1930s Paintings

Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal. American Modern Scene WPA c. 1950s Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Shopping Center New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1950s 15 1/2 X 1...

Catalytic Cracking Tower. Lamp Magazine. American Scene Modern WPA Industrial Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Catalytic Cracking Tower Lamp Magazine,...

Guy Pene Du Bois (1884 - 1958) Head, 1934 Oil on canvas 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches Signed and dated upper right Provenance: The artist's estate Graham Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above circa 1985) Pène du Bois descended from French immigrants who settled in Louisiana in 1738 and was raised in a Creole household. He was born in 1984 in Brooklyn, NY and first studied with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and later continued his training with Robert Henri. Pène du Bois was greatly impressed with Henri's credo that "real life" was subject matter for art and throughout his life a realist philosophy informed his art as well as his parallel career, art criticism. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto associated with the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized, rounded, almost sculptural figures painted with invisible brushstrokes. The subjects of his paintings were often members of society whom he gently satirized. In 1924, Pène du Bois and his wife, Floy, left for France where they would remain until 1930. Returning to America showcases pictures the artist produced after this very productive period abroad. After five years of living in France, Pène du Bois was able to observe American life with fresh eyes. His work becomes more psychologically intense and less satirical. In Girl at Table a slender, blond is shown gazing at a small statue that she holds at arm's distance. The meaning is elusive, but a powerful sense of longing is evoked. Similarly, paintings such as Dramatic Moment and Jane are taut with unresolved dialogue. Both pictures depict mysterious interiors in which a lone woman anxiously awaits the denouement of a suspenseful scene. Other pictures, for example, Chess Tables, Washington Square and Bar, New Orleans, recall Pene du Bois's Ashcan origins in their depiction of urban entertainment. During this period, landscape becomes an important subject for Pène du Bois. Girl Sketching...

Framed dimensions: 44.5 x 37 .Russian-Jewish-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works which feature a strong psychological element. So...

"Wave" Abstract Seascape American Modern Modernism 20th Century Social Realism . Edward Biberman (1904 – 1986) "Wave," 20 x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, ...

Original oil on canvas painting by the American artist, August Weiss. Circa 1930. Condition is very good. Signed lower right. Charming, first snow in a typical New England town wi...

A wonderful oil on board by French post-impressionist painter Georges Manzana Pissarro depicting bathers sunbathing and paddling in the river on a warm summer's day. Signed lower lef...

An original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 21 x 35.5 inches, signed and dated upper left. Framed to 22 x 33 inches. By the early 1930's ...

A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the Mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wond...

Wonderful bright painting of West Palm beach mansion by Josephine Lindley (American, 1872-1968), C. 1930. Signed lower right. Condition: Fair; professionally cleaned and restored; five minor tears/abrasions repaired and inpainted. Unframed. Image size: 24"H x 34"W. Artist Josephine Lindley was one of the many Palm Beach County followers of landscapist Laura Woodward. Lindley moved from Indiana to Deland, Florida, by the late 1890s and relocated to South Florida by the 1910s. Primarily a watercolorist of flowers, she was inspired by Woodward to paint the trails and coast of Palm Beach, and lived for decades on Flamingo Drive in West Palm Beach. In 1920, Lindley joined Jane Peterson and many other women artists in exhibiting paintings depicting royal poinciana...

Like many WPA mural studies, this work is unsigned. The title of the work is also the nickname for the City of Buffalo, NY. Several of the buildings de...

'Italian Landscape', oil on board, by A. Lotti, Italian School (circa 1930s). An impressionist view of the Italian verdant countryside is covered by a blue sky with just a hint of th...