1940s Paintings

Minimalist mid-century modern landscape of three autumnal trees by M. Lehtio (American, 20th century). Signed "M. Lehtio" and dated "48." Presented in a wood frame and non-glare glas...

Beautiful 1940s pastel still life of apple blossoms in pink monkey vase by Eugenie May Pack Stiffler (American, 1870-1959). Signed lower left corner; title lower right edge. Present...

Robert Buhler R.A. 1916-1989, was a Swiss landscape and portrait painter born in England, lived in Chelsea and painted cityscapes and the portraits of a number famous painters, and ...

Substantial and period mid-century landscape of Monument Valley, Arizona of Navajo Hogan and rug weaving loom by Ralph Holmes (American, 1876-1963). c.194...

An ink drawing Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait of an old Jewish man. Coming over from Europe on a ship crossing. The work is signed "Ben-Zion". Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. In 1920 he settled in America, where he found little interest in his writing. He began teaching Hebrew to support himself and then in the early 1930s returned to painting. He used his art to comment on the rise of fascism in Europe, events he felt could not be adequately explored with words. Largely self-taught, Ben-Zion visited the museums of New York City to learn his new trade. His first painting on a large scale, Friday Evening (1933, Jewish Museum, New York), depicts a Sabbath dinner table as recalled from his family home. Ben-Zion supported himself by working odd jobs until the establishment of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Under the auspices of the wpa, Ben-Zion thrived and galleries began to show his work. In 1936, after his first one-man show at the Artists' Gallery in New York Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s...

D Ollard Ribbons of Memory Gouache and photographic collage 20 x 26 cm Signed to reverse Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about D Ollard other than the fac...

Carter's Seeds Poster Design Gouache 49 x 32 cm Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he studied under the celebrated art...

Kenneth Hills Geometric Fabric Design Gouache 39 x 31 cm Signed top left Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about the artist other than the fact that he st...

Castelli Romani is an original painting on canvas realized by Luigi Campanelli (1943). Hand-signed, dated and numbered on the back: L. Campanelli 1982...

Signed upper left, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945. A vibrant Post-Impressionist still-life showing a view of a farmhouse interior with a...

Original watercolor on paper, signed in pencil.

Early naturalistic nautical painting by Danish painter Niels Peter Bolt. Known for his still life paintings of large floral bouquets, this work is a testament to his artistic range. ...

M R Webb Abstract Form 21 x 26 cm Signed to lower right Provenance: Family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about A Searle beyond the fact that he studied under A E Halliwell, th...

This is a oil on masonite painting by Nahum Tschacbasov done in 1946. Signed lower left and housed in a hand carved wood frame circa 1920. Overall size with frame is 40 x 33 inches.

Emma Richardson Cherry (1859 - 1954) Houston Artist Size: 20 x 16 Frame: 22.5 x 18.5 Medium: Oil on Board "Magnolias" Biography Emma Richardson Cherry (1859 - 1954) Emma Richardson Cherry, known as the "Dean of Houston Art," is credited with introducing many Houstonians to fine art. Emma Richardson was born in Aurora, Illinois in 1860. She was recognized as an artist by the age of 18. She met her husband, Dillon Brooke Cherry, while teaching art in Nebraska. Mrs. Cherry studied in New York, Paris, and Italy before moving to Houston in 1892. Cherry began teaching art in her home, and continued to do so for half a century. Cherry organized the Houston Public School Art League* in 1900 with four other art advocates: Mrs. Robert S. Lovett, Miss Lydia Adkisson, Miss Roberta Lavender and Miss Cara Redwood. The group would obtain examples of fine art masterpieces and bring them to the schools. One attempt was not favorably received- a replica plaster of Paris nude Venus de Milo was offered to Central High School; the School Board thought it would corrupt students morals and refused to accept it. The League gave the statue to the public library instead (today it can be seen on the second floor of the Julia Ideson Building). According to one newspaper account, parents would warn their children: "You may go down to the library, my dears, but don't go near that Venus." (Houston Post 4-12-1953) The independent spirit was recognized in a 1923 Houston Chroniclearticle: "Mrs. Cherry's work has always been characterized by an independent spirit and forward-looking attitude." In 1913, the group she had organized shortened their name to the Houston Art League*, setting its sights on raising money to open a fine arts museum in the city. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston opened in 1924. Emma Richardson Cherry was the first woman to have a solo exhibit at the museum. Cherry worked in oil, watercolors, pastels, pencil and charcoal, and considered herself a modernist, but she painted a number of traditional portraits while living in Houston. She is known for her paintings of flowers, and in 1937 did a study of oleanders to be presented to President Franklin Roosevelt during his visit to Galveston. Her four most popular works are of the Texas Republic...

Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.

Step into a world of serenity and natural beauty with "Three Bathers," a captivating vintage 1940s oil painting on board by renowned Colorado artist Morgan Wagner. This exquisite art...

Atul Bose - Woman Folk-1 & 2 Pencil on Paper 5 x 3.4 inches (Set of 2 Works) (Framed & Delivered) In this evocative pencil sketch, Bose captures a candid moment among a group of wom...

Signed lower left, 'Swinson' for Marjorie E.G. Swinson (American, born circa 1904) and painted circa 1955; additionally signed, verso, 'Marjorie E. G. Swinson'. Marjorie Swinson...

S. Teresa del Bambin Gesù is a Autograph Letter Signed by the Italian artist Alberto Gerardi to the Countess Pecci-Blunt. Rome, April 24th 1939. One page, single-sinded. In Italian. Excellent condition. Perfectly readable, thanks to an elegant calligraphy. Touching letter addressed to the Countess and patron of arts, thanking her for her purchase proposal of a hand study drawing...

The Lake is an artwork realized in the 1940s by Marius Carion (Belgian, 1898 - 1949). Original tempera painting on cardboard. The artwork has the name of the author hand-written in...

Pond Reflections, a mid century impressionist watercolor painting by California artist C.G. Standeford (American, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Circa 1940's. Signed o...

Nathan Hoffman Brighton Beach, July 31, 1946 Signed, dated, and estate stamped on the reverse Oil on artist's board 10 x 13 1/2 inches Provenance: Esta...

Impressive early American modernist farm landscape painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 25H by 30L.

Antique Canadian modernist landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring 15 by 17 inches overall and 10 by 12 painting alone.

W.C. Gibbs Graphis International Poster Gouache 30 x 23 cm Signed bottom right Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Graphis is a renowned international journal of visual commu...

Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.

Vintage American modernist abstract still life oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 22L x 13H. Signed.

Portrait of a woman holding a bouquet of flowers by Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. From the Estate of Helen Gleiforst. Helen...

Naish Untitled Abstract c.1940 26 x 21 cm Signed 'Naish' within the painting Little is known about the artist Naish, though the fact that Halliwell collected this painting sugges...

E Brain Natura Gouache 29 x 24 cm Signed to the bottom right Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell This imaginative painting by E. Brain presents a surreal collage of natural e...

A W Wallis Geometry in Abstraction Gouache 21 x 26 cm Signed to reverse Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Little is known about the artist A W Wallis, though the fact tha...

A sensitively painted portrait of the artist's daughter, Nancy, aged two and a half, shown wearing a floral-striped, jade green gingham dress. Signed lower right, 'Martha Tracy Fre...

Johann Berthelsen (Danish/ American 1883 - 1972) View From Artist's Porch; Including his Two Sons, New Milford, Connecticut', Circa 1947/48. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. P...

'Still Life, Daisies and a Chocolate Pot' by Victor Isbrand. Paris, Benezit, Charlottenborg ---- Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted ...

Marguerite Stuber Pearson Nude, circa 1940 Signed lower right Oil on artist board 20 x 16 inches Marguerite Stuber Pearson was an American painter best known for her elegant portra...

Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989), titled, verso, on old label, 'Opstilling' (Still Life) and dated 1949. Exhibited: Landmandsbankens Kunstforen...

Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches. Born in Minneapolis, ...

Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1947) and the University of Illinois Exhibition of Contemporary Painting (1948), this painting by Philip Evergood exemplifies the ...

A mid-century American Realist scene of children playing on the railroad entitled, London Round House. The chaotic scene of children rambunctiously playing is suspected to be set in...

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...

Village is an original drawing in pen realized by Enrico De Tomi in 1947 ca, hand-signed on the lower-left of margin. In good condition. Sheet dimension :18.5 x 24 cm. The artwork...

Oil on masonite. Sign and dated in oil in lower right corner.

A charming painting of a quaint lake at night with the moon reflecting on calm waters. Bearing an Albright Knox Art Gallery "Art Week" label from 1941 t...

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Lilac Nude is an original artwork realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left margin. Good conditions, except for some smal...

American realist landscape by Cleveland artist Carl Gaertner. This snowy scene, painted in 1943, was typical of the traditional American realist landscapes of the time. Carl Ga...

Harlequin with Nude is an original painting realized by Maurice Rouzée in the 1940s. Tempera on paper; good conditions, except for some small folds on the lower right corner and a sm...

Pair of original watercolors after lithographs from "The Birds of Australia" by John Gould. Signed "J.R.I" and dated 9.5.45. Unframed. Each watercol...

SHIPPING CHARGES INCLUDE SHIPPING, PACKAGING & **INSURANCE** Love Honor Obey? Lon Megargee ca. 1940 Oil on Board Size: 19.75 x 26.75 inches Frame: 26.75...

Nathan Hoffman The Beach Estate stamped on the reverse Oil on artist's board 10 1/4 x 14 inches Provenance: Estate of the artist Born in Russia, the s...

Early Watercolor of West Palm Beach by Southern Woman Artist Grace Martin (Frame) Taylor. The work is in excellent condition and nicely framed under glass. Painting measures 11"h x 14"w. The frame is 19 5/8"h and 22"w. The watercolor is signed and dated lower left and also titled and dated in graphite as well. Grace Martin Frame Taylor (1903-1995), a native of Morgantown, West Virginia, launched a nearly forty-year affiliation with the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts, now part of the University of Charleston in West Virginia. In 1921, Taylor enrolled at the University of West Virginia in her hometown; disappointed by the art curriculum, however, she left after just one year to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She returned to the University of West Virginia in 1924 to finish her bachelor’s degree, selecting English as her major, with an emphasis on journalism; she eventually earned a master’s degree there in 1929. Following her graduation, Taylor went to Provincetown, Massachusetts, and renewed her interest in art under the guidance of her distant cousin Blanche Lazzell. Both Provincetown and Lazzell had gained a significant reputation for a particular kind of color woodblock printmaking known as the white line method. Grace Taylor embraced this approach wholeheartedly; for twenty-eight summers she returned to Provincetown to advance her printmaking skills with Lazzell and Heinrich Pfeiffer. In the ensuing decades, she also studied under Hans Hofmann whom she called her “very favorite modern master.” Taylor traveled to other destinations to further her education. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, she spent time at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh; closer to home, she studied at the Old White Art Colony in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and took lessons in portraiture in the capital city of Charleston...

Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring 17 by 23 inches overall and 16 by 22 painting alone.

"Money Lender" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Mervin M Jules (1912-1994 "The Money Lender" 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed lower left F...

A beautifully composed scene reminiscent of the Impressionist School. The original frame compliments this charming artwork. Year: c. 1940s Framed size: 36cm x 35cm Signature: Signed at the back “C.C. McDowell” Detailed Condition: Good condition. Simple frame...

John Edward Costigan Autumn Wood Interior, 1946 Signed, lower left "J.E. Costigan N.A." Oil on canvas 24 x 30 inches John Costigan was a self-taught painter and trained printer dis...

This lovely British interior portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Anthony Devas. Painted circa 1940 the painting is of a seated grandmother and grand daughter in a lovely...

This original vintage painting by American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell presents a captivating example of his surrealist vision during the mid-20th century. Painted in 1940, the co...

Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L. No signature found. Very nicely painted.

Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz. The youngest of four children, Holtz was born and spent his early childhood in Skierniewice, Poland, a small town near Warsaw. His father was a hat maker and a furrier. In 1935, prior to World War II, when Holtz was ten years old, his family moved to Jerusalem, Israel, where they settled in the Geula neighborhood near Meah Shearim. Itzhak Holtz's passion for art began early. When he was five years old, in Poland, his father first drew a picture of a horse and sled in the snow for him. The young Holtz looked at the drawing and studied it in wonderment. From that moment on, Holtz remembers, he constantly begged his father to draw for him. His enthusiasm for art grew and Holtz longed to study art. In 1945, he enrolled at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, where he primarily studied lettering and poster work in a program geared toward commercial art Holtz became interested in painting, prompting him to move to New York City in 1950 to study at the Art Students League of New York under Robert Brackman and Harry Sternberg, and then at the National Academy of Design under Robert Philipp. Holtz has stated that his artwork, which primarily but not exclusively, depict scenes of Jewish spirituality and tradition, is driven by his Orthodox Jewish beliefs: "You have to live that religious life to fully capture it on canvas." He has been classified in the school of genre painting, often depicting street scenes of ordinary people in everyday Jewish life in the back alleys and markets of Jerusalem neighborhoods such as Me'ah Shearim and Geula; and in New York neighborhoods and hamlets such as Monsey, Boro Park and Williamsburg. Along with street scenes, his work includes portraits of scribes, tailors, cobblers and fishmongers, and images such as shtetls, lighthouses, and wedding scenes. He started out painting mostly portraits in order to support his family, before expanding to include street scenes. His beloved subject matter is painting scenes of Jewish life, his childhood memories when his mother took him along shopping for the Sabbath to the markets of Meah Shearim, has left a deep impression on him and influenced many of his works. Holtz has experimented in the abstract, but then reverted to representational and figurative art to which he devoted himself exclusively. His Israeli street scenes are said to combine “an affectionate recollection of the past with the brilliance of the color of modern Israel.” Holtz has stated that he struggled at first when he arrived to the USA because of financial reasons and because he only knew Polish, Yiddish and Hebrew, but then made good ties with his instructor who greatly influenced him Robert Philipp who helped him make friends and referred him to paint portraits. Examples of Holtz's work throughout the years include: Yerusalem Wedding (2010), depicting a Chuppa in Jerusalem on early evening, oil on canvas; The Funeral(1966), depicting five stoic Hasidim carrying a body on a bier over to a gravesite, with the people behind them crying, in charcoal on paper and oil on canvas; Rejoicing (1974), an image of religious men dancing, in felt pen and marker on paper; and the oil painting Shamash Learning in Shul (2003), a portrait of a pious Jew studying the Talmud inside a claustrophobic synagogue scene. Throughout the years Holtz has created hundreds of works in many art mediums, including, genre scenes, portraits, still lifes and landscape scenery, his works are sought after by art collectors worldwide, and he has been called the greatest living Jewish artist. It is said that no artist ever explored the Jewish subject like Holtz. Today some of his oil paintings have been commanding over $100,000. Holtz creates his scenes after researching locations, and often uses locals as models. He paints slowly and with great care, but with a swift Impressionistic style. The people in his portraits and scenes are generally more cheerful and optimistic than standard portraits of Hassidic individuals. He paints oils and watercolors, and also does felt pen, pastel, marker, ink and charcoal drawings, as well as woodcuts. His oil paintings typically have a brown hue, while his work with felt pen is often in sepia tones, and on some of his works he used very bright colors, with a strong emphasis on the interplay of light and shadow. He is heavily influenced by the ancient staircases and alleyways of Jerusalem, with its modest religious population, which has made a strong impression on him in his youth, the streets of Tzfat, and the works of Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer and Peter Bruegel, as well as Jewish artists Moritz Daniel Oppenheim...