American beach scenes which have brought her national acclaim. Throughout her life, Walter continued to travel with great regularity capturing in oil and watercolor a wealth of landscapes and cultures across the globe. Martha lived a charmed life...

Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Illustration, American Litho. Co., 1904;

Medium: Mixed Media on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 26.00" x 37.00" A hand-written caption at the lower right reads, "Why don't you call him Lauralee and tell...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Collier's Magazine Cover, March 24, 1923

Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Panel Dimensions: 24.00" x 36.00"

Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 13.50" x 10.75"

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...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published November 2, 1929. Sandy hides behind the newspaper at the breakfast table as Lil suddenly asks “Who is Marianthe? You talked about her...

Medium: Linen Poster Dimensions: 40.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published October 13, 1928 Great Uncle Ulysses Grant Simpson comes to visit Sandy and Lil and stays for dinner, an event that he considers the c...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Illustration for 'Fighting for the Flock' written by Edwin L Sabin.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 22.00" x 22.00," Framed: 26.00" x 26.00" What Folly to Endure Coarse Pores? Advertisement Illustration...

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. ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left From the Estate of Charles Martignette.

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...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 22, 1929

Date: 1921 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 20.75" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right (Monogram)

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 34.50" x 28.00;" Framed 39.50" x 32.50" Eyes of Love: Bachelor Party, Pictorial Review, October 1921

Date: 1920s Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00", Framed 24.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

“Lil Watches Her Step!: And Plays the Feminine Lead in a Risky Office Drama,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published November 5, 1927. Lil takes out her shorthand book as he...

Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Lady

Date: 1914 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 29.00" x 19.00" Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right

Painting of a woman seated in a dark room in cultural dress Frank Benton Ashley Linton was an American portrait-painter and teacher from Philadelphia. He was a student of Thomas Eak...

Medium: Mixed Media on Board Signature: Unsigned Date: 1900 Dimensions: 30.00" x 14.00"

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned R. Norton, The Mediator, New York, 1913, cover illustration. Douglas Duer (1887-1964) was a member of New York's Society of Illustrators w...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Image of men raising their glasses in a toast.

Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Oil on Canvas Cover for Life Magazine, January 1, 1914 Caption: "Which Bird?"

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left October 1929 American Boy Magazine Cover Magazine Included

Study for the February 1929 issue of People’s Popular Monthly magazine. A woman and two men in historical costume with a heart behind them. Medium: Gouache on Board with collaged l...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1929.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 25.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Date: 1921 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 20.75" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right (Monogram)

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 9.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right

“Honeymooning at Greenville: Lil and Sandy Continue Their Scenic Trip,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published July 23, 1927 Sandy and Lil are on their honeymoon, which after an expensive stay at a mosquito-inhabited resort in Greenville, has not been going particularly well. Their disappointing fishing trip left them with more fly bites than fish bites. The newlyweds were eager to board the train, settle in to their sleeping car, and journey to their next destination. When Sandy attempts to bring Lil the glass of water she requested, the train suddenly jerks and ice water spills on a sleeping gentleman in the next berth. “‘Oh! Oh!’ Lil gasped, a witness to her husband’s social blunder. And she wished she were deaf!” (Liberty magazine, July 23, 1927, p. 45) “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...

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published December 11, 1926 Sandy called on Lil one evening, only to find that his suspicions were true – Mr. Hammerschlosser, the aging and wea...

Date: 1926 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty magazine cover, November 6, 1926

Approximate Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Size: 38.00" x 25.00" Men depicted in a winter scene, used as a book cover ...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration for "In The Cathedral" by Achmed Abdullah published in Cosmopolitan, May 1938, pages 24-25. The magazine descri...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published March 16, 1929. Lil and Sandy return home from their vacation, finding the late winter weather dreary after experiencing the warm suns...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.25" x 18.25" Signature: Signed Lower Left

“The Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy: Breathing Out Envy, It Swoops Down upon Sandy,” original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 9, 1927. Sandy is feeling gloomy while reme...

Date: 1914 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left lllustration depicting a church scene. Signed lower left. Illustrative notes on back. Canva...

Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 27.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right "We Amused Ourselves for an Hour or More, Darting in and out Among the Crowd and Setting off our Crackers", The Story of a Bad Boy...

Date: June 10, 1922. Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Country Gentleman magazine 6/10...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 36.00" x 26.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Elderly printer firing apprentice after he dropped a drawer of type.

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published April 13, 1929. The opera is in town for one night only, making it the social event of the season. Sandy and Lil sit in their box seats, gazing at the less elite audience members in the orchestra and haughtily critiquing the wardrobe choices of other wealthy socialites. The couple excitedly watches as the Opera begins, and eagerly await the gathering in their home after the performance, to which they have invited the star, Paltrianni. Upon his arrival at the Jenkins’ home, Paltrianni comments on how extravagantly the couple lives. However, much to Lil’s horror, there was no lavish banquet awaiting them, for the butler Meadows was found drunkenly passed out on a chair next to the empty dining room. (Liberty magazine, April 13, 1929, p. 68) “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 covers have been disconnected pictures.” To help readers follow the plot from week to week, a short story summary was printed in each issue. (Liberty magazine, June 19, 1926, pp. 69-70). “For the Love o’ Lil” centers around the lives of Lil Morse and Sandy Jenkins and includes recurring characters from their extended family and social circles. The serial follows the couples’ adventures through courtship, the ups and downs of married life, the antics of their offspring with the neighborhood children, and the complex dynamics of relationships with in-laws. The goal was to show a typical modern American family whose eccentricities and foibles would attract readers each week. Thrasher used himself as the model for Lil’s father, Robert E. Lee Morse. Liberty further engaged readers by running contests for best titles, and later, for suggested storylines. The model proved successful and “For the Love o’ Lil” became a popular hallmark of the publication for many years, resulting in a 1930 film adaptation starring the flapper Sally Starr. Leslie Thrasher Leslie Thrasher first began contributing covers to Liberty in 1924, and in 1926 he was offered a contract to create a cover per week at the rate of $1,000 per week. Going against the advice of his friend Norman Rockwell, Thrasher accepted the contract, agreeing to complete a weekly cover for six years - an immensely challenging endeavor requiring that both new ideas and new artwork be produced at an extremely rapid pace. The continuing storyline of the cover serial “For the Love o’ Lil” helped Thrasher keep up with the constant demand for new images. Due to declining circulation, Liberty terminated Thrasher’s contract in 1932. A few years later in 1936, Thrasher died from pneumonia caused by smoke inhalation from a fire in his home, which also destroyed much of his original artwork. An incredibly prolific artist, Thrasher had created more than 360 covers in his lifetime for various publications, including 23 covers for The Saturday Evening Post. Leslie Thrasher was born in Piedmont, West Virginia. He studied art at the Philadelphia Academy and at the age of 16, won a scholarship that allowed him to study in Paris. Upon his return to the United States, Thrasher studied with Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware and briefly worked as a portrait painter before moving to New York City to begin his commercial career producing illustration for magazines and advertising agencies. Thrasher also served in World War I, where he was assigned work as a camouflage painter. Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, 4/13/29 "Opera Night"

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Date: 1915 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 40.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Rip Van Winkle, Cream of Wheat advertisement, 1915 This p...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 30.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right The white Swan Inn

Date: 1924 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.60" x 21.50" Signature: Signed and Dated The Country Gentleman, October 11, 1924, cover illustra...

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache Dimensions: 13.50" x 10.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 32.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Advertisement for Cream of Wheat cereal