1930s Paintings

Signed lower right 'F. Sands Brunner' for Frederick Sands Brunner (American, 1886 - 1954) and painted circa 1930. A painting showing the artist's two daughters, Sibyl and Janet, fa...

Vintage landscape with horses oil painting on canvas. This atmospheric and unusual painting features horses shading under a tree waiting for their owners to collect them after a day...

Rare vintage oil painting of fish by French artist Lucie Tullat, signed in the bottom right and in it's original frame. A simplistic composition that has a big affect on the eye! ...

A charming, vibrant, 1930s Modern Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a picturesque view of a quiet square in the hist...

1931 Bay Area Post-Impressionist Landscape "Woodside Road" by Timothy Miton Wulff Painted in 1931, Woodside Road by San Francisco artist Timothy Wulff (American 1890-1960) exemplifi...

Hazel Guggenheim King-Farlow McKinley (American, London, New Orleans, 1903-1995), "Paris Rooftops" c. 1930 Oil paint on wood panel Attributed, dated and titled verso (I am not sure ...

Large Oil on Canvas by André Morisset (1876–1954), France, 1931 Title: Seaside at Sunset With frame: 91 x 120 cm – 35.8 x 47.2 inches Without frame: 75 x 103 cm – 29.5 x 40.6 inches...

➡️ Parisian scene Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed G Ch Leclercq⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on cardboard canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐26x34.5cm / 10.2x ...

Vintage Post Impressionist framed oil painting on stretched canvas, signed in the bottom right, Abel Villard (1871-1969). A stunning, calm and moody depiction of a village boarderi...

This striking coastal landscape by Bertel Bertel-Nordström captures the solemn beauty of a moonlit night along the Nordic shoreline. The composition is dominated by a dramatic interp...

August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm in Berlin Heights, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 27.75 x 36 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...

A Quiet, Picturesque 1930s American Scene Country Landscape Painting of a Wisconsin or Michigan Farm in Late Autumn by Famed Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A...

This stunning Art Deco 1930 Royal Academy exhibited portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Howard Somerville. The sitter is Gwendoline (Gwen) le Bas (1903-1944). In 1930 s...

Author: Joan Gil i Gil (Barcelona, 1900 – 1984) Title: Autumn Morning Date: 1934 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 81 × 100 cm (31.9 × 39.4 in) Signature: Signed lower left: Joan ...

A colorful , blustery painting of a summer harbor in Saugatuck, Michigan by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Dating circa 1935, oil on Masonite, the painting depicts a v...

Antique American impressionist fall landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed faintly. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 22 inches overall. H...

A captivating, 1930s portrait painting of a young woman by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A sensitive, skilled portrait of a young female model, most likely h...

A captivating, Modern 1930s portrait painting of a young woman in a black sweater by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A skilled and expressive portrait of a sty...

4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting Set in a white frame

Interior Still Life by Harry Bloomfield (British, 1883-1940) *see notes below signed verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 24 inches canvas: 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private co...

5169 Antique American Large Impressionist seascape oil painting .Oil on canvas circa 1930 Framed Image size 15.5x19.5"

'The Cabaret Dancer', crayon on art paper, by Kolomon Moore (circa 1930s). The Crazy Years (les Années Folles) of Paris in the 1920s hit an abrupt end in...

'Potted Flowers', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1933). Potted red geraniums symbolise happiness, good health, good wishes, and friendship. They are ...

5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman Framed Image size 24x36"

'The Olive Tree Behind the Stone Wall', ink on art paper, by Pierre Dionisi (circa 1930s). Sepia-toned, original drawing in a compelling style depicts a...

Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitively the Rockport, Mass. fishing pier. Excellent condition with a few very minor areas of paint flaking. The darker areas in the sky is a result of unpainted areas. The canvas is sized with glue but not primed white: observable areas of natural linen color results. Signed wet into wet and dated lower left. No restoration or overpaint. Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River...

Antique American impressionist winter landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 25 by 21 inches overall, and 16 by 13 painting alone. Handsomely framed in wi...

'Parc des Buttes-Chaumont' in Paris, gouache on art paper, by Lucien Génin (circa 1930s). A charming depiction of well turned out Parisians enjoying a day at the park. Boaters, strollers and swans all co-mingle around the peaceful lake. The reflection of the rocky bluff in the water is superbly treated by Génin. It's a cheerful and uplifting image of days-gone-by in 1930s Paris. The park takes its name from the 'bare hill' (chauve-mont) that once occupied the site. It became a place where gypsum was mined, and where the limestone was quarried to be used in buildings in Paris and the United States. Worse, though, it was a site that also became a dumping ground. Luckily, during the 19th-century renovation of Paris under Napoleon III, chauve-mont was chosen as a place for a large park, as part of the emperor's fascination with endowing Paris with green spaces. The artificial lake created at that time wraps around a hilly central island. The lake attracts waterfowl and other birds and is stocked with fish. The 19th-century planners cleaned up the site and added tons of soil to fill the pits left by a limestone mining operation. Then dynamite was used to "sculpt" the site into the craggy shapes seen today, including the 50-metre-high central hill with cliffs, an interior grotto, pinnacles, and arches. Up on top, overlooking the rest of the park - and depicted in this artwork - is a small, round belvedere, based on the Roman Temple of Vesta in Italy. From that spot you can see a lovely view of Montmartre and the white cupolas of the Sacre-Coeur. The painting is in very good condition. It has been newly framed and glazed with museum-quality glass (anti-reflective and UV protection) to preserve this significant artwork for decades to come. Dimensions with frame: H 62 cm / 24.4" W 76 cm / 29.9" Dimensions without frame: H 48.5 cm / 19.1" W 63 cm / 24.8" About the Artist: After the devastation of the First World War, Lucien Génin (1894 - 1953) left his provincial home in the autumn of 1919 to find his fortune among the lively Parisians in the heart of Montmartre. Génin befriended the painters Frank Will, Gen Paul, Émile Boyer, Marcel Leprin...

A beautiful signed and dated 1931 English impressionist oil on board depicting a tranquil river landscape, by D. Thomson. The work is presented in a fine period frame with swept cen...

Signed impressionist oil on canvas figures in cityscape circa 1930 by sought after French painter Edouard Cortes. The work depicts a bustling evening street scene outside the Cafe Br...

Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 28 x 36 Frame Size: 38 x 46 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed Front & Signed & Titled on Verso Newcomb Macklin Frame Circa Late 1930s "Blue Heaven" Bluebonnets Biography Robert Wood (G. Day) (1889 -1979) A painter of realistic landscapes reflecting a vanishing wilderness in America, Robert Wood (not to be confused with Robert E. Wood) is reportedly one of the most mass-produced artists in the United States. His painting became so popular he was unable to meet all of the demands, and many of his works were reproduced in lithographs and mass distributed as prints, place mats, and wall murals by companies including Sears, Roebuck. He was born in Sandgate, Kent on the south coast of England near Dover, the son of W.L. Wood, a famous home and church painter who recognized and supported his son's talent. In fact, he forced his son to paint by keeping him inside to paint rather than playing with his friends. At age 12, Wood entered the South Kensington School of Art. As a youth, he came to the United States in 1910, having served in the Royal Army, and he never returned to England. He traveled extensively all over the United States, especially in the West, often in freight cars, and also painted in Mexico and Canada. His itinerant existence took him to Illinois where he worked as a farmhand, to Pensacola, Florida where he married, briefly in Ohio, Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. In 1912, he was in Los Angeles, and in the late 1920s and early 1930s, in San Antonio, Texas, where he lived and in 1928 exhibited in the "Texas Wildflower Competition." From San Antonio, he gained a national reputation for his strong colored, dramatic paintings. Some of that prestige has been credited to his association with Jose Arpa, prominent Texas artist. Wood also gave art lessons, and one of his students was Porfirio Salinas. During this period, Wood sometimes signed his paintings G. Day or Trebor, which is Robert spelled backwards. In 1941 he went to California and painted numerous desert and mountain landscapes and coastal scenes. He lived in Carmel for seven years, and then moved to Woodstock, New York, but he soon returned to California, settling first in Laguna Beach, then San Diego, and finally in the High Sierras, where he and his wife built a home and studio near Bishop and lived until his death in 1979. Robert Wood was born March 4, 1889, in Sandgate, England, a small town on the Kentish coast not far from the white cliffs of Dover. His father, W. J. Wood, was a successful painter who recognized Robert's unusual talent. At the age of twelve, his father enrolled Wood in art school in the small town of Folkstone. He then attended the South Kensington School of Art. While attending art school, Wood won four first awards and three second awards, one each year, a record. In 1910 after service in the Royal Army, nineteen-year-old Wood and his friend, Claude Waters, immigrated to America. Initially, he settled in Illinois and worked as a hired hand on a farm belonging to Water's uncle. He would then strike out on his own, living the life of an itinerant painter. Wood traveled as a hobo, hopping freight trains and selling or bartering small paintings to support him along the way. When times were hard, he worked at whatever job was available. In this manner, he saw most of the United States and fell in love with rural America. By 1912, Wood visited Los Angeles for the first time, arriving on the day of the Titanic tragedy. Later that year, he had met, courted and married young Eyssel Del Wagoner in Florida. The couple moved to Ohio where a daughter, Florence, was born. During World War I, the family moved to Seattle where a son, John Robert Wood, was born in 1919. In the early 1920's, the young Wood family was almost constantly on the move. They stayed for short periods in Kansas, Missouri, California and for a longer time in Portland, Oregon, where Wood's friend Claude Waters had settled. Wood's seemingly endless wanderings disrupted his family life and delayed his development as a painter. However, through his travels he developed an appreciation for the American landscape that would inspire him for the rest of his career. Although aware of the current movement away from traditional realism in American art, he elected to travel that solitary path and remain true to his own vision of American’s grandeur and beauty poetically translated through his landscape and seascape paintings. In 1923, the Wood family discovered the beautiful city of San Antonio, Texas and it was there that he and his family would finally settle. He studied briefly at the San Antonio Art School with Spanish colorist Jose Arpa y Perea (1860-1952), who had arrived in San Antonio that same year. In the latter part of the 1920’s, Jose Arpa’s influence quickly became evident. Wood after several years of experimentation was becoming fine easel painter, capable of great subtlety with a new mature original style. Like Texas painters Robert Onderdonk (1853-1917) and his son Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), Robert Wood concentrated on the distinctive Texas landscape with its Red Oak trees and wildflowers that covered the hill country landscape. He developed a reputation for his scenes of Blue Bluebonnets, the state flower. In the spring, the Texas prairie is covered with wildflowers, especially in the hill country surrounding San Antonio and Austin. Wood incorporated native stone barns and rough wood farmhouses that added authenticity and romance to his compositions. In 1925, Wood was divorced from his wife. In 1932, he moved to the famous scenic loop on San Antonio's outskirts. While still living in Texas, he took extensive western sketching trips that brought him to California. It is evident that his 1930’s California...

6067 WPA oil on board of the east river from Astoria NY Signed Whiteford 1939 Framed image size 13.5x17.5"

This charming and exuberant posy of peonies immediately made me think of similar works by Marcel Dyf - but it is actually a work by the ultimate master of art deco...

May Lydia Ames (American, 1863-1943) Near Carmel, Calif., 1932 Oil on board Signed and dated lower left, signed and titled verso 14 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24.5 inches, framed May Ames w...

Lewis Teel (1883-1960) El Paso Artist Image Size: 27 x 36 Frame Size: 33 x 43 Medium: Oil on Board Circa Late 1930s Signed Lower left and on original price tag on verso. "Ocotillos"...

Charles Sutton, “April Afternoon,” Oil on Board, Framed Landscape Painting Warmly toned impressionist oil painting by Charles Sutton, titled April Afternoon. The work captures a tra...

Dutch Landscape "Country Farmhouse" Piet Lippens (Belgian, 1890-1981) Circa 1930s Oil on canvas, signed lower left 19 1/2 x 23 1/4 (25 1/4 x 29 frame) inches Piet Lippens was a Pos...

Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape circa 1930 by French post impressionist painter Lucien Adrion. The painting depicts families seated outside of a cafe at a beach in Deauvill...

5154 Antique Italian oil painting of a reclining nude woman Framed Image size 24x36"

A beautiful 1930's Italian oil on canvas depicting sunset on the coast with sailing boats and figures on the shore, by Luigi Salvi. Excellent quality and condition work, signed lowe...

Gustave Vidal. French ( b.1895 - d.1966 ). Pêcheurs Sur Les Rochers. Bord De Mer En Côte d'Azur. Oil On Panel. Signed Lower Right. Image size 12.4 inches x 15.6 inches ( 31.5cm x 39.5cm ). Frame size 22.2 inches x 26 inches ( 56.5cm x 66cm ). Available for sale, this original oil painting is by the French artist Gustave Vidal and dates from around 1935. The painting is presented and supplied in its original frame. The original cotton slip has been replaced with a sympathetic contemporary slip that is in keeping with the fresh coastal aesthetic of the painting (which is shown in these photographs). This antique painting is in a good condition. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower right. Gustave Vidal was a 20th century French artist, and one of the best Provencal landscapers of his generation. He worked in the Provencal and Basque regions as well as Corsica and the centre of France. He was born in Avignon in 1895, in the Provence region of France, and died in the same town in 1966. Vidal trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Avignon. It is often reported that he studied under Pierre Grivolas, (1823-1906) who was a prominent teacher there who had encouraged plein air painting to capture light and colour directly from nature. However, Grivolas died when Vidal was only 9 or 10, so it is very unlikely that there was a direct teacher/student relationship between them in a formal apprenticeship or atelier setting. Pierre Grivolas had been a director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Avignon until his death in 1906, and found what became known as the Nouvelle école d’Avignon, promoting outdoor practice and modern landscape painting. Grivolas influenced a generation of Provençal painters directly, and his teachings persisted after his death. Vidal therefore studied in the establishment that continued his ethos and would have been influenced by Grivolas’ directorship. Vidal won numerous awards at the Beaux-Arts in Avignon and became a sociétaire (member) of the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris, an important exhibition venue for French artists of the period. He actually wrote the articles of association for this establishment. As well as exhibiting in Avignon and Paris Vidal also exhibited in Berlin and Brussels. Vidal was primarily a landscape and marine painter. His work is associated with Provencal scenes — including rural landscapes, village streets, harbours, seascapes, and views of the French Riviera and interior France. His technique combined impasto application with both palette knife and brush, reflecting influences from Impressionism and post-Impressionist colourism encountered during his career, especially in Paris. This gives his canvases a textured, lively surface and strong sense of light and atmosphere. His works typically show rich colour and balanced composition, with evocative French light. Nowadays Vidal’s paintings appear regularly in antique galleries, auctions, and online sales in Europe and beyond, though he’s not commonly featured in major public museums or standard art history encyclopaedias. Auction results indicate steady interest among collectors of regional French painting, with prices varying according to size and subject. Although not among the most famous French painters of his generation, Gustave Vidal holds a solid place within early-to-mid-20th-century Provence painting, continuing the regional tradition of light, colour, and landscape that followed Impressionism, and appealing to contemporary collectors of Provençal and southern French art...

A most unusual oil on canvas painting, by the Latin American artist Juan De' Prey (1904-1962), "The horsemen of the Apocalypse", dated 1932. De'Prey worked mainly New York, this mos...

Thomas Owings Sheckell (1883 - 1943) was active/lived in New York. Thomas Sheckell is known for Trees, landscape, snow scenes, coastal view and industrial scene painting...

Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...

Beautiful American School impressionist piece, unsigned, oil on board. Likely 1920-1940. Painted by a talented artist with wonderful composition and brushwork. 10" x 14" sight, 16.2...

'Abstract, Turquoise and Gray' by Dora Maar. Paris, Picasso, Andre L'Hote, Guernica, Benezit ----- Signed verso with artist monogram 'DM' for Dora Maar (Argentine-French, 1907-1997)...

A beautiful 1930's landscape titled "Trail into California Mountains" by Oklahoman artist Sidney Lorenzo Brock (American, 1869-1943). Presented in ...

Winter Landscape with Red Cottage by Otto Lindberg 1930 This oil on canvas, signed and dated “Otto Lindberg 1930”, captures a serene winter scene in Sweden. A low winter sun filters ...

'Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre at Willette Square, Paris', gouache on art paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. Created by the Director of Public Ways and Promenades under Napoleon III, Sq...

3905 Impressionist French village colorful landscape gouache on laid paper Image size 16x11.5"

Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011) Self Portrait Oil on canvas Signed lower right and dated ’36 33 x 27 inches 39 x 33 inches, framed Kenne...

Title: Family Scene with Guitarist Artist: Pedro Creixams (Barcelona, 1893 - 1965) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 inches (unframed) Signature: Signed lower right "C...

Antique French impressionist portrait landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, lain to board. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 12 by 15 inches overall, and 6 by 9 painting alone.. In excell...

This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballator, Portland Ore.” provenance includes: J.C. Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame About the Painting Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like a Mediaeval alter, this mural study is filled with icons, but the images of saints and martyrs are replaced with symbols of America's gospel of prosperity through capitalism. Industry and Commerce has a strong narrative quality with vignettes filling the entire surface. Extraction, logistics, design, power generation, and manufacturing for printing, chemicals, automobiles and metal products are all represented. To eliminate any doubt about the mural's themes, Ballator letters a description into the bottom of the study. Ballator also presents an idealized version of industrial cooperation, as his workers, lab-coated technicians and tie-wearing managers work harmoniously toward a common goal in the tidy and neatly designed environments. Although far from the reality of most industrial spaces, Ballator's study reflects the idealized and morale boosting tone that many mural projects adopted during the Great Depression. About the Artist John R Ballator achieved success as a muralist, lithographer, and teacher during the Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon and at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art. In 1936, Ballator was commissioned to paint a mural panel for the new Department of Justice Building in Washington DC, an important project that spanned five years with several dozen artists contributing a total of sixty-eight designs. Ballator completed murals for the St. Johns Post Office and Franklin High School, both in Portland, Oregon. He also contributed to the 1938 murals at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, Connecticut. During the late 1930s, Ballator taught art for several years at Washburn College in Topeka, Kanas, where he completed a mural for the Menninger Arts & Craft Shop before accepting a professorship at Hollins College...

6146 Oil on artist board Set in a gilt frame

Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Spring Walk, Year: 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right, Size: 13 x 9.5 in. (33.02 x 24.13 cm), Frame Size: 20.5 x ...

Painted by Anne Margrethe Grosell (Danish, 1909- 1999), circa 1935, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity. Unsigned. An accomplished Post-Impressionist self-portra...

Antique Venice Canal oil painting on canvas of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, signed in the lower right by Italian artist Luigi ...

Whimsical Kate A. Williams arts and crafts impressionist painting circa 1930. Perfect for the holiday season. 20"x 16" oil on board, signed lower left. Frame is about 25x21. Painter...

Well executed oil on board painting of a sailboat off the rocky coast. Signed lower right. Circa 1930. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in a faux wood molded frame wi...