1940s Portrait Paintings

John Philip Falter

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Oil

A big splash of water at peak moment of drama defines Falter's creativity in communicating a romantic narrative. This is a companion piece to a romance story. Oil on panel

A.R.D.

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Board

'Portrait of Woman in Purple Coat', oil on board (circa 1940s), by artist with the initials A.R.D. This painting is an homage to the original Henri Matisse painting by the same name....

STM

1940s Cubist Nude Paintings

Board, Oil

'Posing Nudes', oil on board, by artist with the initials STM (c. 1940s). A delightful cubist depiction, this is a portrait of two young women - one in sensuous pose, the other arran...

Richard Cardiff

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Illustration Board, Oil

With muted, neutral shades of browns and a stern, serious atmosphere, this oil on board painting presents a solemn picture of life, crime, and justice in the Wild West. A flinty man ...

Arthur Momand

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Oil

Arthur Momand ( American 1886-1987 ) "Untitled", Figurative/ Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 46.50 x 36, 1946 Colors: White, Blue, Red, Purple, Black, Gold

Unknown

1940s Portrait Paintings

5-2576 Oil painting on artist board set in a carved wood frame

Louise Jeanne Cottard-Fossey

1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Canvas, Oil

'Portrait of Nude Redhead', oil on canvas, circa 1940s, by Louise-Jeanne Cottard-Fossey (1902 - 1983). A young, red-headed woman poses for the artist. Her shyness is apparent. Demure...

Unknown

1940s Portrait Paintings

#5-2880 Italian classical female portrait,oil on artist board displayed in a gilt wood frame,signed lower left by B.Ferrero Image size 9.5 H x 7.5 W

Maurice Green

1940s Cubist Figurative Paintings

Oil

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...

Unknown

1940s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

5-2500a Oil on artist board,a male portrait. Displayed in a gilt wood frame Signed Welsch

Rodrigo Moynihan

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil

A fine example of a Modern British portrait by the well respected Euston Road portrait artist Rodrigo Moynihan. The painting has fine provenance in that it was an early Redfern Galle...

Martin Snipper

1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Masonite, Oil

This 1940-50s oil on masonite figure is by San Francisco North Beach artist Martin Snipper (1914-2008). Snipper studied at the National Academy of Art In New York and exhibited at t...

Raul Anguiano

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Raúl Anguiano Oil on Canvas Guadalajara, Mexico 1915 - 2006 Mexico City Renown artist who is considered one of the outstanding representatives of the social-realist movement of th...

Mary Potter

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

An imprerssionist portrait oil on canvas by Female British artist Mary Potter. The work depicts two women, casually seated close togeather in a living room, with a Siamise cat and a ...

Alex Ross

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Gouache

Beautifully rendered in a loose and quick style. Alex Ross captures the moment where an attractive late 1940's couple meets. Work is unframed. Excellent condition Signature: Signed...

Ernest Marie Pernelle

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Oil on canvas, original frame, 1944. 'Portrait of a suited man' by Ernest Pernelle (1861 - 1950). Pernelle's paintings have an international following and his works have come up for ...

Roger Etienne

1940s Fauvist Portrait Paintings

Gouache

Artist: Roger Etienne, French/American (1922 - ) Title: Portrait of a Girl Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache On Paper, signed and dated Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 29 x ...

Andrée Séailles

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Engaging and interesting portrait of a young woman, 1949, by Andrée Séailles (1891-1983). It is a gorgeous character study - is the young lady moody? Determined? Thoughful? Paint...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on boar...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Mischievous Child, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on board...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

"D'apres Delacroix" Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '47 by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil pai...

Bernard Gussow

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Oil Pastel

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...

Gershon Benjamin

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a woman in a green dress, against a green background.

Unknown

1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Oil, Wood Panel

We purchased this fantastic painting in Brussels about fifteen years ago, we have never been able to identify the artist. The hand carved wood frame must have been created by the ar...

Rudolf Kundera

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Paper, Oil

size is 16.5 x 15 framed, 10.75 x 9 image size. Rudolf Kundera was born in 1911. He was a Czech painter from Brno. He studied at the Prague Academy, and received the 1937 Prix de ...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1947' by the artist on the lower left hand c...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Little Girl in Pink, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '48 by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil pa...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

"Le Roi de Rome, d'apres Laurance", Impressionist Portrait, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1942' by the artist on the lower right hand corner...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

'Feeling Blue' Impressionist Portrait, French Oil Painting, Dated '1943' By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Dated '1943' by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil p...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Young Lady, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on right hand corner Oil painting on board, unframed Board...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Impressionist Portrait, Stylish French Knitwear, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on right hand corner Oil painting on board, u...

Claude Benard

1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Impressionist Portrait of a Young Frenchman, 1940s, Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1945' by the artist on right hand corner Oil painting...

Andrew Loomis

1940s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Illustration Board

A large, detailed, preliminary calendar illustration by Andrew Loomis for a 1944 calendar commission of the Dionne Quintuplets that was titled May Time for The Brown & Bigelow Calend...

Henry Clive

1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Gouache, Illustration Board

A rare surviving cover painting by the prolific and flamboyant artist Henry Clive who worked as an illustrator for Randolph Hearst for nearly three full decades creating covers for T...

Gil Elvgren

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

A wonderful vignette styled oil on canvas illustration painting by Gil Elvgren showing a young, stylish and very much in love couple in a warm clinch. This is of unknown publication ...

Rezes Molnar Lajos

1940s Academic Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Size 20"x24" framed 24.5"x29" Lajos Rezes Molnar was born in Oroshaza, Hungary in 1896 and died in Balatonfured, Hungary in 1989. He was a painter and goldsmith. He began his studi...

GEORGES-PIERRE GUINEGAULT

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

GEORGES-PIERRE GUINEGAULT "FEMME AUX CHAPEAU" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED Georges-Pierre Guinegault Born 1893 Georges- Pierre Guinegault was born in Rennes, France on March 27, 1893....

André Lhote

1940s Modern Nude Paintings

Pastel

Original Signed Pastel on paper by André Lhote Title: Woman Signed A.L Dimensions: 43 x 33,5 cm Framed Biography of André Lhote One of the most thoughtful and versatile of modern...

Ozer Shabat

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Ozer Shabat 1978-1901 Ozer Shabbat was an Israeli painter, a resident of Haifa. Belonged to the Palestine Expressionist group of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Shabbat was born in ...

Dietz Edzard

1940s Portrait Paintings

Oil

Title, signature & date on front (lower left).

Martin Snipper

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This late 1940s oil on canvas portrait of the artist's wife, Ethel, is by Expressionist painter, mixed media artist, and sculptor Martin Snipper (1914-2008). He studied at the Natio...

Martin Snipper

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This circa early 1940s oil on canvas portrait of a man with crossed arms is by San Francisco North Beach artist Martin Snipper (1914-2008). Snipper studied at the National Academy o...

Jean Dominique van Caulaert

1940s Figurative Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...

Michael D'Aguilar

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Oil

Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...

Jennings Tofel

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This 1940s oil on canvas portrait of a girl in a red dress is by Polish-American artist Jennings Tofel (1891-1959). Tofel was a New York painter who worked in the Expressionist style...

Jennings Tofel

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This 1949 oil on canvas entitled "Portrait of a Young Woman" is by Polish-born New York Expressionist Jennings Tofel (1891-1959). Tofel was a friend of Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Sti...

Martin Snipper

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Oil, Canvas

This 1940s oil on linen painting with two figures at a kitchen table is by San Francisco North Beach artist Martin Snipper (1914-2008). Snipper studied at the National Academy of Ar...

Morris Shulman

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Encaustic, Oil, Board

Born in Savannah, Georgia in 1912, abstract expressionist painter Morris Shulman studied at the National Academy of Design, Art Students League and Hans Hofmann School of Art in New ...

Jennings Tofel

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

This circa 1946-1949 oil on canvas portrait of the artist's patron and friend Arthur Granick entitled "Portrait of Arthur" is by Polish-born New York Expressionist Jennings Tofel (18...

Alice Naylor

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil

Alice Naylor Portrait of a young girl. (1892-1974) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 16 x 12 Frame Size: 24 x 21 Medium: Oil Portrait or Self Portrait? Biography Alice Naylor (1892-...

Walt Kuhn

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Oil

Walt Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism. He had a personal affi...

Ernest Hamlin Baker

1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Gouache

Ernest Hamlin Baker is one of America's greatest artist that no one has ever heard of. Take a look at his full body of work. If you haven't noticed, Ernest Hamlin Baker is an excepti...

Joseph Christian Leyendecker

1940s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Canvas, Oil

Signed lower left Joseph Christian Leyendecker was born in Montabaur, Germany, and came to America at the age of eight. Showing an early interest in painting, he got his first...

Martin Snipper

1940s Expressionist Interior Paintings

Linen, Oil

This 1949 oil on linen Expressionist interior scene with a hanging lamp is by San Francisco North Beach artist Martin Snipper (1914-2008). Snipper studied at the National Academy of ...

David Cowan Dobson

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Oil

An original oil on canvas painted circa 1940 by David Cowan Dobson the famous Scottish portrait artist. This painting is a stunning society portrait of Lady Black looking confidently...

Albert Bertalan

1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Oil, Rag Paper

Femme Rousse sur Fond Bleu, 1943 Oil on paper mounted on board 25 x 21 inches 32 ¼ x 28 1⁄8 inches framed Signed and dated center right: Bertalan 1943 Albert Bertalan 1899-1...

Cornelis Ruhtenberg

1940s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Charcoal

DRAWING "PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN #2" SIGNED, C.1950 25 X 19 INCHES Cornelis Ruhtenberg 1923-2008 Cornelis Ruhtenberg was born in 1923 in Riga, Latvia Ruhtenberg studied at the H...

Cornelis Ruhtenberg

1940s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Charcoal

DRAWING "PORTRAIT OF A MAN #1" SIGNED, DATED 1949 25 X 19 INCHES Cornelis Ruhtenberg 1923-2008 Cornelis Ruhtenberg was born in 1923 in Riga, Latvia Ruhtenberg studied at the...