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Period: 1940s
New England Winter
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gordon Ham (20th century) New England Winter, ca. 1940. Oil on unstretched canvas panel, 14 x 17 inches. Measuring 17 x 20 inches framed. Signed lower right. Vertical cracking ...
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Abstract Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sunset on the Cheshire Plain - Large Impressionist Horses in Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1943 English impressionsit oil on board depicting horses in a landscape at sunset, by William Ongley Miller. Excellent quality and condition atmos...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Hunting Still Life oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title of the Artwork: Hunting Still Life Artist: Josep Serrasanta (1916-1998) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.37 x 31.89 in Date: 1949 Artistic Movement: Romantic Realism wit...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Pine Sap Flowers Painted by Female Artist Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
Located in Stockholm, SE
This late work by Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, likely painted in the final years of her life, depicts two flowering Tallört plants (Monotropa hypopitys)—a delicate and unusual forest plant...
Category

Naturalistic 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing vesse...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Portrait of a Scottish Girl - Scottish 1940's art oil painting Glengarry Hat
Located in London, GB
This impressive British 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Royce Bradbury. Painted in 1949 it is a half-length portrait of a young Scottish girl in a mountainous ...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Impressionist Birch Tree Landscape Framed 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-2899 Antique birch trees land scape, oil on artist board displayed in a wood frame.Signed lower left by Mori.Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Scandinavian Archipelago at Dusk, 1948
Located in Stockholm, SE
Archipelago at Dusk, 1948 Oil on canvas, likely depicting a coastal scene from the Söderhamn archipelago bathed in the warm glow of dusk. Lindberg masterfully captures the tranquilit...
Category

Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Fine Framed French Impressionist Street Scene Paris Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist Paris street scene signed oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood impression...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique American School Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Signed. In excellent original condition. Nicely framed in a period wood molding. Excellent condition, read...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique English Portrait Oil Painting of an English Writer
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3423 English writer portrait, oil on board displayed in a gilt -wood frame, signed by Welsh.Image size 10 H x 8 W
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Framed Large Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract oil painting by Martin Rosenthal (1899 - 1974). Oil on board. Measuring 28 by 42 inches overall and 26 by 40 painting alone. Oil on board. Signed. In exc...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Nude oil painting by Richard Durando Togo
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Atmospheric vintage nude portrait oil painting of a woman standing by Richard Durando Togo (b.1910). This is a gorgeous dark and moody nude by an...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

North African Town - Mid 20th Century French Orientalist Figures Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1940's French oil on board by Rosette Chicotot depicting figures in a North African town, possibly Marrakech. The work is signed lower left and presented in a silvered f...
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Grand Canyon, vibrant mid-20th century western landscape
By Andreas Roth
Located in Beachwood, OH
Andreas Roth (American, 1871-1949) Grand Canyon, 1943 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 24 x 34 inches 29.5 x 39 inches, framed Andreas Roth was a German painter. Son of th...
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude with Lace, Pastel Study Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
This charming pastel painting on paper was designed by Pio Santini (1908-1986) and named "nude with lace". The signature, Santini, can be found in the bottom left corner of the artwo...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Cardboard, Archival Paper

Antique American Impressionist Monhegan Maine Crashing Surf Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted American impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Housed in a period frame. Packed with action and detail. Excellent ready to hang condition. ...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Modernist Hawaiian Sunrise Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original modernist oil painting Hawaiian symbolist sunset by Marguerite Louis Blasingame. Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this 1940s modern symbolist oil painting of sun...
Category

American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Antique American Impressionist Coastal Sunset Beach Scene Pointillist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderfully painted sunset coastal beach scene. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20"H by 24"L.
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American School Modernist Rose Flower Still Life Nicely Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 10H by 8L.
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Cityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA Samuel Thal (1903 to 1964) "Cityscene" 12 x 16 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed verso Framed: 19...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence
Located in London, GB
'The Town Hall of Les Baux-de-Provence', oil on canvas, by Yves Brayer (1946). Having spent several months a year in Provence, the artist created dozens of wo...
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Cubist Still Life', Italian School (circa 1940s)
Located in London, GB
'Cubist Still Life', gouache on paper, from the Italian School of artists (circa 1940s). Surely this very attractive piece was inspired by Juan Gris (1887-1927) and Georges Braque's ...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Winter Rooftops, Backyard Landscape, American Scene Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Winter Rooftops, 1945 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 9.5 x 13 inches 17 x 20.5 inches, framed Carl Gaertner was one of the g...
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American School Nicely Framed Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive early American abstract expressionist painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Housed in a wonderful period wide modernist frame.
Category

Abstract 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Category

Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Signed Spanish Flamenco Dancer Framed Elegant Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Flamenco dancer portrait. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category

Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Japanese Pagoda Woodblock Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3722 Japanese Woodblock on paper set in a vintage wood frame Image size 9x10.5"
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Ink

Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Blue Hydrangeas by Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Blue Hydrangeas in Acrylic on Paper Vining Blue Hydrangeas by San Francisco's artist Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985), 1946. The vertica...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Still Life with Calla Lily - Oil on canvas by Ugo Celada da Virgilio - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with Calla Lily is an oil painting on masonite realized by Ugo Celada da Virgilio. Hand-signed on the lower left. Provenance: Galerie Sigfrid O...
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Contemporary 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, A City Street Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris, France: A City Street Scene by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) unsigned watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed sheet 9.75 x 12.25 inches Very nicely execu...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Large French Impressionist Nicely Framed Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early French impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H by 40L.
Category

Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Nottingham from Clifton Hall - British Impressionist 40s landscape oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning, large British Impressionist 1940's landscape oil painting is by noted Nottingham artist Arthur Spooner. It was exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 194...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Testing the Water" American Modernist Interior Scene Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible and rare early American modernist interior scene still life. So finely painted and a very rare and provocative subject for its time. Signed lower left. Handsomely fram...
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Young Beautiful Framed Woman Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful American modernist portrait painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Striking 1940s Classical Landscape Watercolor with Arches and Rooftops, Mexico
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1940s Landscape Watercolor with Classical Architectural by Noted Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 a...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Cocoa Beach Florida Summer Impressionist Beach Seascape Antique Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist beach seascape oil painting. Oil on canvas board. Framed. Measuring 11 by 14 inches overall and 9 by 12 painting alone.
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Snowy Landscape, Italian Alps Village, 1944" Giuseppe Sobrile (1879-1956)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Snowy Landscape, Italian Alps Village, 1944" Giuseppe Sobrile (Italy 1879-1956) Oil on board Signed lower right and dated "1944" in Roman numerals Dedication on back to Lina Sobrile...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Impressionist Landscape"Working in the Fields" by Di Martino 1945
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3910B Antique oil landscape people working in a beau colic field . Set in a 19th C gilt frame Image size 16x20"
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1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
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Post-War 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Big Sur Rocky Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic seascape along rocky Big Sur beach with surf by Willard Little (American, 20th century), circa 1940. Aqua blue water, both shallow and deep, reflects the golden sunlight. Are...
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American Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Signed Antique American Modernist Watermelon Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist watermelon still life pastel painting. Pastel on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 18 by 22 inches overall and 16 by 20 painting alone.
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A 1940s Painting of a Seated Female Nude in Summer Landscape, Ox-Bow School
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful 1940s painting of a seated female nude in a summer landscape by renowned Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Painted at the Oxbow School in Saugatuck, Michig...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Important Regionalist WPA Modern Framed And Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist landscape oil painting by Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl (1917/18 - 2013). Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 28 by 32 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
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Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Virgin Mary and Child Jesus oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Virgin Mary and Child Jesus Artist: Francisco Ribera Gómez (1907-1990) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 31.9 x 25.6 inches (unframed) Date of creation: 1942 Style: Classical Academicism with Renaissance influences Description of the Artwork The painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus in a tender and intimate moment. Warm colors, primarily reds, greens, and soft flesh tones, enhance the devotional nature of the scene. The use of golden halos, symbolizing sanctity, along with serene and realistic expressions, directly connects with the Renaissance pictorial tradition. The style belongs to classical academicism, characterized by a balanced composition, meticulous drawing, and a masterful use of chiaroscuro to give volume and depth to the figures. The detailed rendering of the flesh tones and draperies amplifies the spirituality and solemnity of the piece, evoking the works of great masters such as Raphael and Murillo. Artist's Biography Francisco Ribera Gómez (1907-1990) was a prominent 20th-century Spanish painter known for his depictions of religious scenes, female portraits, and costumbrist works. Trained at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Ribera Gómez received numerous accolades and was regarded as one of the great exponents of Spanish academicism. His work combines a rigorous technical foundation with luminous sensitivity and an idealized sense of beauty. Influences and Comparisons Francisco Ribera Gómez's work can be compared to other academic and religious artists who share a similar aesthetic: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo: In the emotional and approachable treatment of religious themes. William-Adolphe Bouguereau: For the idealization of human figures and technical mastery. Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio): For harmonious composition and the depiction of the Virgin Mary. Within the Spanish tradition, his style recalls Eduardo Rosales...
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Academic 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Zaragoza Spain oil on canvas painting impressionist spanish landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Technical Data Sheet Title: La Arboleda (Zaragoza) Artist: Juan Bayón Salado (Bay Sala) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 23.6 x 28.7 inches Condition: Unframed Period: Mid-20th c...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique American Cubist Nude Dancing Portrait Framed Signed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American cubist nude woman dancing/erotic painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a period modernist silver leaf rubbed mol...
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Cubist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Serene, ca. 1940s, Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, ca. 1940s, Western landscape painting with horses by artist Francis Chapin. In a brown, wooden frame. Image size: 22" x 28". Framed size: 25" x 31". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Alaskan Pollock II"
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This painting of four different species of fish that can be found in South Korea is from the mid-20th century Korean artist Kim Kyung. Seafood from both the seas that surround the peninsula and from its rivers are an integral part of the livelihood and cuisine of Koreans. Kim Kyung (in Hanja, 金耕, in Hangul 김경) was born in South Korea, his real name, under the current Revised Romanization was Kim Gyeong-Eun (in Hanja 金萬斗, in Hangul 김경은). His name follows the East Asian convention of family name first, though some Western galleries choose to reorder his name with the Western convention as Kyung Kim. He was born in Hadong, Gyeongnam during the Imperial Japanese occupation, as the eldest son of a poor farm family, and at the age of 18 he entered the art department of Japan University. In 1943, he returned to his hometown to escape being drafted into the Japanese army...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Costa Brava oil on canvas painting Spain mediterranean art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Mediterranean Village, Catalonia Artist: José María Vilà Cañellas (Vic, 1914 – Barcelona, 2001) Date: 1941 Technique: Oil on canvas Support: Canvas on stretcher Dimensions (un...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bell Tower of a Spanish Village oil on canvas painting urbanscape Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bell Tower of a Spanish Village Artist: Joaquín Asensio Mariné (1890-1961) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 25.6 x 21.3 in (65 x 54 cm) Framed: No Period: First half of th...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Flowers in Jug - Post Impressionist 1940's art floral oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist floral oil painting is by noted successful Russian born female artist Nadia Benois. Benois came to England and settled in L...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Nicely Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted early French impressionist street scene. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed and ready to hang!
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
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Surrealist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting Artist Signature - Riley Sunrise (1914-2006) Quoyavema “Another of the earlier Hopi artists, Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema) worked with Fred Kabotie and Waldo Mootzka in illustrating John Louw Nelson’s Rhythm for Rain. He is also known as Quoyavema or Kwayeshva, according to Nelson. His paintings are comparable to Fred Kabotie’s, with some of them showing more action and most of them revealing less detail. Sunrise is represented in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, Gilcrease Institute (Tulsa), and the Southwest Museum. The Museum of the American Indian in New York has an extensive collection of his paintings of native Hopi dances.” (Clara Lee Tanner: Southwest Indian...
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Tribal 1940s Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Mid Century Arts and Craft Hills and Haystacks Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century Arts & Craft landscape of rolling Indiana farmland with haystacks, trees, and verdant hills in the distance by Harry E. Wood, Sr. (American, 1879-1951), 1948. Signed lower right; letter of provenance provided. Exhibited in New York's Salmugundi Art Club in 1948. Presented in gilt-toned frame. Image size: 14"H x 20"W. Framed size: 18"H x 23.50"W. Harry E. (Emsley) Wood, Sr., was born 26 September 1879 near Lexington, Illinois, the third child of Emsley Harrison Wood, Jr., and Florence Robinson Wood. The family moved to Indianapolis shortly after Harry was born. Florence Robinson Wood died around 1882 and Emsley Wood married Sallie Bunger Lewis eleven months later. Emsley Harrison Wood worked in various jobs, including real estate sales and as a grocery clerk. Harry E. Wood attended public schools in Indianapolis until about 1889 when he contracted Scrofulous, a strain of tuberculosis. The condition, coupled with his family's poverty, disrupted his formal education. He attended Manual Training High School in 1899 and worked as a cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star in 1900. Wood illustrated Our Public Servants, a column of political satire written by Kin Hubbard. Wood's affiliation with Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) as an educator began in fall 1900 when he returned to Manual Training High School as an assistant art instructor under Otto Stark...
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American Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Antique American Architectural Rare Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Modern
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 12L x 7H.
Category

Abstract 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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