1910s Paintings

Life Magazine Story Illustration Dec 31,1910s signed lower left He moved from Chicago to New York in 1893. Known for the richness of his work in pen and ink, he drew, in 1898, ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Study for the July 7, 1917 cover of Collier's National Weekly (the title story was "Why I'd Let My Boy Go To War").

Date: 1911 Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Wooden Board Dimensions: 22.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Center

Illustration of a couple. "The farmer crossed the plowed strip to Saxon, and joined her on the rail." Ink, watercolor, and gouache on board. 991x749 mm; 39x29 1/2 inches. Signed in full, lower left. Illustration for the first appearance of Jack London's novel "The Valley of the Moon," Cosmopolitan Magazine...

Signed lower right, 'Henry Ottmann' (French, 1877-1927) and painted circa 1915. Born in 1877 in the Loire Valley, Henri Ottmann first exhibited in the Salon de la Libre Esthétique ...

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 13.00" x 14.00" Signature: Unsigned 1921 Hearst International, The Torrent. Nicknamed "The Dean of Illustrators" by his peers. A cartoonist at 18 for Louisville Herald. By 1911 he was in the Chicago Tribune's Art department while studying at the city's Art Institute. In 1915, a student of Harvey Dunn, he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Oils for Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, American Weekly, Life, Good Housekeeping. Book art for Man from Galilee and others. Ad contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt...

Date: 1915 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 40.00" x 28.00" Cream of Wheat ad

Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 36.00" Signature: Signed and Dated 'Dean / Corn / well '19' (Lower Right) This work was originally used as an illustratio...

Approximate Date: 1915 Medium: Pen and Ink on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 22.00" x 20.00" Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca. ...

Date: 1918 Medium: Grisaille Gouache on Illustration Board Dimensions: 15.75" x 22.38" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Harper's Monthly, 1917.

An illustrator working in a painterly, narrative style as N. C. Wyeth, Howard Pyle, Dean Cornwell from the Golden Age Of Illustration. Surface quality is post impressionist with hea...

Famed female illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The acc...

Date: 1912 Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 18.50" x 12.50", Framed 27.50" x 21.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left July 1912 Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover

Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 35.50" x 23.00" Signature: Signed Story illustration: “Painless Extraction”, author: Octavus Roy Cohen, Saturday Evening Post, March...

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 31.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left From the Collection of James "Rip" Collins, former member of the Gashouse Gang.

Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed and Dated illustrated: JVJ Publishing, Jim Vadeboncoeur; The Vadeboncoeur Collection of Images...

Date: 1912 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 19.00" x 36.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left

Cover of Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1915. Image of woman in rocking chair with yarn. One of the first master illustrators. Created the de...

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Mounted Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 24.70" x 18.20" Illustration from “The Fire Flinger’s” written by William J. Neidig, featured ...

Signed lower right. A prominent landscape and marine painter, Jules Eugène Pages spent most of his career in France where he was a well-known Impressionist painter, but he mainta...

Appeared on the front page of the February 1918 issue of Every Week Magazine. A man looking at a map while smoking a pipe. Signed Lower Right.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Indistinctly Sight Size 40.00" x 30.00", Framed 46.00" x 36.00" All Around Magazine, Dec 1915. #872 in N.C. Wyeth Catalouge Raisonne 2008 This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the cover illustration for "The Return of the Four" by Edwin Bliss, All Around Magazine, December, 1915. The painting was reproduced as catalog no. 872 in N.C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Brandywine River Museum, 2008. Notes: NEWELL CONVERS WYETH (American, 1882-1945) The Return of the Four, All Around Magazine, pulp cover, December 1915 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in. Signed indistinctly This rare pulp painting by Wyeth was originally published as the cover illustration for "The Return of the Four" by Edwin Bliss, All Around Magazine, December, 1915. The painting was reproduced as catalog no. 872 in N.C. Wyeth, Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Brandywine River Museum, 2008. PROVENANCE: Graham Gallery, New York; Private Collection. EXHIBITED: Graham Gallery, New York. Artist biographical notes: N. C. Wyeth produced over 300 illustrations for hundreds of articles, books, posters, and magazine covers. In 1911, he was accepted by Scribner's to illustrate such classics as "Treasure Island, " The Last of the Mohicans...

Henry R. Rittenberg, a native of Libau, Latvia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and continued to live and work in Philadelphia and New York for the majority of his ca...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned The finished painting of this illustration was featured on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, ...

Advertisement Three boys swimming signed lower left.

Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Nancy Maybin Ferguson (1872 - 1967) A native Philadelphia, Nancy Ferguson wa...

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Portrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912 Technique: Original Signed Oil pain...

Medium: Watercolor, Gouache and Ink on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right Magazine Advertisement Young woman in blue and black lace dress holding and looking at flowers.

Signed lower right: 'V. Qvistorff' for Victor Qvistorff (Danish, 1883-1953) and painted circa 1915. Born in Bredegaarde, Denmark, Victor Qvistorff first studied with Hans Andersen Brendekilde. Qvistorff then became a successful business-man and painted only part-time until 1931 when he dedicated himself full-time to his art. Although the author of a notable series of nude studies of his long-time model, Sally Philipsen, Qvistorff is known primarily for his marine scenes- particularly the jewel-like views of Copenhagen harbor...

Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 31.00" x 12.00", Framed 36.00" x 18.00" Hoot Mon, Life Magazine Cover...

Fritz Burmann ( 1892-1945 ) Germany. Oil on wood, 1919. Signed and dated lower right: Fritz Burmann 1919. Framed. Height: 27.17 in ( 69 cm ), Width: 35.04 in ( 89 cm )

Signed lower left, but difficult to decipher, this dusk or nighttime painting is quite a sophisticated work. A woman is walking along a road with tall trees framing a view to a town...

An exceptional impressionist beachside scene with figures and powerful clouds by American artist Augustus B. Koopman (1869-1914). Koopman was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, initi...

This beautiful early 20th-century oil painting by Swedish artist Filip Artur Wahlström (1885-1972) depicts a dramatic moonlit sky over Älvsborg Fortress in Gothenburg district. Wahlström was an accomplished painter of landscapes, rural villages, and still lifes. Hailing from Gothenburg, his legacy is one of vivid colours, controlled expression, and balanced compositions. He trained at a time of great transition for Swedish art and his development coincided with the emergence of Swedish modernism. Studying first in his home town and Stockholm, his path led him ultimately to the busy environs of the short-lived Académie Matisse in Paris (Henri Matisse's painting school). Numerous Scandinavians trained here but the illusive master only personally taught for one year - finding the commitment tiring and onerous. It’s said that he was difficult to please, urging his students to strive for originality rather than simply fit in with current trends. Each week he’d critique various works, which many found nerve-shattering but rewarding. Many of the Swedish ‘modernists’, such as Isaac Grünewald, trained with Matisse and in 1909 made their debut in Stockholm. At this early point in his career, Wahlström was surrounded by creative spirits and thrust into an electrifying array of new ideas. His style generally balances the freedoms, usually associated with modernism, with a degree of constraint. And his still lifes, in particular, are quite traditional in their approach. Here, in this swirling piece from 1914, he’s captured an expansive view with an evocative sky peppered with broken clouds. The subject is Älvsborg Fortress, a coastal fortification completed seven years earlier. Its purpose was to protect the Port of Gothenburg and the Swedish Navy from sea attacks. Aside from the Académie Matisse, Filip Artur Wahlström also trained at the Royal Scottish Academy, the Konstnärsförbundets School in Stockholm and under Carl...

(Sorry for reflections in the glass.) A fine Alexander Drysdale oil wash out of an estate here in New Orleans. A classic Drysdale in every way, of good size, in fabulous condition. ...

This exquisite mid to late-19th-century oil painting by Belgian artist Louis Robbe (1806-1887) depicts three finely rendered sheep, a lamb and two goats before a landscape with dista...

Italo Giordani (1882 - 1956) "Les Iris" A charming landscape painted in oil, using a heavy impasto and depicting a bed of irises by a woodland pond. Signed bottom right, presented in its original carved frame with name plaque. There are two images of the artist verso showing him presenting works to the French and Italian ambassadors in London. Giordani was an Italian post impressionist...

"Portrait of a Gentleman, 1913" by Heinrich Dohm is a striking example of the Danish artist's mastery in capturing the essence and character of his subje...

A sublime landscape painting by the Finnish painter Oskar Elenius (1884-1965). Signed O. Elenius and dated 1917. The motif, an early summer evening with a blossoming Rowan tree...

A beautiful still-life of yellow and red tulips in a vase by Karl Nordström (1855-1923), signed 'KN' and dated a tergo 1917. The vibrant flowers are standing in a vase which is placed on a cloth against a bluish-green background. Karl Fredrik Nordström was born on the Swedish west coast on the large island of Tjörn and was a Swedish painter known mostly for his landscape paintings. He came to Stockholm in 1875 and started to study at the Royal Art Academy, where he was tutored by Edvard Perséus, among others. There, he also became close friends with the artists Richard Bergh and Nils Kreuger...

Male Nude in a Landscape, 1918, Oil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 58cm x 41cm, (66cm x 49cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. A...

Mobilized in 1914, like many of his Cubist friends, Albert Gleizes was sent to a barracks in Toul, Lorraine, near the front line. Supported by a military doctor, Major Lambert, of wh...

Edward Cucuel (American, 1875-1954) Summer Idle, 1918 Signed Lower Right 35 x 43 inches 43 x 51 inches with frame Born in San Francisco, Edward Cucuel was an Impressionist painter o...

Anders Loman (1879–1953) Sweden Northern Landscape, 1913 oil on canvas signed and dated And.Loman 1913 canvas dimensions framed 67.5 x 120 cm unframed 56.5 x 109 cm Essay: In the realm of early 20th-century Swedish art, Anders Loman may not have been the most widely recognized name, yet his talent is evident in this painting that echo both traditional Scandinavian motifs and avant-garde techniques. "Northern Landscape" from 1913 is a prime example of this juxtaposition. At first glance, the canvas is dominated by imposing evergreens in the foreground. Their detail is painstakingly rendered, providing a stark contrast to the background. Beyond these trees lies a tranquil lake and distant mountains, but it is here that Loman's boldness in technique is most apparent. Inspired by the Pointillism movement, the background is rendered using short brush strokes, with the waters shimmering in shades of pink and lilac, and the mountains painted...

Oil on canvas painting by Anna Elizabeth Keener (1895-1982) titled 'Chalk Butte (Montana)' painted circa 1916. Signed lower left, titled verso by...

Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-57........... PROVENANCE: The Francis Draper Jr....

We have a stunning painting by the Swedish artist Pelle Swedlund (1865-1947) that is available for sale. The painting depicts a dramatic scene with a to...

stamped 'Renoir' (Lugt 2137b; lower right)

The Opium Smoker; The Opium Eater by N.C. Wyeth was created in 1913. The painting is signed upper right. Dedication lower left that reads "To Swayne / Fro...

This recently rediscovered expressionist drawing by László Moholy-Nagy is part of a small group of drawings made by the artist early in his career, in Vienna and Berlin. The use of interlaced curves, typical of the artist's technique, gives this hieratic portrait a magnetic radiance, while the absence of any connection with the rest of the body evokes a profane Holy Face. 1. From Hungary to Chicago, the ardent life of László Moholy-Nagy Moholy-Nagy was born in Borsod, now known as Bácsborsód in Southern Hungary, in July 1895. He studied law in Budapest in 1913, when he was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army to serve as an artillery officer on the Italian and Russian fronts. While serving at artillery observation posts, Moholy-Nagy was able to execute numerous drawings, recording his traumatic war experience, on the reverse of military-issued postcards which he could easily carry with him. In 1917, he was seriously wounded and hospitalized. The following year (around 1918 at the age of 23), he abandoned his plans to become a lawyer in favour of a career as an artist, with the encouragement of his friend, the art critic Iván Hevesy. The drawings executed in those early years reveal Moholy-Nagy's powerful Expressionist lines. In his autobiography of 1944, Abstract of an Artist, Moholy-Nagy explained his early figurative style, writing that contemporary art in those days was too chaotic and that and all the '-isms' were incomprehensible and puzzling to him. He was, however, experimenting with Dadaist compositions already in 1919 and then moved to Vienna and later to Berlin, where he would soon make his first works in his Constructivist style of the early 1920s. In Berlin he met photograph and writer Lucia Schultz who became his wife the next year. In 1922 he met Walter Gropius. During a vacation on the Rhome with Lucia, she introduced him to making photograms on light-sensitized paper. Walter Gropius invited him to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1923 where he replaced Paul Klee as Head of the Metal Workshop. The Bauhaus became known for the versatility of its artists and Moholy-Nagy was no exception: throughout his career, he became proficient in the fiels of photography, typography, sculpture, painting, printmaking, film-making and industrial design. In 1928 Moholy-Nagy left the Bauhaus and established his own design studio in Berlin. He separated from his first wide Lucia in 1929. In 1931 he met actress and scriptwriter Sibylle Pietzsch. They married in 1932 and has two daughters, Hattula (born 1933) and Claudia. After the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, he was no longer allowed to work there. He moved his family to London in 1935. In 1937, on the recommendation of Walter Gropius, Moholy-Nagy moved to Chicago to become the director of the New Bauhaus, but the school closed in 1938. Moholy-Nagy resumed doing commercial design work, which he continued for the rest of his life. In 1939 Moholy-Nagy opened the School of Design in Chicago, which became in 1944 the Institute of Design, becoming part of the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1949. Diagnosed with leukemia in 1945, Moholy-Nagy died of the disease in Chicago in 1946. 2. Description of the artwork This drawing presents us with a frontal representation of a man in his thirties, whose penetrating gaze seems to stare at us. The face is highly symmetrical and is modelled by curved black lines. The very high forehead and the slightly dilated left pupil reinforce the very expressive character of the face. Like the Holy Face which appeared on the cloth stretched out to wipe Christ's face by Saint Veronica, only the model's face is represented on the cardboard piece. The curved lines that define the face, hollowing out the temples, the eyelids, the cheeks and the area around the mouth, create a kind of magnetic radiation around a median point located between the eyebrows. In some respects, this face may evoke one of the most famous representations of the Holy Face: the extraordinary engraving by Claude Mellan...

Signed lower right, 'Ludvig Jacobsen' (Danish, 1890-1957) and painted circa 1915. Previously with: Arnbaks Kunsthandel, Bredgade 24, Copenhagen, from label verso. Framed dimensions: ...

Harry Leslie Hoffman (1871 - 1964) The Artist's Wife (Beatrice Pope) at the Loom, circa 1915 Oil on canvas 30 x 32 inches Housed in a period Newcomb-Macklin frame Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, Massachusetts This painting depicts the artist's wife at the loom, producing textile versions of Hoffman's underwater paintings. The screen shown behind Bea is an underwater scene also painted by Hoffman. The study of this painting is held in the collection of the Wolfsonian Museum in Florida. Harry Leslie Hoffman was born in Cressona, a small community in Pennsylvania's Schuylkill Valley. His mother was an amateur artist who encouraged her son to pursue a career in the arts. In 1893, Hoffman entered the School of Art at Yale University and studied with John Ferguson Weir, the son of Robert Walter Weir. After graduation in 1897, Hoffman moved to New York to continue his studies at the Art Students League. He also traveled to Paris and took classes at the Académie Julien. In the summer of 1902, Hoffman attended the Lyme Summer School of Art, in the town of Old Lyme on the Connecticut coast. The school was headed by Frank Vincent Dumond and was located in a boarding house owned by Florence Griswold. The school eventually grew into an artists' colony and a center for American Impressionism. When Hoffman first arrived as a student, he was not permitted to stay in the house which was designated for the professional artists only. However, his outgoing personality soon won him many friends at the colony. In 1905, Hoffman settled in Old Lyme and worked as a full member of the artist colony. He was particularly influenced by Willard Leroy Metcalf, an Impressionist also working in Old Lyme. Fellow artists later fondly recalled Hoffman's antics at the Griswold house, which included playing the flute and banjo, tap-dancing, singing humorous songs, and performing magic tricks. In 1910 Hoffman...

WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA "Constant Driving Will Win the War," 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1918 lower right. In 1905, Gerrit Beneker began his art career as an illustrator. He married Flora Judd, his high school sweetheart from Grand Rapids and they moved to Brooklyn, NY. Gerrit's early passion was to create an art that would inspire and provide honor to the workingman. As such, he had no interest in painting portraits of pretty women, which were so often seen on the magazine covers of the day. Rather he wanted to seek out workingmen on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of NYC, and paint them in their environments. He completed over 150 magazine covers, numerous ads including many for Ivory Soap...

Impressionist pastel on board by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The piece depicts a view of landscape with trees to th...

English early 20th century, Impressionist river landscape with fisherman. Ernest Charles Walbourn was born on 16 February 1872 at Dalston, Middlesex. The second of five children, he...

Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) Nature morte à l’oeuf 1910 oil on board mounted on panel 66.2 x 50.9 cm signed and dated ‘R de la Fresnaye.10’ (upper right) Price: $157,500 USD (in...

Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910. A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...