Early 20th Century Paintings

Nude with Tropical Animals is a beautiful and impressive oil on canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli. It was realized between the end of the 1920s and the b...

An early 20th century French impressionist oil, depicting a beached fishing boat on mud flats at daybreak, with a town on the far bank. The artist's short, thick strokes of paint hav...

This wonderful atmospheric Scottish Impressionist landscape oil painting is by much noted and exhibited Scottish artist William Stewart MacGeorge. Painted circa 1900 the view is of K...

Manierre Dawson Upper Street, 1912 Oil on board 10 x 15 inches Provenance: The artist Estate of the artist Private Collection (gift of Lillian Dawson, widow of the artist) Hollis Ta...

'Arcadia,' a very large Neoclassical Arts & Crafts painting by Thomas Eyre Macklin and William Irving British, 1911, Oil-on-canvas Frame: height 185cm, width 366cm, depth 3cm Canvas: height 182cm, width 364cm Depicting an idyllic scene of a band of women dancing, singing and playing musical instruments, this wonderful and exceptionally large Neoclassical painting...

Artist: Isidro Riera Modolell (Barcelona, 1876 – 1951) Title: Young Gypsy Woman Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 20.5 × 15.7 in (unframed) 27.6 × 22.8 in (framed) Signature: Signed...

Jan Schaeffer(1923-2018) "Ships in Port" Original Oil Painting c.1930s This fine original oil on canvas is signed in the lower left corner. Though undat...

Provencal Pastoral Landscape signed oil on canvas, framed in original French frame of the period framed: 20 x 27 inches canvas: 15 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Loire...

The Italian Lakes Italian artist, early 20th century indistinctly signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 21.5 x 18 inches canvas: 17 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Co...

Wonderful figures in night landscape oil on canvas circa 1904 by French impressionist painter and illustrator Andre Devambez. The piece depicts demonstr...

The Park Entrance Gates French artist, early 1900's period oil painting on board, unframed board: 4.5 x 8 inches condition: very good provenance: private collection, France

'Harvest Time' with Croft and Haystacks Impressionist oil on canvas painting is by popular Scottish artist Joseph Morris Henderson, RSA (1863-1936) known for Landscapes and Seascapes. Henderson exhibited in the London Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, and in galleries across the UK. This painting is especially bright, of golden fields and haystacks, and impressionist figures by a rural white croft house...

Charles P Gruppe 1860-1940 Harvest Time, Farm Scene with Cow oil panel 8x10 unframed, 11.5 x 13.5 framed Colors are fresh and vibrant as the painting was recently cleaned by Penns...

DANNENBERG Alice (1861-NC) "Children playing at the Luxembourg garden (Paris)" Oil on canvas signed low right Gault frame gilded with gold leaves Dim canvas : 50 X 61 cm Dim frame : ...

Original French goauche and watercolor of scuba divers, circa 1925.

English Victorian Antique landscape, Figures gathering Primroses. Cowleigh Woods, North Malvern, UK John Bates Noel was born John Noel Bates in Worcester in 1870. He was the son of ...

Hungarian Artist (1894 - 1960) 'Reclining Nude', c. 1920s 19.5'h x 23.5'w, overall size is 28' x 32.5' Oil on canvas, inscribed lower right 'Somody bara...

The turn of the 20th century, known as the Belle Époque, was a period of cultural and artistic flourishing in Europe, particularly in France. Among the many artists who captured the ...

This superb British Edwardian portrait oil painting is attributed to noted Newlyn School artist Albert Chevallier Tayler. Painted circa 1905 the painting is of the head and shoulders...

JEAN GABRIEL DOMERGUE French, 1889 – 1962 "JEUNE FEMME AUX FLEURS" Signed & dated "Jean-Gabriel Domergue ´28 " (lower right) With the Atelier stamp on the stretcher and canvas on the reverse Oil on canvas 32 X 25-3/4 inches (81 x 65 cm.) framed: 39-1/2 X 33-1/4 inches (100 X 84 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Madrid Note: We are grateful to Mr. Noé Willer for confirming the authenticity of this work which is recorded in the archives of the Artist. Painter born in Bordeaux, in 1889 and died in Paris in 1962. He began painting his mother's portraits very soon. He studied at the National Superior School of Fine Arts. The artist considered his teacher and inspiring Degas. Between 1904 and 1907 he joined Fauvism. In 1905 he participated in the "Autumn Hall" and in the "Hall of Independents". In 1907 he presented his 1st individual exhibition at the Vollard Gallery. He specialized in female portraits of Parisian ladies, creating a unique, sophisticated and elegant female portrait prototype that characterized him forever. He played an essential role in the evolution of women's fashion of his time. He designed numerous dresses, hats and accessories for famous designers such as Paul Poiret and Henry Marque It goes down in history as the architect of a new type of woman, thin, with an elegant air, always with style, with unusual elongated necks, with impressive slanted eyes, that seem to look at the world in amazement, perhaps because they express a feeling of freedom towards Society and its norms. With these paintings of women, he showed the world the true French, elegant, beautiful and with a gooseneck. In 1914 he won the Rome Prize. Many celebrities of the time posed for the artist, Josephine Baker, Brigitte Bardot, etc. But although he painted numerous nude actresses...

Classical Portrait Oil Painting signed oil on canvas, framed French artist, indistinctly signed dated 1900 Framed: 28 x 24 inches Canvas: 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private collectio...

Antique American modernist interior painting by Cecil Crosley ("Spike") Bell (1906 - 1970). Oil on canvas, circa 1935. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 30"L ...

Paul Lucien Maze, an Anglo-French painter, was renowned as one of the great artists of his generation. Known as “The last of the Post Impressionists", Maze utilized oils, watercolours and pastels, his subjects varied from French maritime...

"Still Life with Roses" features delicately painted flowers gathered in a blue vase. The painting itself measures 8 1/2" x 6".

Neville Stephen BULWER-LYTTON (1879-1951) Portrait Oil on canvas Annotation on reverse 80 x 60 cm without frame Grandson of the famous British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-18...

Pierre-Jacques Dierckx Antwerp 1855 – 1947 Brussels Belgian Painter 'Lavoir Breton – Environs d’Audierne Finistère' Signature: Signed bottom right, on reverse placed, named and signed Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 69 x 88,50 cm, frame size 86 x 105 cm Biography : Dierckx Pierre Jacques was born on July 27, 1855, in Antwerp, was a multifaceted Belgian artist. His talents spanned across various artistic realms, including painting, watercolor, sculpture, and decorative arts. Dierckx embarked on his artistic journey at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, where he honed his craft under the guidance of mentors like Lucas Victor Schaefels and Polydore Beaufaux...

Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by: Carle Blenner (1862 - 1952) Carle Blenner was born in Richmond, Virginia, and received his education in Marburg, Germany. Blenner re...

This superb Art Deco portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Cowan Dobson. Painted in 1923 it is a really light and bright portrait of a young boy. The light catching his white shirt and face illuminate him beautifully as his blue eyes gaze at the artist/viewer. The brushwork, for example on his hair and shirt are superb. This stunning portrait is finished off in a gorgeous original frame. A excellent example of Cowan Dobson's work. Signed and date (19)23 lower right. Provenance. Scottish estate. Condition. Oil on canvas, unframed size is20 inches by 16 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed behind glass in a beautiful ornate gilt frame. Framed size is 28 inches by 24 inches and in good condition. David Cowan Dobson (1894–1980), referred to as 'Cowan' Dobson ARBA (1919), RBA (1922), was a leading Scottish portrait artist of his day. Dobson was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, the second son of the Scottish portrait painter Henry John Dobson (1858–1928).Dobson started his career in Scotland. He was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and studied art in Edinburgh, London and Paris. In 1918 he was using his father's studio at Dalry. Around 1920 he moved to London and from then on he worked and resided mainly in London. Occasionally, he would work in and around Glasgow. He is said to have rented Kenmure Castle, in New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire, in the 1930s and 1940s to entertain and paint fashionable sitters. Dobson mainly worked in oils but also painted some fine water-colour scenes. He painted in the tradition of the academic nineteenth century with mostly a rather darker colour scheme, while his brother Henry, influenced by the Modernist movement in Edinburgh, painted more colourful portraits. Although he painted some fine portraits of well known men, like Earl Attlee, Earl Beatty and Harold Wilson, Dobson also portrayed "fashionable London ladies". Dobson was married to Phyllis Bowyer, who was the brains behind his financial success. She made Dobson one of London's leading society portrait painters. She herself sat for the photographer Alexander Bassano, the resulting portrait now being at the National Portrait Gallery, London. During World War I, Dobson was commissioned by the Royal Air Force section of the Imperial War Museum to paint portraits of three recipients of the Victoria Cross. Dobson painted portraits of Lt. Col. L.W. Brabazon Rees, Sgt Mottershead and Flight Lt. A.W. Beauchamps-Proctor. Dobson first exhibited at Royal Academy when aged only nineteen and began showing at the Royal Scottish Academy four years later. Dobson's works were also exhibited at the Royal Society of Arts, Royal Society of Water-colourers, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Cambrian Academy, Fine Art Society and at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Dobson enjoyed significant commercial success and thirty-six of his paintings, almost all portraits, are held in UK public collections including Glasgow Museums, The National Galleries of Scotland, Imperial War Museum, Paisley Art...

This beautiful British Impressionist oil painting is by noted animal artist Arthur Spooner. Painted circa 1935 it is a superb painting of two working horses standing in the shade of ...

Wayman Adams Fox Trot, circa 1915 Signed upper left; titled on the reverse Oil on board 15 1/2 x 12 inches Adams was born on a farm in rural Indiana near Muncie. His father, a hors...

Antique American impressionist seascape painting by Theodore Victor Carl Valenkamph (1868 - 1924). Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed....

This charming early twentieth century Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by British Jewish female artist Amy Julia Drucker. Of German descent, Drucker was born in England i...

The artwork is signed on the lower right. Ivar Albertovitch Puni, known as Jean Pougny, was born in Kuokkala (now Finland, then in the administrative district of St. Petersburg) in...

This early 20th century oil on canvas depicts a nautical scene with a view of St Michaels Mount beyond. Although as yet, not attributed to a particular artist,this painting has cl...

JULES-ALEXIS MUENIER (French, 1863–1942) Landscape Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches FRAMED: 34 1/2 x 30 (approx.) Signed and dated at lower right: “J. A. MUENIER/1908” Provena...

Medium: Oil on Paper Mounted to Board Signature: Signed Lower Right, Signed Again and Dated August of 1904 on Reverse The Rawhide Part III, 'He swung himself into the saddle and rode...

This superb British portrait oil painting is by noted artist George Spencer Watson and is dateable to 1913. The sitter is Lillian Gardiner ( Mrs ...

William Thomas Wood 1877-1958, was an English landscape and still life painter who studied at the Regent Street School of Art and then in Italy. He was known for painting still lifes...

J.C. Leyendecker's "Boy Scouts Signaling with Flags," first published on the cover of The September 9, 1911 edition of The Saturday Evening Post, quickly became an iconic image of the Boy Scouts of America, which was founded the previous year. Embodying core values like leadership, teamwork, and preparedness, its widespread reproduction cemented its status as a defining visual representation of the organization. The painting depicts two scouts practicing flag signaling, a vital early 20th-century communication skill and a requirement for the Eagle Scout...

"Horses Feeding" is an Equestrian painting by American Impressionist painter Joseph Thurman Pearson, Jr. The 40.5" x 56.25" oil on masonite ...

Charming early 20th Century impressionistic summer landscape of Dutch cottage with chickens. Signed illegibly lower right corner. Stamped "Rotterdam" on ...

Arthur Vidal Diehl British, 1870-1929 Venetian Canal Oil on canvas 24 by 36 in, w/ frame 32 by 44 in Signed lower left Best known for his sand dun...

Autumn Landscape Oil on relined canvas, c. 1915 Signed lower right corner: "Royal H. Milleson" Condition: Excellent Canvas size: 14 1/2 x 20 3/8 inches Frame size: 19-1/4 x 25-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches Clearly among the artist's finest paintings! Provenance: Private Collection, Greencastle, Indiana Ray H. French Collection (1919-2000) Martha A. French Trust Royal Hill Milleson...

Alexander III Bridge and the banks of the Seine Oil on canvas, 55x81 cm Gustave Madelain (1867-1944) Landscape painter, Gustave Madelain was born in...

Like his mentor the great American Impressionist William Merritt Chase, Charles Webster Hawthorne was equally admired in his own day as both a talented painter and a highly influential instructor. Hawthorne first studied with Chase at his Shinnecock Summer School of Art, which was specifically dedicated to open-air landscape painting. Not only did Hawthorne quickly absorb all the principles of Chase’s instruction, but he also became determined to found his own school based on the same model. In 1899 Hawthorne discovered the small fishing village of Provincetown on the furthermost tip of Cape Cod, and after purchasing a large house on Miller Hill, he opened the Cape Cod School of Art, which proved to be an immediate success. While Hawthorne’s own approach as a teacher owed much to Chase, he developed a distinctly unique painting style and teaching method that defies easy categorization. He was greatly impressed with the work of Franz Hals, which he was exposed to during his trip to Holland in the summer of 1898. Hawthorne was particularly struck by Hals’ Regentesses of the Old Men’s Almhouse, and from this work he absorbed a deep appreciation for the power of human expression and an economy of technique. Hawthorne applied these lessons to his own realistic portraits of Provincetown fishermen and their families; these works have a somber, almost melancholy quality to them, and they reveal a sense of the vulnerability of the human condition. Stylistically, Hawthorne maintained a life-long commitment to the importance of color. “Beauty in art,” he said, “is the delicious notes of color one against the other.” Of equal importance to him was capturing the effects of light. He told his students: “Everything in painting is a matter of silhouettes. Hold light against shadow, not light against light.” He developed a particular technique of layering glazes and texturing the surface of his paintings, which heightens the relationship between the colors and creates a light effect that seems to emanate from within the painting. These stylistic techniques in combination with his straightforward compositions of one or more figures shown at close range create the hallmarks of Hawthorne’s best paintings. Hawthorne and his wife Ethel’s 1905-1907 trip to Italy did not result in a drastic impact on his artistic style. Nonetheless, it proved to be a transformative and enlightening voyage. The extensive trip was financed by collectors who paid in advance for a painting to be produced abroad. On the trip, Hawthorne explored the work of old masters and was struck particularly by the paintings of Titian, which to Hawthorne, demonstrated the master’s true adoration for the act of painting itself through his handling of paint and color. Where Titian’s paintings...

Work on canvas

Umberto Prencipe (Naples 1879 - Rome 1962), Trees in Sorrento (1928) Oil painting on board 37 x 27 cm signed U Prencipe, dated 1928 and located Sorrento on the back where there is a...

Morgan's Wharf Maine 8 x 12 oil/masonite panel Paul Strisik (April 22, 1918 – July 22, 1998) was an American plein air painter. The painting and frame are in excellent condition but ...

Frolic, 19th Century by Erna Hoppe-Kinross 1875-1964 - close friend of Claude Monet Large 19th Century French Impressionist scene of the children of summer, oil on canvas by Erna H...

Will good ultimately triumph over evil? Or is it a perpetual tug of war? WPA Artist Leonard Lopez paints a complex figural work addressing the theme of "the fight between good and evil. It's reminiscent of the medieval paintings by Hieronymus Bosch, where demons evoke fear and confusion to portray the evil of man. In this painting, a closeup of a young female’s erotic buttock fills the horizontal space. Engulfing the sexy nude body is a dense array of Lilliputian-like figures. The top third of the composition is crammed with floating, sexy, nude female bodies. The bottom part of the painting features a cross-section of people engaged in their diverse jobs. Mounted on the nude cheek, Artist Leo Lopez paints a victorious Red Devil with a trident. He’s holding a wealthy man in a tuxedo upside down. The supernatural powers of the Devil's red forked tail extend beyond its normal length and, like a tentacle from a sea monster, entangles many of the characters that represent society. To the extreme center right Lopez paints a Winged Venus dressed...

Modern light blue, brown, and black geometric abstract circle pattern painting by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin. Dimensions Without Frame: H 32.75 in. x W 35.63 in. Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School. John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950. In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory. In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...

Beautiful oil on wooden panel realized by Piero Marussig between 1928 and 1930. Very good conditions. Published in the general catalogue of the Artist...

This exquisite portrait, a pencil & watercolor on paper, was created by the renowned British artist Albert Henry Collings. Created in 1901, it dates back to the early years of his ca...

Water Lilies Van Reken Cornelis 1879 – 1959 Dutch Painter Harlem School Signature: Signed bottom left Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 60 x 80 cm Biography: Van Reken Cornelis was born in 1879. He was a Dutch landscape painter...

Arthur Bésengez 1867 – 1947 Belgian Painter 'Portrait of a Boy' Signature: Signed lower right and dated 1913 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 168 x 103, frame size 186 ...

This delightful large-scale study depicts a quaint cottage on the river's edge with small fishing boats in the foreground. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a substantial gilt ...

Realist oval portrait of a young lady with short curly hair and a white garment. Unsigned. Prepared by Theodore Kelley (signed / stamped at the back). Framed in an antique carved ova...

Skilled and very beautiful watercolor by I. P. Gardner from the 1920s to 1930s. Artist is well known for her watercolors of life in the Middle East during that period. Signed lower l...