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Carmen Miranda American Modernism Giant Hollywood Celebrity Portrait Latinx WPA
Located in New York, NY
Carmen Miranda American Modernism Giant Hollywood Celebrity Portrait Latinx WPA. 35 ¼ x 30 inches. Oil on canvas, 1942. Signed lower right. Titled and signed on the stretcher.
Our ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Bradnock Principal Worcester College in Car, Malvern, oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by Scottish born artist John Rankine Barclay. It was painted circa 1940 when Barclay was already living in St Ives Cornwall. The sitter i...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Guitar Player
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1949 lower right. Otto Niebuhr, German, 1891-1949 Great mid-century portrait of a man and his guitar. Measures 41" x 32" including the frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
PORTRAIT HEAD OF JARO FABRY
Located in Portland, ME
Tooker, George (American, 1920-2011). PORTRAIT HEAD OF JARO FABRY. Oil on canvas, not dated, but before 1953. 20 x 14 inches. In very good condition, with minor retouching.
Prove...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
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 ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
Red Toned Reclining Impressionist Nude Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionistic portrait of a nude woman reclining on a red couch draped with a white cloth. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Hung in a gold frame with a white matte.
Dim...
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Up at Bat, The Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 10, 1940
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Price on Request.
The Saturday Evening Post cover, August 10, 1940
Category
American Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years a...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
A Cowgirl Shooter
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Grapefruit Moon Gallery is pleased to have the opportunity to once again offer for sale this 1949 Western Americana cowgirl themed gouache on illustration board from the archives of ...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Antique American WPA Social Realism Portrait Return From War Signed Oil Painting
By Leon Kroll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American social realist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Not So Simple
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Up for sale is a beautifully rendered and emotionally wrought World War II-era gouache painting by artist and illustrator Dick Williams.
In this published work of art, a young, blon...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
The Party Frock - British 1940's art female child portrait oil painting exhib RA
By Dod Procter
Located in London, GB
This charming British portrait oil painting is by female artist Dod Procter. It was painted in 1949 and exhibited at the Royal Academy London the same year. The painting is of a litt...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Birth of Summer - British figurative 1941 art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This stunning British figurative oil painting is by noted female artist Noel Laura Nisbet. Whilst studying at the Royal College of Art she was the winner of the Princess of Wales’ Sc...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb Post Impressionist Slade School female full length seated nude portrait oil painting is by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940's, the sitter is a model in a women'...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naples Street Scene
Located in London, GB
'Naples Street Scene', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). A city of glorious but tattered beauty, known for its vibrancy and, yes, a frisson of menace, Naples is a Mediterran...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Earl Moran created this iconic published pin-up pastel for Brown and Bigelow's 1945 calendar line. It was published with the title "The Doctor Said I Needed Glasses". The image show...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Illustration Board
Large American Modernist WPA July 4th Celebration Portrait Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nocturnal painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed "Winter". Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 24"L x 20"H.
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil Painting by Edward Mossforth Neatby "Portrait of a Lady"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Edward Mossforth Neatby "Portrait of a Lady" 1888 - 1949 Leeds born portrait painter who studied at the Royal College of Art and Slade. He exhibited at the Royal Acad...
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Theresa Thompson"
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 Benj...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait of Renée
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Renée', oil on board, by Louis Latapie (1941). When combined with the artist's passionate brush strokes, the wood panel upon which this piece is painted, creates both a ...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Ballerina in Dressing Room - British 40's exhib art ballet portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful exhibited British 1940's interior portrait oil painting is by noted artist Francis Edwin Hodge. Painted in 1941 it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy that year e...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of the Artist with Four Original, Signed Watercolor Seascapes by Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
This group of five pieces of artworks includes an original 16" x 20" oil on canvas portrait of Noble F. Beacham by Floyd James Torbert from New Hope, Pennsylvania, painted in 1979 an...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Canvas, Oil
André Lhote - Original Signed Pastel - Woman
By André Lhote
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
SELF PORTRAIT, MIXING PAINT
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ROY GATES PERHAM JR.
"SELF PORTRAIT, MIXING PAINT"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
AMERICAN, C.1940
30 X 25 INCHES
Roy Gates Perham Jr.
1916-1995
Perham was born in Paterson, N.J., April...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. Masterfully balanced composition combined with two beautifully rendered narrative portraits drives this mid-century illustration masterpiece...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Study of a Marble Bust - British 40's Slade School art still life oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
This superb still life oil painting is by talented female artist E A Jay. The composition is a study of a creamy marble bust of a male head and shoulders against a folded brown clot...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wistful Mother
Located in London, GB
'Wistful Mother', oil on canvas, by Alexandre Istrati (circa 1940s). One of only a few remaining artworks by Istrati which were not painted in the abstract. The figurative works shar...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY
Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comdian's costume w...
Category
American Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two for Five
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Up for sale is a wholesome and nostalgic gouache painting by American artist and illustrator Michael Silver.
A classic mid-century, glossy magazine illustration, this winsome artwor...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl, 1949 Watercolor Painting by Roger Etienne
Located in Long Island City, NY
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 ...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Fabienne - Post Impressionist Oil, Portrait of a Nude by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautifully painted oil on paper laid on board circa 1940 by popular French artist Jean Gabriel Domergue depicting a seated nude brunette woman against a light blue background.
S...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Oil, Board
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
1949 Soviet Era Realism Nude Original Portrait Oil Painting of a Young Man 29x24
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Young Man with a Mirror" 29"x24" is one-of-a-kind, original, Soviet Era oil painting of a young man.
Unframed. Dated 1949.
For over 20 years, the gallery has been passionately co...
Category
Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait de Femme
By Leonor Fini
Located in Miami, FL
Fini was a Surrealist painter. Strikingly similar to her portrait of Jean Genet, ( Leonor Fini by
Constantin Jelenski) this is an introspective study of a wide eyed beauty. Fini ...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Portrait 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 Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Le Violoniste - Impressionist Oil, Portrait of a Violinist by Jean Albert Pougny
By Jean Pougny
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A lovely still life oil on canvas by French painter Jean Albert Pougny depicting a violinist. Signed lower right. Framed dimensions are 13.5 inches high by 9.5 inches wide.
Provenan...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Rushelle in the Garden"
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 ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Asian Nude Study Watercolor Drawing by Rotislaw Racoff
By Rotislaw Racoff
Located in Atlanta, GA
1940s nude study, watercolor, and ink on paper painting by Polish/Russian artist Rotislaw Racoff (1904 - 1982).
A fine study of a young woman probably Asian sitting back. The artist ...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Young girl Redhead Holding her father's hand
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graffiti on canvas. ...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bert Lahr - The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depicted in his comdian's costume which he wears while staring in Jean Dalrymple's production of " ...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
Located in San Antonio, TX
Coreen Mary Spellman (1905 - 1978) Dallas Artist Image Size: 20 x 14 Frame Size: 25 x 19 Medium: Oil
Bio:
Exhibited in the Ninth Annual Student Art show at the State Universi...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Paula"
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 Benj...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Suzanna and the Elders
By Ben Shahn
Located in Miami, FL
The New owner must be willing to include the work in the forthcoming major exhibition of the artist's work at a major museum. This of course will increase the fame and value of the w...
Category
American Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Market Day in Piazza Grande Locarno Switzerland
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Artist Self Portrait 1940s Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940s oil on linen self-portrait is by Expressionist painter, mixed media artist, and sculptor Martin Snipper (1914-2008). He studied at the National Academy of Art In New York ...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Portrait of Artist Ethel Weiner Mid Century Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This mid 20th century oil on canvas portrait is by Expressionist painter, mixed media artist, and sculptor Martin Snipper (1914-2008). He studied at the National Academy of Art In Ne...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Girl in Nature - Mid 20th Century Oil by Michael D'Aguilar
Located in GB
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...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years and received many additional awards." He was elected to the Socie...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Nude with Lace Study Pastel Painting by Pio Santini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming pastel painting on paper by Pio Santini (1908-1986), named "nude with lace", and signed bottom left corner "Santini".
Lovely romantic composition with nude young lady kneeli...
Category
Modern 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board, Paper
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Portrait of Bernard in uniform, 1945, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
Portrait of his son Bernard, as a military, 1945
Signed titled and dated "Bernard 45" lower left, numbered on the back
A label of an exhibition at the G...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years a...
Category
American Realist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Couples Greeting at Hotel, Illustration for The Saturday Evening Post
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
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...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
In the Spotlight
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a recently discovered and rare surviving published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific illustrator Edward D'Ancona. This was originally published with the title "In the ...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
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