1920s Paintings

Beautiful early 20th century historical landscape of Mission San Juan Capistrano, 1926, with vines climbing the courtyard columns, by Calif...

Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "Portrait of John, Annabella and Augusta Annesley" 1874 - 1955 Popular painter of figurative scenes. Studied at the...

Work on canvas Green wooden frame and gold borders With frame 51 x 43 x 2.5 cm This captivating portrait depicts a man in profile, elegantly capturing an era with rich hues and expre...

Kenneth R. Nunamaker paints a small community of homes on a snowy day with mountains in the background in his artwork entitled, “Snowy Winter Landscape on the Delaware.”

Self-portrait by Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973) 1928 Oil on canvas 48 x 37 cm (54 x 42 cm with frame 18.9 x 14.57 in (21.26 x 16.54 in with frame) Signed and dated lower left Online...

Gorgeous California landscape titled, "Sunrise on Tin Mountain, Death Valley" with Oak in foreground and mountains and Eucalyptus trees in background by Edward Langley...

Impressive early American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30.5H by 21.5L.

Frank von der Lancken was a Brooklyn-born artist and teacher who chose to travel beyond the limits of New York to cultivate the arts across America. Indeed, by his death in 1950, von...

Algerian women in an interior. Oil on panel. Signed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck...

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) Portrait of a lady, a sketch signed lower right Oil on canvas transfered on cardboard 25 x 18 cm oval Framed : 31 x 24.5 cm This port...

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Portrait of De Forest Mellon, 1922 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches 35.5 x 30.25 inches, framed Ora Coltman was born in 1858 in Shelby, Ohio, but spent...

Work on canvas Gilded wooden frame 42 x 49,5 x 5 cm

Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama. Stamped lower left. Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame. Frame: 19"H x 14"W Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...

Frederick Charles Freder (1895 - 1954) The Sacred City of Kairouan, Tunisia, 1922 Oil on canvas 26 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches Signed lower left and on the frame; with "From The Estate of Fr...

Frank Califano His Master's Aim, circa 1922 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 36 x 22 1/4 inches Provenance Zaplin-Lampert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico Private Collection (acquired ...

Illegible signature Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 46.5 x 41.5 x 5.5 cm

Original advertisement for the Treo Girdle Company, published in the October 1923 issue of McCall’s Magazine, page 93, and likely in other publications as well. This original adver...

Date: 1923 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 35.50" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Never the Twain Shall Meet, Cosmopolitan illustration, 1923 This illustration appeared in Peter B. Kyne's story, Never the Twain Shall Meet. "'Ah!' said Tamea. 'You do not believe, then, that I am the Queen of Riva?' 'No,' retorted the health officer, 'I do not. You're the Queen of Hearts.''" It was also reproduced on page 76 of Dean Cornwell: Dean of Illustrators by Patricia Janis Broder, Collector's Press, 2000. Exhibited: Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students South Dakota...

Signed oil on canvas laid on board landscape by American Impressionist painter Abram Molarsky. The work, painted in mostly pastel shades of green, blue and purple depicts a view of b...

'Standing Nude Study', pastel on art paper, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930). There is something very pure in the naked human body, but for some that purity can veer towards pruriency. ...

Compelling fauvist seascape with boldly colorful ocean waves and glowing sunset by Northern California artist John Ramm (American, 1879-1948), 1929. Impasto brush strokes add depth and interest to high voltage color palette. Signed lower right corner and dated on stretcher "29" . Condition: Good; minor edge losses professionally restored/in-painted. Signature slightly augmented to enhance readability. Image size: 22"H x 28"W. The son of German immigrants, John Henry Ramm was the son of German immigrants, and his father had been a Duke in his native land. Ramm moved to San Francisco in 1893 and worked as an apprentice to a photographer. He married Nettie Hoist in Sacramento and they lived in San Francisco. He was a close friend of painter Manuel Valencia...

Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Roof Top Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Frame Size: 33.5 x 27.5 inche...

This warm portrait looks like it could have been painted by Corot. Francis Luis Mora paints in that tradition. It's a small painting that invites the viewer to look closer. The art...

Provence Landscape With Mountain View Artist signed lower right corner, Oil on canvas, late 1920's, size:23"25x 28"25 framed 30" x 35" GALE TURNBULL wa...

Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978) Spanish Seaside Village (Cadaques Catalonia) Oil on canvas Signed lower right 28 x 38 inches Exhibited: The 11th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1929 Rolf Stoll, a painter of figure subjects, landscapes and floral still lifes, was an important member of the Cleveland art scene during the second quarter of the century. He was also an influential teacher, as well as one of Ohio’s foremost portrait painters. Rolf Stoll was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1892. As a boy, he attended a military academy, during which time he developed an interest in art. He received his early formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City. A decade later, after studying at the school of the National Academy of Design and supporting himself by working as a commercial artist, Stoll decided to leave New York. Upon the recommendation of Warren Pryor, one of his teachers, he decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland, Rolf Stoll continued to work as a commercial artist. However, in 1926, he joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art, where he taught drawing. Two years later Stoll was appointed head of the school’s portrait painting department. A talented portraitist, Stoll’s sitters included industrialists, community leaders and many prominent members of Cleveland and Ohio society, as well as over twenty faculty members from Case Western Reserve University. Stoll also gave portrait classes at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1953. In his male portraits especially, he was admired for his ability to convey the dignity of his sitter’s professional position without sacrificing individuality. As noted by one contemporary reviewer, Stoll was a “master of rich color, a searching student of human types, a forceful portrayer of all that the face reveals of the mind and the soul.” In addition to his activity as a portraitist, Rolf Stoll painted figure subjects and floral still lifes. He was also known for his views of the Ohio countryside and Canada. Stoll also painted views of Spain and depictions of Spanish peasants, inspired by an extended trip to that country (1926), during which time he was entertained by the famous Spanish portrait painter, Ignacio Zuloaga. Moving easily between oil and watercolor, Stoll worked in an direct realist style, combining his characteristic firm draftsmanship with the use of simplified forms and decorative color. Rolph Stoll was a member of the Cleveland Society of Artists, the Cleveland Print Club...

Work on canvas mounted on cardboard Silver wooden frame 45 x 50 x 4 cm Wildhaus (Toggenburg) mit den Kurfirsten

Angelo PISANI (1885-1950) Panoramic View from Venice Oil on canvas signed low right Frame gilded with leaves Dim canvas : 51 X 100 cm Dim frame : 70 X 120 cm

Southern California Lake. Signed "J Kleitsch," which could possibly be by Joseph Kleitsch. Oil on canvas in a period giltwood frame. Image size, 16"H x 28"L. Joseph Kleitsch was c...

This illustration was created for the Hills Brothers Coffee company in 1929 and was used on promotional products as well as coffee cans in the ye...

Beautiful oil on wooden panel realized by Piero Marussig between 1928 and 1930. Very good conditions. Published in the general catalogue of the Artist...

Original study for the cover illustration of The Saturday Evening Post, published June 2, 1923 Medium: Oil on canvas Artwork Dimensions: 21.5 x 15.75 in. Framed Dimensions: 25 x 18...

Signed lower right, "C. Stilling" for Carl Conrad Stilling (Danish, 1874-1938) and inscribed 'Hyères'; dated lower left, '1928' and titled in Danish, verso...

Guy Pène du Bois, 1884 - 1958 French Gardener, 1929 Oil on canvas Signed and inscribed: Pere Martin/Guy Pène du Bois/1929 Provenance: The Estate of Guy Pène du Bois Below is an excerpt from Guy Péne du Bois diary titled 'Artists Say the Silliest Things': “Our landlord and gardener, Pere Martin, who owned a considerable amount of land thereabouts, had been a butcher in the Batignolles section of Paris during the war. [WWI]. He was called hard and miserly in the neighborhood, a too shrewd bargainer, but he accepted two francs and hour, then eight cents in our money, to work the garden. He could be shrewd. When Kellogg was signing the peace pact in Paris, a sham battle of aeroplanes clouded the sky above us. Old Pere Martin rested on his hoe and pointed up, shrugging his shoulders with clownish exaggeration, ‘Monsieur Kellogg.’ It typified the talk on war of the countryside. During the last one he had delivered a magnificent pot au feu...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 54 x 47 x 4 cm

A beautiful, moody & atmospheric summer landscape painting by South Carolina artist June Rutledge, ca. 1925. Artwork size: 24" x 30". Rutledge...

This superb Scottish Impressionist landscape oil painting is by noted artist George Houston. The location is the River Ayr in spring and it was painted circa 1920. The choppy river i...

Henri Montassier was born at Courlon near the River Yonne on July 27th 1880. As a young man he studied under Luc -Oliver Merson and began his career painting primarily landscapes, ma...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 59 x 46 x 5 cm

Finely painted modernist still life oil painting with a view of the Eiffel Tower and a rotary phone. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 20 by 23 inches overall and 15.25 by 18.25 paint...

Lombard Landscape is a modern artork realized by Gigi Comolli in 1928. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Includes frame: 110 x 127.5 cm Hand signed and date...

Sunrise on Nantucket Island Fisherman Gazing at the Sky 1929 Nantucket Sunrise, a Fisherman is gazing at the sky by James Francis Barker (American, 1872 – 1950). In the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847 - 1917) was active/lived in New York, Massachusetts. Albert Ryder is known for Romanticism-pastoral landscape painting. Barker has a heavy impasto and extensive brushwork throughout and captures American Post Impressionism with this early sunrise on Nantucket Island scene. Image, 10.25"H x 14.25"W Signed "J. F. Barker" dated "3/29" on Stretcher bar verso Signed James F. Barker on Linen verso James F. Barker’s lineage traces back to eleven of the original Nantucket settlers. He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, With a degree in mechanical engineering and graduate degree in architecture, his career was centered among institutes of higher learning. Barker was also a skilled painter and a talented photographer. Barker specialized in waterfront, wharf, and beach scenes. The artist exhibited his work during the summer months at the Eagle’s Wing Studio on Union Street, having named the studio after a steamer, which had been captained by his grandfather. James Francis Barker (1872 – 10 December 1950) was the second president of the Rochester Athenæum and Mechanics Institute, succeeding Carleton B. Gibson, from 1916–1919. He also pursued painting, pottery, metal working, and cabinet making. Gravestone in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Nantucket He was born in 1872 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of a railroad ticketing agent and a New Orleanian of Spanish and French extraction. His ancestors on his father's side included 11 of the 15 families who settled Nantucket in 1659. He graduated from Cornell University in 1893 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent another year studying Architecture at the graduate level. He briefly worked at D. H. Burnham & Company and Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. before switching to education, becoming Superintendent of the Manual Training Department at East Division High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1897. He left in 1904 to pursue similar positions at Grand Rapids High School and the Hackley School in Muskegon, Michigan. In 1906, he participated in the formation of East Technical High School in Cleveland, Ohio and served as its first principal. He married the former Kate Spooner in 1897 and raised one daughter. After being widowed in the late 1930s, he married Josephine M...

Luminous 1900 landscape of lake with mountains in background and stunning Aurora Borealis; a canoe rests on the shoreline by R. Briston (American, 20th Century). Signed lower left co...

Coastal Landscape by Joel B. Owen (British, signed and dated 1927) oil on canvas, framed framed: 18.5 x 26 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition:...

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 ...

Finely painted American impressionist seascape painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 14 by 20 inches.

Signed figures in cityscape oil on board circa 1920 by Russian-born post impressionist painter Elie Anatole Pavil. The work depicts citygoers in Boulogne. Two elegantly dressed ladie...

Antique American impressionist oil painting by Felicie Waldo Howell (1897 - 1968). Oil on board, circa 1928. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 12"L x 6"H.

Work on canvas with frame The frame is new and the total size is 70x80 cm Signed " V. Marendaz ", Unknonwn artist from the gallery Dated 1920

This original 1926 signed oil painting by 20th cenutry artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) beautifully captures the expansive Colorado prairie landscape. Created while Bunnell...

Urban Silence Among the Rooftops of Paris. Circa1920-1930. Dimensions: 100 x 81 cm • Period: 1920-1930 • French School Oil on canvas. In good original condition.       This ...

Evocative portrait of Scottish gentleman by David Nicholas Ingles Ingres ARHA (Associate member) (Scottish, 1888-1933), circa 1920. Signed lower rig...

Artist: Maurycy Trebacz, Polish (1861-1941) Title: Gypsy Year: 1924 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.l. Size: 39 x 27 in. (99.06 x 68.58 cm)

Presenting an original oil by French artist Paul Charlemagne, “Femme du Cirque”, an original oil on canvas, signed, c.1930, with an image dimension of 30 x 24 inches.

This rare and historic Orientalist painting, La Petite Dieu, translated as “Little God”, by renowned Armenian-American artist Hovsep Pushman. First exhibited March 27 – April 7, 192...

A Cloudy Day, English Impressionist River Landscape with figure and cottage, circa 1922. Alexander Fuller Maitland painted coastal subjects and marines. Exhibited thirteen works, in...

Signed oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. The piece depicts a nighttime view of Pontarlier, a commune in eastern France near the Swiss b...

"Manitou, Colorado with Pikes Peak View" is an original oil on canvas painting by renowned Colorado modernist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968), created circa 1928–1929. This vibra...

This superb, large Scottish Impressionist exhibited landscape oil painting is by noted artist Joseph Morris Henderson. It was painted in 1923 and exhibited at the Glasgow Institute o...