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Period: 1930s
Stoking the Furnace, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1938
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Literature: The Saturday Evening Post, October 15, 1938, cover illustration. J. Cohn, Covers of The Saturday Evening Post, New Yo...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Full Personality" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1933
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Full Personality," by John Taintor Foote and illustrated by Henry P. Raleigh for the Saturday Evening Post, January 28, 1933. "I've come to drown myself -- will you help?" Henry Patrick Raleigh...
Category

Romantic 1930s Paintings

Materials

Board, Ink, Watercolor

Peasants by the Farm - Ecole de Paris
By Isaac Pailes
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "I Pailes" at the lower left corner. The work was painted in circa 1930's. Provenance: The Issachar Ber Frydman collection. Acquired in Fr...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Theresa Rogers
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait of Theresa Rogers Housed in a period hand carved wood frame. Some scatter minor paint loss and stretcher marks otherwise presents very well Signature: Signed lower right T...
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Academic 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Andre Derain Female Nude Pencil Drawing
Located in Dallas, TX
André Derain (1880-1954) nude female pencil drawing, circa 1935 Stamped with Atelier Oval “Andre Derain” Stamped on verso with the S. Knaub...
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Aesthetic Movement 1930s Paintings

Materials

Paper

Poultry Seller - Jewish School of Paris
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is hand signed by the artist "I. Ryback" in the lower left corner. This painting was created in the early 1930's Provenance: The authenticity of this work has been...
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Expressionist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Moby Dick Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for Moby Dick by Herman Melville, for the 1931 edition published by The John C. Winston Company. The full caption reads “The three harpoo...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bedtime Broadcast
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Watercolor on Board Illustration for an unknown advertisement with Snyder and Black agency, with their stamp on verso, circa 1930s.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Portrait of a Girl Playing Cards
Located in London, GB
ISTVÁN CSÓK 1865-1961 Pusztaegres 1865-1961 Budapest (Hungarian) Title: Portrait of a Girl Playing Cards, ca. 1930's Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on Panel size: 60 x 5...
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Impressionist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Woman in Classical Robes set in Stylized Landscape
Located in Miami, FL
Woman in Surreal Landscape Illustration Published: Woman's Home Companion December 1939, "How to Pray" By Ralph Sadler Meadowcroft Work is Unframed
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Art Deco 1930s Paintings

Materials

Tempera

The Whistling Cat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for The Whistling Cat by Robert W. Chambers, Liberty magazine, November 21, 1931. Image of woman, young girl and dog at dory. Signed...
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Other Art Style 1930s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

'Son of Israel'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This piece depicts the Revolutionary hero Haym Salomon. Salomon was born in Poland in 1740 and sailed to New York around 1772, where he soon joined the Sons of Liberty...
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Other Art Style 1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Railroad Men's Wives - American Scene Painting - Social Realism
Located in Miami, FL
American Scene Painting - Social Realism. The present work is a Depression Era account of working-class men and women. Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood (born Howard Blashki; 190...
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Expressionist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

The First Shave
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 23.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of Northwest Farmer Magazine, February 1934.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover, March 1936
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Oil on Canvasboard Good Housekeeping magazine cover, March 1936
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Now a 3, General Electric All-Steel Refrigerator Ad Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Now a 3, General Electric All-Steel Refrigerator ad illustration, 1930 Caption: "Many modern models, unmatched for beauty and con...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man Running with Dog - No Thorough Fare, Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right. Titled verso on stretcher, Artist to the current owner's Aunt. unframed
Category

American Impressionist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Willow Tree - British landscape, 20th Century, Oil
Located in London, GB
Leslie Ernest Parkinson 1903 - 2001 A Willow Tree Oil on board, initialled and dated 1930 top left Image size: 10 x 12 inches Handmade frame Parkinson was born in Islington in 19...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Female Nude
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Paul-Élie Gernez (1888-1948) Oil on wood panel signed low right and back with date 1939 Old original frame Size canvas : 54 X 81 cm Size frame : 76 X 103 cm Paul-Élie Gernez (born 27 January 1888 in Onnaing, France, and died 6...
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Academic 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gateway in South Tyrol, Jan Bogaerts, 1930
Located in Gent, VOV
On a quiet Alpine morning, where old stones remember more than they reveal, a young girl walks beneath the crumbling arch of a forgotten gateway. The air is cool, the light pale and ...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Allegory
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left Medium: Tempera and Watercolor on Board Contemporary Art Deco style frame; art exhibition entry label from Hudson Valley Art...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor, Board

Catnap, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist Liberty Magazine Cover, January 27th, 1934
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Story illustration for Redbook magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed and Dated Upper Right [19]37 Story illustration for "She Never Saw the Circus" by Nancy Hale, published in Redbook magazine, December 1937, page 49. The caption re...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Beacon" (Eastern Point, Gloucester)
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon B...
Category

Modern 1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whale Hunting
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study for 'Trimming the Pie'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned Medium: Oil and Charcoal on Canvas This piece is a preparatory study for J.C. Leyendecker’s final painting, Trimming the Pie (19...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Oil

“Don’t make a beeline for the prettiest girl in the room.”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration on the subject of popularity for the advice column “Father Meets Son” by J. P. McEvoy for The Saturday Evening Post, published October 30, 1937, page 136. The full capti...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Playful Child
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Good Housekeeping magazine, published March 1931
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Glamorous Performer in Art Deco Black Evening Dress, Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
work is matted but not framed. Golden Age of Hollywood no illustrator chronicled the great stars, pin-ups and good girls better than Jaro Fabr...
Category

Art Deco 1930s Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache

Call of the Heart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1935 Medium: Pastel on Board Dimensions: 40.00" x 30.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Framed and comes with Calendar Print Published by Gerlach...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Board

“Wang the Tiger had his own port…” Story illustration for Sons by Pearl S. Buck
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1932 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 24.00" x 33.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration for “Sons” by Pearl S. Buck, published in Cosmopolitan, October 1932, pages 66-67. "Sons" serves as the poignant sequel to Buck's story The Good Earth...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Turkish Yataghan, Illustration of Baby, Collier's Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Baby caring a horse shoe on his shoulders reminiscent of the famous J. C. Leyendecker Baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post. This is a cover illustration/ painting for Collie...
Category

American Realist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Sitting Around the Table
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1931 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Interior setting with people seated around a table.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Horses in Blue - Horse Show Illustration by Female Illustrator
By Robin Artine Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Work is matted but not framed. Painter, Designer, Illustrator born on July 18, 1903 in Warren Arkansas. Studied at the Chicago Art Institute; Northwestern University; Vienne, Austria; with Eliot O’Hara and Hubert Ropp. Member of the following organizations: Dallas Art Association; Texas Fine Arts Association; National Association of Watercolor Artists; and the Texas watercolor Society. Smith exhibited at: American Watercolor Society in 1945, 1948 and 1952; with National Assn. of Watercolor Artists in 1945, 1946, and 1948; Artists Alliance in Dallas in 1943 (awarded prize), in 1944 (awarded prize), in 1945-46 and 1948-1950, 1952-53 with prizes awarded in 1948 and 1953; the Texas General Exhibition from 1943 through 1946, 1948-49; with the Texas Watercolor Society from 1950-52 with prizes won in 1950 and 1951, 1957; with the Southern States Arts League in 1944 and 1945; Texas Fine Arts Association in 1945 and awarded prize and with the Texas Artist Group consecutively from 1945.Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Her one-man shows were in Austin, Texas in 1948; in San Antonio in 1951 and Dallas in 1951. Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Original pastel and gouache on paper by Robin Artine Smith...
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Art Deco 1930s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pastel

Fishermen - Russian French
Located in London, GB
This oil painting is signed by the artist "I Pailes" at the lower right corner. The work was painted in circa 1930's. Provenance: The Issachar Ber Frydman collection. Acquired in F...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grid Hero - Cream of Wheat Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1938 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 28.00" x 25.50" Signature: Unsigned Cream of Wheat Advertisement
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Children Playing Indians, Liberty Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Contact exact dimensions. Liberty Magazine Cover, April 12, 1930
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edgar Allan Poe
By Henry Kurt Stoessel
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1933 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 18.50" x 25.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Shows Poe seated at a desk in the offices of The Evening Mirror (early publishe...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

“Rosa and Doctor Lutyens quarreled violently” Story illustration for Cosmopolita
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Kenworthy Case” by Rex Beach, published in Cosmopolitan, May 1936, pages 48-49. The full caption reads: "While Rosa and Doctor Lutyens quarreled violentl...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Duck, Duck!---Geese! - Farm Children looking at Geese
Located in Miami, FL
signed in orange along lower right of image Illustration for Women's World magazine, published October, 1937 Condition is good. 4.5 inch, unobtrusive vertical crease running from top down into center of image Maginel Wright Enright Barney was the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the illustrator of several children''s books, including those of L. Frank Baum...
Category

Feminist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

"The Rustlers of Silver River, " Story Illustration for Country Gentleman
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right See Here Rollins 1929 Story, The Rustlers of Silver River by Zane Grey. Country Gentleman Magazine, Jan...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Motor Magazine Cover - April 1932
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Homage to Picasso
Located in Sheffield, MA
Morris Solotaroff Russian, 1891-1970 Homage to Picasso Oil on canvas 34 ¾ by 28 ½ in. W/frame 41¾ by 35 ½ in. Born in Russia on Oct. 1, 1891.  Sol...
Category

Modern 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

She Made Her Choice
By Sidney Harry Riesenberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Art Deco Cherry Dancer
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Dancer Marcel Vertes French, 1895-1961 Beautiful girl juggling cherries is a beautiful and charming idea that is deftly rendered in a quick and loose style. Work is round De...
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Art Deco 1930s Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"House of Darkness" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed "F. R. Gruger" Upper Right "'I shall count to five before I fire.' said Davidson. 'One!'" Illustration for "House of Darkness" by C. E. Scoggins, published in The Saturday Ev...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Graphite

'The Dead Ride Hard'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1926 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 30.00" Framed Dimensions: 35⅛ x 39⅛ in. Signature: Signed Lower Left Magazine story illustration for "The Dead Ride Hard," for ...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Three Tugs"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this piece by Charles Rosen (1878 - 1950). Charles Rosen was born on April 28, 1878, in Reagantown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. At age sixteen, he opened up a photography studio. However, he quickly lost interest when most of his clients only wanted post-mortem photos of deceased relatives. In 1898, he went to New York City to enter classes at the National Academy of Design, where he studied with Francis Coates Jones...
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American Impressionist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sleeping in Church, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: Sight Size 36.00" x 31.00;" Framed 43.00" x 38.00" Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, April 7th, 1934
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charity Bazaar
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Dimensions: 27.00" x 21.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Date: 1930s Probable magazine cover, 1930-1935.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Boys Around a Campfire, Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 33.00" x 25.00", Framed 40.00" x 32.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, February 21, 1931
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Winning Personality
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right Film Fun magazine cover, July 1934
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Strictly Business
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Image of men on docks.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man and Grandson Walking in the Snow
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1938 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 37.00" x 29.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Image of man and grandson.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Card Players, Playing Five Card Stud
By Paul Valentine Lantz
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Description A socio-political play on the smoky, masculine enclave scene of a card game, seven men from all walks of life appear in a dim room, the table beari...
Category

Realist 1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Home Arts Needlecraft
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1936 Dimensions: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: 25.00" x 20.00" Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine Cover, August 1936.
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shady Tree, McCall's Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1937 Dimensions: 29.50" x 44.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left 1937 McCalls Magazine A commercial artist with a longtime association with General Electric, Frank C. Bensing di...
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1930s Paintings

Materials

Paint

"View of Gloucester"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
Category

Modern 1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hide Rack
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed Lower Left Hide Rack
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Study for 'Flowers for the President'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Sight Size 23.50" x 27.25", Framed 29.50" x 33.00" The present work is a study for Flowers for the President c...
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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