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Period: 1940s
Vintage Florida Water Scene Oil Painting by Listed Artist Maurice Van Felix
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colorful oil painting by listed American artist Maurice Van Felix. It portrays a boat landing or lift along a harbor location. It must be Florida as there is a line of palm...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Metal

Ecole de Paris, Mid 20th Century, Three Paris Scenes Eiffel Tower & Parks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Paris: A Collection of Three Paintings of Paris Scenes by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) the Eiffel Tower painting is signed front lower right and also inscribed to the back, the Versailles painting...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957 Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Ber...
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American Realist 1940s Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Temple Church London after Bombing: Clifford Charman painting Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Clifford...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Oil
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary "THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 27 x 23 Medium: Oil Circa 1940s "The Pitcher" Biography Michael Frary (1...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Landscape. 1942, cardboard, oil, 50x69.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. 1942., cardboard, oil, 50x69.5 cm Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V) Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15). He was called into the army in 1916 and ...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Hilary Hennes, Cat Sleeping (c.1940), painting Modern British Art Hilary Miller
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, including others by Hennes, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Hilary Hennes (née Hilary Miller) (1919-1993) 'Cat Sleeping...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Untitled oil painting of children playing by Eugenie Schein
Located in Hudson, NY
Eugenie Schein was both a dancer and an artist. Her artwork subjects revolved primarily around dancers and dancing, though she also captured everyday scenes in New York. Both Midto...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Parisian Street Scene
Located in Sheffield, MA
Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 26 by 29 ½ in. Signed lower left Merio noted impr...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - ) Title: Italian Still Life Year: 1940 Medium: Oil on Board, signed Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches
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American Realist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Military Tent City Fortune Cover published, May 1941 17 1/2 X 15 in...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Hungarian Naturalistic Equestrian Painting of Horses by a Seaside Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic painting of a mare and foal as they travel down a dirt path near the seaside. Signed and dated in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a vintage gold frame D...
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Naturalistic 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Art Institute
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original 1942 oil on board painting by American female artist Catherine Koenig depicting the interior of the Buffalo Art Institute which was home to the legendary Charles Burchfie...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Oil Crayon

"Three Friends"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a recently discovered original abstract/figurative painting by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010). "Three Friends" is an original mixed media painting on panel, signed, dated 1945-50, good original condition with a dimension of 12 x 10 inches, currently unframed. We are including a biography on American artist Robert McIntosh, please contact the gallery for additional information. Presenting a magnificent, early original pastel, "The Artist's Portrait", by American artist Robert McIntosh. "The Artist's Portrait", is an original pastel on artist's paper, signed, dated 1937, 13 x 9.75, currently unframed, the portrait was acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist. We have included the artist's biography below please contact the gallery for additional information, Robert McIntosh (1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was born on March 11, 1916 near San Francisco, in Vallejo, California, the second son of Harry and Jesusita Coronado McIntosh. He found his lifelong passion for painting by the time he was ten years old and never swayed from his calling. The family moved to Stockton when Robert was 12. Their home was just six blocks from the newly opened Haggin Museum, filled with a treasure trove of European and American paintings. He became particularly enamored with the fine examples of 19th century French pastoral landscapes. As teens, Robert and his brother Harrison befriended local painter Arthur Haddock who taught them the craft of art and brought them along on outdoor painting trips. Robert also became skilled at drawing portraits that captured the subject's personality. Soon, the sheer joy of expressing himself this way became a consuming interest. ​When not sketching, McIntosh would wander the stacks of books at the public library, discovering and studying the Masters - in particular, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Whistler. At a Gauguin exhibit at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Robert discovered a "whole new world of color" and the importance of designing the space in the eternal rectangle. "I envision a frame around everything I see, "he admitted. "The artists' challenge is to put something meaningful, interesting or beautiful in that space." ​In 1934 McIntosh won a competition for a scholarship to the Art Center School of Design, the first award they ever bestowed. The entire family moved to Los Angeles and a new vista opened to the young artist, both visually and culturally. Robert began to take on portrait commissions and had exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Art, The Oakland Museum of Art and the Crocker Museum of Art in Sacramento. During the Great Depression, Robert began to work at Disney Studios painting backgrounds for such classics as "Fantasia". Ron Barbagallo, of Animation Art...
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Abstract 1940s Paintings

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Mixed Media

Lure of the Waters 1946 oil painting by Philip Evergood
Located in Hudson, NY
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 ...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Masonite, Oil

Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970) Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight Oil on Canvas Signed lower left 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed Bio In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Derelict Catalina Flying Boats Roy Carnon oil painting Redhills Lake near Madras
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art and World War 2 art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or s...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Board

American Modernist Snowscene
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern 1940s American oil painting depicting a rural landscape in winter. This work comes housed in a rustic barn wood frame likely original to the piece
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Board, Oil

Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting. Unique modern style.
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a highly stylized circus acrobat scene. Done “en grissille” or shades of grey, it portrays an acrobat on a trapeze high above the crowd, abstractly shown lower right. The stark composition, enhanced by the theatrical lighting...
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Art Deco 1940s Paintings

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Oil

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
Located in New York, NY
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1942. Signed lower right. Titled on the stretcher. Housed in a sensational Heydenryk frame. Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Piero Sansalvadore Queens’ College Cambridge oil painting River Cam Mathematical
Located in London, GB
Piero Sansalvadore (1892-1955) Queens’ College Cambridge Signed Sansalvadore. Titled to verso. Oil on wood panel 21.5 x 28cm (8.5 x 11 in) Provenance: Stacy-Marks Gallery, Eastbourn...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right. Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W. In excel...
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1940s Paintings

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Paper

"Abstraction, " Rolph Scarlett, ca 1947, abstract expressionism, gouache
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Ontario, Canada, Rolph Scarlett left home at age eighteen for New York City, making that city his home for long periods during his lifetime. While beginning his career as an ...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

The Antique Store
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original charming 1940's modernist painting depicting an antique store in the countryside. This piece comes housed in its original period frame.
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1940s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sculpture, box and bag
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
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1940s Paintings

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Oil

Pre-Raphaelite Style Painting of Mothers and Babies in WWII
Located in Miami, FL
Babies are falling from the sky and not bombs. British female artist and illustrator Noel Laura Nisbet makes a passionate twist to the reality of En...
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Pre-Raphaelite 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media, Tempera

Locarno
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Brown wooden frame 51 x 61 x 3 cm
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1940s Paintings

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Oil

The thrushes
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Molded frame in gilded wood 41 x 49 x 4 cm This fascinating work is a striking still life that immediately grabs the viewer's attention with its bold use of textur...
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1940s Paintings

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Oil

"Swinging Harmony" A Black Dancers" Couple by Edgar O'Kiechle - Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
"Swinging Harmony," is an oil painting on canvas by Edgar O'Kiechle. It transports viewers into a lively dance scene featuring a couple of black dancers swinging at the heart of the...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

Fish platter
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 44 x 57 x 5 cm
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Untitled, Cat and Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
The work represents a wide eye cat staring at a rooster. The work is as simple as it's complex. The negative space is as important as the positive space. It's as sophisticated as it'...
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Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

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Acrylic, Pencil

Dusk in the Garden - Greenwich Village - Moody Monochromatic - Whitney Museum
Located in Miami, FL
The setting reminds us of a Rear Window by Alfred Hickcock but Evergood did it 8 years before. It's most likely Greenwich Village since Evergood lived there. This is a very big and heavy to lift painting Signed lower left Framed 56 x 51 in a period very heavy rustic wood frame. Exhibited Center Gallery, Bucknell University, PA, among others venus. gallery label remnants on verso - The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis The Whitney Museum of American Art Annual 1949 - Label Provenance: Naomi and Walter Rosenblum Best Viewed with a top gallery light...
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Expressionist 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hilary Hennes Miller 'The Old Bicycle' Gouache Painting c1940 Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, including others by Hennes, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you want. Hilary Hennes (née Hilary Miller) (1919-1993) 'The Old Bicycle...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

Oil Painting Titled "The Death of Crispus Attucks", by Thomas Dietrich, 1943
Located in New York, NY
Thomas M. Dietrich 1912-1998 The Death of Crispus Attucks, 1943 Tempera and oil on board 21 x 15 inches Signed and dated: Tom Dietrich 1943 Thomas M. Dietrich was an artist in residence at Lawrence College for 30 years and painted in the American Regionalist style. He exhibited yearly at the Art Institute of Chicago where he also received the acclaimed International William Tuthill Prize for watercolors in 1941 (Charles Burchfield won the associated Logan prize that same year) Dietrich also received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation fellowship and was a founding member of the Wisconsin Watercolor Society. In 1943 Deitrich painted The Death of Crispus Attucks, depicting the historical battle known as the Boston Massacre...
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1940s Paintings

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Oil, Tempera

Blond Pin up with Perfect Smile Tennis Racket - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Julia (Elsie Julia Miller) Schleicher (Canadian/American, 1916-1988) she was an important female illustrator Woman Tennis Player Pastel and gouache on boa...
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Romantic 1940s Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache

LES ÉTANGS À RIXENSART BELGIUM 1940 colorful river small oil canvas signed
Located in New York, NY
Camille Bombois was born in Vernarey-les-Laumes, Cotes d'Or in France in 1883. He left school to work on a farm at age twelve and began drawing four years later. In 1907, Bombois ful...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Jeune Fille à l'Accordéon by ISMAEL DE LA SERNA - Spanish artist, cubist art
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Jeune Fille à l'Accordéon by ISMAEL DE LA SERNA (1898-1968) Oil on masonite 88.9 x 115.6 cm (35 x 45 ¹/₂ i...
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Cubist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

"Sissonne France" Watercolor Naturalistic Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic watercolor European landscape painting. The work is signed, titled, and dated by the artist. The watercolor painting is mounted to a brown matte but is not framed. Dimen...
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Naturalistic 1940s Paintings

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Watercolor

"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era Arnold Ronnebeck (1885 - 1947) Two Seas and a Moon 30 x 22 1/2 inches Oil on Canvas, c. 1943 Signed u...
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Surrealist 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese School Gouache Painting in Carved and Painted Frame circa 1940's
Located in Rochester, NY
Decorative Chinese school painting. Fine detail and painted with rich colors. In a wonderful carved frame painted in pastel blue.
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1940s Paintings

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Paint, Gouache

Study of Autumn, 1949, oil on plywood, 20, 5x29, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V) Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15). He was called into the army in 1916 and continued studies after the war in Latvia Art ...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

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Plywood, Oil

Georges Schreiber Circus Scene Painting with Trapeze Artist, 1948, "Mid Air 2"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) oil on canvas circus scene with Trapeze Artist. Measures 36"h x 24"w. Frame measures 41 1/4" H x 29" W. Signed and dated lower left Schreiber '48. Also ...
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1940s Paintings

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Paint

Piero Sansalvadore Chithurst Bridge Sussex oil painting mid century modern art
Located in London, GB
Piero Sansalvadore (1892-1955) Chithurst Bridge Sussex Signed Sansalvadore. Titled to verso. Oil on wood panel 21.5 x 28cm (8.5 x 11 in) Provenance: Stacy-Marks Gallery, Eastbourne,...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

George Horace Davis Illustrated London News Design Agricultural Mechanisation
Located in London, GB
From our collection of original designs. To see more, scroll down to 'More from this seller'. George Horace Davis (1888-1963) Design for publication in The Illustrated London News...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

Self Portrait
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
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 ...
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1940s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Uncle Sam
Located in Missouri, MO
This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.
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American Realist 1940s Paintings

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Oil

Threshing 1940. Canvas, oil. 54.5x73.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Threshing 1940. Canvas, oil. 54.5x73.5 cm Artist painted scene of every day life of countryside people in working atmosphere - threshing and haying. There is captured two haystacks, tractor, barn, and people in working process. Information about artist...
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Realist 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew (1907-1985) Detail for Mural (Social Security Building Washington D.C.) 24 x 24 inches ...
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American Realist 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Good Table is an American Tradition
Located in Fort Washington, PA
A family sitting around a dinner table. Ladies Home Journal interior illustration Signed lower right. Harold Anderson studied at the Fenway Art School in his native Boston. Among his instructors were Chase Emerson, Harold Brett, and Arthur Spear...
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Other Art Style 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1940s Modernist Trees Watercolor Painting, Framed Vertical Earth Tone Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating Modernist watercolor painting of a serene forest scene by Richard Sorby (1911-2001) beautifully captures the essence of nature through a minimalist and expressive lens. Painted in the 1940s, the piece features stylized trees in bold, dark hues of green, blue, and black, complemented by earthy tones of brown, orange, and white. The watercolor on paper is signed by the artist in the lower right corner and beautifully framed with archival materials. The outer dimensions of the piece measure 26 ½ x 18 ½ x 1 inches, with the image size itself being 22 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches. About the Artist: Richard Sorby, a Colorado-based artist, was renowned for his distinctive modernist style, blending abstraction with representational themes. Sorby earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado) in 1937 and went on to study under influential mentors, including Vance Kirkland and William Joseph Eastman...
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American Modern 1940s Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Jewel"
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 ...
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Modern 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Laszczyn - Building a Stack 2 - Mid 20th Century Oil Painting by H Krajewska
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
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...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Board

Portrait of a Woman
By Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith
Located in Austin, TX
Portrait of a Woman by Emily Elizabeth Guthrie Smith Signed upper right 30 x 24 Framed Pastel on paper
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1940s Paintings

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Parchment Paper, Pastel

"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mother and Daughter" Expressionist Portrait in Oil on Cardstock Mid Century expressionist portrait by unknown artist Jane W. Grace (American, 20th C...
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Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Le Coucher - Post Impressionist Nude in Interior Oil Painting by Pierre de Belay
By Pierre de Belay
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated nude figure in interior oil on canvas by French post impressionist painter Pierre De Belay. This work depicts a painting of Pierre De Belay's wife - Helene. Here she...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Interior of St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: “Irwin D. Hoffman”.
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American Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen
Located in Hudson, NY
One of Johann Berthelsen's iconic nocturne views of New York City across the Hudson River. Bridge Nocturne (c.1945) Oil on canvas, 22" x 28" 29 ½" x 36" x 2" framed Signed "Johann ...
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American Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flowers in vase
Located in Täby, SE
Yelva Petrea Sophie Vermehren, born February 13, 1878 in Helsingborg, died in 1980 102 years old, was a Swedish-Danish painter. She was the daughter of the wholesaler Johan Carl Emil Bock and Nanna Oline Christiane Augustinus. She married the Danish artist Sophus Vermehren in 1901 but the marriage ended in divorce. She studied at "Voss tegnskole", Wermehren's art school in Copenhagen and at Teknisk Skole in Odense as well as with Valdemar Irminger...
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Impressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

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