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Embracing Couple on Sailboat , Art Deco Style Romantic
Located in Miami, FL
Love at sea. A nautical romance is captured as a handsome couple embrace.
The big splash of water at the peak moment of drama symbolizes passion and defines Falter's creativity in c...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage"
Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stipend by ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Fisherman by Reuvin Rubin - Painting
By Reuven Rubin
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
54 x 44.5 cm (21 ¹/₄ x 17 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed lower right, Rubin
Executed in 1940
Provenance
Private Collection, London
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Empire State Building Mid-Century Artist Paints all 102 stories of Empire State
Located in Miami, FL
While most can not even count all 102 stories of the Empire State Building, artist Alice Smith accurately paints each and every story with exacting detail and proportion. The paint...
Category
Photorealist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shotgun Hunting Abstract with Shooting Bullseye
Located in Miami, FL
Complex and masterfully thought out the composition of rifle, gun shells, target shapes, and buck shots. Most likely done for a ad or men's magazine.
Signed lower right Atherton. H...
Category
Post-Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Laurence Olivier as, "Young Hamlet"
By John Law Walker
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In 1948, Sir Lawrence Olivier adapted the screenplay from William Shakespeare’s, “Hamlet” and brought the play to the big screen. Olivier also produced and directed the film as well ...
Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boudoir
By Zulma Steele Parker
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional American modernist figurative/abstract painting by American artist Zulma Steele Parker.
Boudoir;, is an original oil on canvas, signed, titled en verso, c....
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mystery Signed Impressionist Street Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bit of a mystery piece. Very well painted in impressionist style oil on wood board. It is signed lower left F something? It could either be an American or European street scene, it i...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Mid Century Modern Cubist Abstract Cityscape Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist cityscape watercolor painting. Watercolor and gouache on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 19L x 26H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Watercolor
Circus Performers - Post Impressionist Oil, Figures in Interior by Marcel Cosson
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A wonderful oil on board circa 1930 by French post impressionist painter Jean-Louis-Marcel Cosson. The piece gives a behind the scenes look at a French circus. In the centre of the p...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
Located in GB
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism.
Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pogorze Foothills - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by Helena Krajewska - Poland
Located in GB
Helena Malarewicz-Krajewska (born 14 July 1910 in Biecz , died May 7, 1998 in Warsaw) is a Polish painter, active advocate of socialist realism.
Studied between 1928 and 1929 at the...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique French Modern Paris School Street Scene Original Gouache Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage French modernist cityscape gouache painting. Gouache on board, circa 1940. Signed illegibly. Image size, 18L x 15H. Housed in a period wood frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishbone and Figs, Modern Cubist Painting by Benjamin Benno 1941
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 24 x 30 inches, signed and dated lower left. By the early 1930's Benno had established a reput...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Surreal Cityscape Vintage Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. Image size, 10L x 14H. Housed in a period wood frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Dockside Harbor Folk Seascape Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist dock scene oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 20L x 16H. Housed in a period wood frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American New York Surrealist Modern Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 20H. Housed in a period modernist frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ski Fashion Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor on paper, signed in pencil.
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Aquarium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An original mid centuiry oil on panel by American artist Robert McIntosh, "The Aquarium", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1950.
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Antique American Modern Original Dog Portrait Oil Painting of Sleeping Bulldog
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist animal portrait of a sleeping bulldog. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a period wood frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful old Hollywood portrait of a young Peter Lorre (1904-1964) by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), circa 1940. Unsigned. Acquired with other works by the artist. Unframed....
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Stopping to water the driven horses Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous European figurative of a simpler time. Horses being watered in the plains by Janos Viski (Hungarian/American 1891-1965), circa 1940. Signed lower right with partial label "S...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Beach Soorts-Hossegor - Modern Oil, Coastal Landscape by Maurice Brianchon
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A simple and charming oil on canvas by French modern painter Maurice Brianchon who was known as one of the Painters of Poetic Reality. The piece depicts a view of the beach at Soorts...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Hollywood -- The Young Artist's Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful old Hollywood portrait of an artist by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), circa 1940. Unsigned. Acquired with other works by the artist. Unframed. Image size: 30"H x 24...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Freda the Springer Spaniel - British animal oil painting dog art
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British portrait oil painting of a dog is by noted female animal artist Florence Mabel Hollams. Painted in 1943 the painting is of Freda, a black and white Springer Sp...
Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Woman with Mirror - British 40's art St Ives School portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This quite frankly stunning nude portrait oil painting is by British St Ives School artist and frequent exhibitor Frank Jameson. Painted circa 1940 the painting is of a nude woman, s...
Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gianni Vagnetti Lady in Red Portrait Painting 20 century oil canvas,
Located in Florence, IT
The paiting is a portrait of an unknown lady, here depicted with a with an absorbed look. The intense red lipstick, matching with the the dress-allusion to fire and passion-creates a...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Cubist mid 20th century interior of a living room
Located in Southport, CT
An Exceptional Cubist interior scene, The artist was a French painter during the mid 20th century, painting interiors, portraits and landscapes.
His use of bold color gives this work...
Category
Cubist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dog in front of Wooden House during Winter Sunset
Located in Miami, FL
Stevan Dohanos is famous for his covers on the Saturday Evening Post.
We do not know where or if this painting was published.
Most likely it was done on assignment for a major newsst...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
This Is Adoration
By Howard Connolly
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Clad in black lingerie that clings to her voluptuous figure and, in some places, is bursting at the seams, this luscious, redheaded pin-up girl sits on the floor in front of a makeup...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
I'll Be Waiting
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Widely considered "The Father of American Pin-Up", Rolf Armstrong's luminous portraits of famous actresses and idealized girls-next-door made him one of the highest paid commercial ...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Pastel
The Old Church Tonalist Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mystery tonalist oil on masonite. Definitely painted by a well trained artist but appears to be unsigned. Not sure if it is American or European. Frame measures 8 3/4 inches high by ...
Category
Tonalist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Female Nude Artist Studio Original Oil Painting
By J. Barry Greene
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist seascape oil painting by J. Barry Greene (1895 - 1966). Oil on canvas, circa 1946. Signed. Image size, 23L x 18H. Housed in a period modernist frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Clown Comedy "The Loser" Genre Scene Interior Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior painting of sad clown. Oil on board, circa 1964. Signed lower right. Image size, 8.5L x 13.5H. Framing available
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Portrait of a Young Man Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting of a young man. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 28L x 40H. Framing available
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Modernist Large Abstract Hawaiian Beach Volcano Eruption Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract painting of a volcano. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed possibly on verso. Image size, 48L x 36H. Framing available
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Birthday - Scottish art 50's floral still life oil painting tulips lilac
Located in London, GB
This lovely floral oil painting is by exhibited Scottish artist Norman S McNeil. Painted circa 1940 the composition, entitled Spring Birthday, is an arrangement of fresh spring flowe...
Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Large Crashing Waves Coastal Seascape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American impressionist seascape painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 40L x 30H. Unframed.
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Cloud Study Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 48L x 36H. Unframed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Still Life Mid West Regional Exhibited Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist flower still life painting by Billy Morrow Jackson (1926 - 2006). Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed. Image size, 18L x 36H. Framed. Exhibited at the Na...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Nocturnal Ashcan School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting of New York City at night. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 10L x 19.5H. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Nocturnal Ashcan School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting of New York City at night. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size, 10L x 19.5H. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Downtown Harbor Boat View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting of New York City. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 13.5L x 17.5H. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist New York City Downtown Harbor Boat View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting of New York City. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 13.5L x 17.5H. Framed.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Clown Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist clown portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 20H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid Century Plein Aire Abstract Forest Landscape Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage abstract landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. No signature found. Very finely painted. Image size, 24L x 20H. Framing options available.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Paris Modern School Signed Original Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Paris modern school signed original abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1947. Signed on back. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 24"L x 20"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Modern Indian Space Abstract Expressionist Original Oil Painting
By Peter Busa
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage Mid Century Modern abstract "Indian Space" still life attributed to Peter Busa (1914-1985). Oil on board, circa 1950. Unsigned. From an Amherst, NY estate. Image size, 24...
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"End of the Tracks, Johnstown, Pennsylvania," Henry Gasser, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Henry Martin Gasser (1909 - 1981)
End of the Tracks, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sight 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Estate of Edm...
Category
American Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City)," George Picken, WPA Scene
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
George Picken (1898 - 1971)
The Octagon at Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City)
Oil on canvas
22 x 27 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
D. Wigmore Fine Art, New...
Category
American Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life of Poppies', Mid-century, American School Expressionist Floral Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A powerful American Expressionist School study of poppies shown informally arranged in a lilac container. A heavily-impastoed oil showing bravura brushwork and demonstrating an elega...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Laid Paper, Oil
"Mexican Mountains," Hendrik Glintenkamp, Modernist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Hendrik (Henry) J Glintenkamp (1887 - 1946)
Mexican Mountains, 1940
Oil on canvas
32 x 26 inches
Signed lower left; signed and dated on the reverse
The painter and illustrator Henry...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New England Lighthouse and Sailboats , Sunday at the Beach,
By Sean O'Shean
Located in Miami, FL
43 x 37.5 is the FRAMED SIZE. , 36 x 30 is the live size. Post-impressionist pointillist bush strokes describe this image of Americana. The location looks like New England. Signed ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Japanese Landscape on Silk Village Sunset
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3960 Japanese village landscape on silk set in a custom wood frame
Image size 13x16.5"
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Roses - French Naive Oil, Still Life of Flowers by Camille Bombois
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful oil on canvas circa 1940 by French naive painter Camille Bombois. The piece depicts a golden urn filled placed on a blue surface and filled with roses of red, yellow and ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Hudson River School Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3955 Hudson river school landscape on artist board signed Young
Set in a period gilt wood frame image size 9x11.5"
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Agave
Located in London, GB
'The Agave', oil on canvas, by Almery Lobel-Riche (1946). Paintings, murals, frescoes and illustrations in literature suggest cacti and agaves have been in Europe for over 3,000 year...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman and Child with Windows
By Paul Ackerman
Located in London, GB
'Woman and Child with Windows', oil on board, by Paul Ackerman (circa 1940s). As an artist who embraced cubism later in his career, this portrait adopts those elements using the line...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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