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Period: Early 20th Century
Portrait of Woman - Oil on Plywood by Domenico Cantatore - 1920 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
A beautiful and early portrait of woman by well known italian master of the 20th century. Good conditions, it includes a contemporary gilded wooden frame. Certificate of authenticit...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Plywood

Kindred of the Dust, Frontier Town Cosmopolitan Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
More than 20 beautifully rendered post-impressionist portraits in character, define Dean Cornwell as one of America's great artists. In his time, he was a famous as Norman Rockwell and was Norman Rockwell's favorite illustrator. "One thing puzzled Dirty Dan extremely. That was the perfectly frank, friendly manner in which his employer and this outcast woman greeted each other, the earnestness with which they conversed, and the effect of the woman's low-spoken words upon the color of Hector McKaye's face." Morris Weiss collection...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Child with Flowers in Hands - Original Miniature Painting by A. Noci
Located in Roma, IT
Little portrait by Arturo Noci realized in 1909 probably in US. Bronze frame Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1920's Scottish Portrait of Gentleman David Ingles
By David Nicholson Ingles
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative portrait of Scottish gentleman by David Nicholas Ingles Ingres ARHA (Associate member) (Scottish, 1888-1933), circa 1920. Signed lower rig...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Study of Little Girl
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Unsigned A study of a little girl. Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 - July 25, 1951) was one of the pre-eminen...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Study of a Young Woman', Karlsruhe, Berlin, Danish Post-Impressionist, Benezit
By Alfred Hermann Helberger
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right 'A.H.'; signed verso, "Alfred Helberger", inscribed "Gertrúd" and dated 1914. Bearing the original 1962 exhibition label from the Senator fur Folksbildung, Ber...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Lady at Dressing Table - Original Painting
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Lady at dressing table" Oil on canvas signed and dated right below 1929 Old original frame gild with leaves Dim canvas : 72 x 56 cm Dim frame : 92 X 80 cm ENJOLRAS Delphin (1857-...
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Academic Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful portrait of the hero of Italian Risorgimento, so-called "hero of two worlds" meaning his political and military effort in joining and enhancing revolutionary movements in L...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Stoic and Soulfully Strong Women - All Women Composition Euphorbia -
Located in Miami, FL
One of Cornwell's hallmarks is that he paints stoically soulful faces that express the subject's trials and hardships. In this only-woman composition, he depicts a scene of two women who are strong, unafraid, and self-confident and can weather the storm despite the challenges. In this regard, it is similar to "A Strange Sound Drifted Down to Kit from the Top of the Range—A Man’s Voice, Singing" by Cornwell, which sold at Christie's USD $163,800 on 18 Apr 2024. Caption: "Are you making little things?" questioned Lucy. 'No ,' said Marge. 'If this one happens to live, there will be many long years ahead of us for that." Morris Weiss collection...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, Peeling Apples
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: Nov 28, 1925 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 14.00" x 11.20" Signature: Unsigned Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover, November 28, 1925
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of an Old Man
Located in Miami, FL
Painted from life with bravura brush strokes, Luks captures the essence of the sitter. Work is unframed.
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Spanish Tavern
Located in Miami, FL
There is no one alive that can paint and draw like Dean Cornwell. How can that be? They do not train artist the way they did. Dean Cornwell in his day was as famous as Normal Rockwell...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Art Deco Painting Romantic Couple on Rocks
Located in Miami, FL
Fact: There is no one alive today who can paint and draw as good as Dean Cornwell. Why? It takes a lifetime of training, work and commitment to be a great academic artist. Unfortunat...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

'The Valley of the Moon' Cosmopolitan Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration of a couple. "The farmer crossed the plowed strip to Saxon, and joined her on the rail." Ink, watercolor, and gouache on board. 991x749 mm; 39x29 1/2 inches. Signed in full, lower left. Illustration for the first appearance of Jack London's novel "The Valley of the Moon," Cosmopolitan Magazine...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Board, Gouache, Watercolor

1920's Portrait of an Elegant Woman, Oil Painting, British
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1920's Portrait of an Elegant Woman, Oil Painting, British British School, Early 20th Century Oil painting on wood panel, unframed Board size: 9.25 x 6 inches Quite a stunning portr...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Hoot Mon, LIFE Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 31.00" x 12.00", Framed 36.00" x 18.00" Hoot Mon, Life Magazine Cover...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Paper, Watercolor

Self-Portrait, Oil Painting by Ben Benn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Benn, Polish/American (1884 - 1983) Title: Self-Portrait Year: circa 1920 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 44 x 30 in. (111.76 x 76.2 cm) ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Bulls Eye, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1909 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right PRICE ON REQUEST- The Saturday Evening Post Magazine Cover, December 10, 1909
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Good Housekeeping cover. Christmas: Child Praying
Located in Miami, FL
Famed female illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith paints the " Ideal Child" in a spiritual moment for the Christmas cover of Good Housekeeping. The acc...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Mixed Media

Portrait of a Slum Boy Ashcan School
Located in Miami, FL
Signed upper right Private Collection Luks was famous for painting people from impoverished slum areas. The work was most likely painted from life and portrays a youth haphazardly dressed. Luks describes the subject in quick rapid-fire brush...
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Ashcan School Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1912 Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 18.50" x 12.50", Framed 27.50" x 21.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left July 1912 Woman's Home Companion Magazine Cover
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Community Plate for Oneida Silversmiths Ltd., Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate date: 1924 Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Center Left Sight Size 20.75" x 29.88", Framed 49.00" x 39.00"
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Cover of Good Housekeeping magazine, January 1915. Image of woman in rocking chair with yarn. One of the first master illustrators. Created the de...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor

Standing Woman
By Charles Allan Gilbert
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Woman standing in a gown. Signed and dated lower left. Charles Allan Gilbert chose art as a career after discovering his talent while sketching during a childhood as invalid. Following training at the Art Students League, he went to Paris while his teachers were Constant and Laurens. He returned to the U.S to begin a very successful illustration career, with a special aptitude for the portrayal of beautiful young women. Their portraits were included in several gift books...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Board, Pastel, Watercolor

Woman in Equestrian Clothing
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Walter Beach Humphrey specialized in painting magazine covers and he eventually did work for almost all of them, beginning with small-circulation publica...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Werner Peiner Portrait of Martha Quandt, Oil Painting 1926
By Werner Peiner
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil paint on cardboard, 1926 by Werner Peiner ( 1897-1984 ), Germany. New Objectivity Style ( Neue Sachlichkeit ). Signed and dated top right: W.Peiner 26. Framed. Height: 24.02 in ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Vintage French Gouache Portrait
By Charléno Carlo
Located in Houston, TX
Exuberant gouache portrait of a smiling auburn haired female by French erotic artist Carlo Charléno, circa 1930. Signed lower right. Original vintage...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Portrait of the Musician Mazzi
Located in London, GB
ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Portrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912 Technique: Original Signed Oil pain...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Kurt Schütze Oil Painting "Child With Doll", ca. 1928
By Kurt Schütze
Located in Berlin, DE
An expressive portrait of a young girl with her doll. Oil on canvas and plywood, around 1928, by Kurt Schütze ( 1902-1971 ), Germany. Signed on the back: K. Schütze. Framed. Height: ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Plywood

Clara with Charles
Located in New York, NY
This piece is a pertinent example of Martha Walter's most precious oil portraitures. Her use of the pallet is effortless with bold brushwork, strong executions, and soft details. Wal...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Lady with Puppet
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Center Life Sight Size 24.50" x 19.00", Framed 30.50" x 25.00" The Saturday Evening Post cover, October 31, 1925
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mother and Child 1920s - with Newcomb Macklin Giltwood Frame
By H. Willard Ortlip
Located in Soquel, CA
Excellent figurative painting of a mother and child by H. Willard Ortlip (American, 20th Century), 1927. Signature and date lower left "H. Willard Ortlip 1927." Presented in a giltwo...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Smoking Pipe
By Otto Kirchner
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 7.13" x 5.50" Image of a man smoking a pipe.
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Board, Oil

Country Gentleman (An Early Thanksgiving)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated 'N.C. Wyeth' (Lower Left) The Country Gentleman, vol. 91, no. 11, November 1, 1926, cover illu...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

McCalls Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
June 1925 McCalls magazine 'To the Girls of St. Agnes Seminary' Neysa Moran McMein – later Mrs. John Baragwanath – wanted, as a girl in Quincy, Illinois, to be a musician. Although she changed her mind and attended the Art Institute of Chicago, she paid her way through school by writing music and playing piano in a ten-cent store. During World War I, she went to France under the auspices of the YMCA, and entertained the troops with her singing and piano accompaniment to showings of Winsor McCay’s animated film “Gertie the Dinosaur”. She painted her first McCall’s magazine cover in 1923, and for many years made pastel portraits of beautiful or notable young women for McCall’s monthly issues, as well as occasional covers for the Woman’s Home Companion, McClure’s, Photoplay, and The Saturday Evening Post. She also regularly contributed her drawings to the annual New York Times’ Hundred Neediest Cases. McMein was equally noted as a hostess and friend of such notables as Alexander Woollcott, Irving Berlin, Marc Connolly, Ben Lillie, Irene Castle...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Pastel, Board

Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1918 Medium: Gouache on Board Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Boys, My Sister From the East, American Magazine illustration, April 1918
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Board, Gouache

1920's Portrait of a Beautiful Young Lady Signed & Dated English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Young Lady English artist, circa 1920's indistinctly signed and dated verso oil on board, framed framed: 21 x 18 inches board : 15 x 12 inches provenance: private colle...
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English School Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of a Girl With a Pearl Earring
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite portrait by Gunnar Hallström, titled "Portrait of a Girl with a Pearl Earring" invites viewers into a moment of quiet introspection. Painted in the 1920s, the subject ...
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Romantic Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait Of A Lady, early 20th Century - Bloomsbury Group
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Lady, early 20th Century School of Roger FRY (1866-1834) Large early 20th century portrait of a lady, oil on canvas. E...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Gentleman, 1913, by Danish Artist Heinrich Dohm
By Heinrich Dohm
Located in Stockholm, SE
"Portrait of a Gentleman, 1913" by Heinrich Dohm is a striking example of the Danish artist's mastery in capturing the essence and character of his subje...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Seated Figure (Portrait in Landscape – Paris Model Against Landscape)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 inches, Signed lower left Price Upon Request
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American Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1929 Oil Painting of Handsome Man from Life Class
Located in Exton, PA
Fine oil painting on canvass depicting 2 views of a handsome man wearing a white shirt, in repose. The painting is oil on canvass by Marion Butler Ewald, Bucks County and Philadelph...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

1930's Beautiful Portrait Oil Painting of Young Blonde Lady Floral Background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fata Morgana by HEDWIG PILLITZ (BRITISH - HUNGARIAN 1896-1987) *see notes below signed, titled verso oil on canvas, framed in wooden frame framed: 24.5 x 20.5 inches canvas: 20 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, London condition: very good and sound condition We know frustratingly little of the talented Hedwig Pillitz who excelled as a portraitist, particularly portraits of those in the performing arts, notably leading actors and musicians. Born in Hampstead, Hedwig was the eldest daughter of Arpad Armin Pillitz (1867-1948), and Josephine Fischer (1876) who had emigrated to England from Hungary. Both she and her younger sister Doris attended South Hampstead High School for girls. There Hedwig excelled at art and Doris in music and drama. The sisters’ considerable accomplishments are mentioned in the 1926 South Hampstead High School Magazine Jubilee Number where they are listed as members of the school’s Past and Present Club. Doris was praised for her musical contribution at the Old Girls’ Dinner...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Making Bubbles
By Joseph Henry Hatfield
Located in Missouri, MO
Joseph Henry Hatfield (American, 1863-1928) Making Bubbles Signed Lower Right 16 x 13 inches 23 x 19 inches At the turn of the century, Joseph Henry Hatfield was well known around C...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Finely Painted Antique American School Ballerina Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Sleuth By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in New Orleans, LA
Joseph Christian Leyendecker 1874-1951 | American The Sleuth Saturday Evening Post Cover, June 2, 1906 Signed "JCLeyendecker" (lower left) Oil on canvas A debonair sleuth peers t...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oswald Hubert - Early 20th Century Oil, Rabbi Reading
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine early 20th Century oil scene, depicting a friendly Rabbi, with a warm smile, reading the paper. The artist has signed to the upper left corner and the painting has been presen...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Beautiful French Impressionist Oil Provencal Woodland Landscape view, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's Title: Provencal Landscape view through trees Medium: oil on board, framed Framed: 13.5 x 16.5 inches Board: 10.5 x 13.75 inches Prove...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

modern sketch of woman in pastel tone
Located in Greenwich, CT
Beautifully executed sketch of a young woman done in watercolor in pastel tones. A 1929 Simkhovitch, depicting a stylish young woman with a bob. He was later an American WPA period a...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Portrait of a Young Eero Saarinen", Painted By His Father Eliel Saarinen, Oil
Located in Detroit, MI
This portrait of a precocious young boy is significant for two reason: the subject is Eero Saarinen, the famed designer of tulip chairs and architect best known for designing the Washington Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., the TWA Flight Center in New York City, and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and the painter is his father Eliel Saarinen, the Finnish-American architect who designed the Helsinki Central railway station, the National Museum of Finland, the Vyborg railway station, the Hvitträsk, and the Kleinhans Music Hall in Finland and the famous Cranbrook Academy campus, where he would then go on to teach at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and become its president in 1932. It's provenance is Eero Saarinen's own son, the award-winning cinematographer Eric Saarinen. The painting is Painting is 23.25 x 16.25. Eliel Saarinen was born in 1873 in Rantasalmi, Finland. was educated in Helsinki at the Helsinki University of Technology. From 1896 to 1905 he worked as a partner with Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren at the firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen. His first major work was showcased at the Finnish pavilion at the 1900 World Fair in Paris. His early style was known as Finnish National Romanticism. After moving to the United States he designed the Gulf Building in Houston and became a visiting professor at the University of Michigan. In 1925 he was requested to design the Cranbrook campus. His work has been exhibited in many prestigious places, such as his iconic tea urn at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the St. Louis Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, the British Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The touring exhibition Modernism in American Silver: 20th-Century Design, organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, which also traveled to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art also hold tea urn-related Eliel Saarinen designs. Eero Saarinen was born in 1910. He grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and took courses in sculpture and furniture design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He had a close relationship with fellow students Charles and Ray Eames, and became good friends with Florence Knoll (née Schust). He began his studies in sculpture at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, France, in September 1929. He then went on to study at the Yale School of Architecture, completing his studies in 1934. In 1940 he designed his famous Tulip chairs and in 1948 he designed what would be his most well-known sculpture, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. His Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois would also achieve international acclaim while the first major work by Saarinen, in collaboration with his father, was the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, which follows the rationalist design Miesian style, incorporating steel and glass but with the addition of accent of panels in two shades of blue. After his father's death in July 1950, Saarinen founded his own architect's office, Eero Saarinen and Associates. He was the principal partner from 1950 until his death. The firm carried out many of its most important works, including the Bell Labs...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Original Oil Portrait of a Charming Young Girl in a Pink Dress by C. Rice C.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Oil Portrait of a Charming Young Girl in a Pink Dress by C. Rice C.1920 Canvas dimensions 23" wide x 32" high The frame measures 29" wide x 38" high Signed and dated in t...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Good Scouts, Life Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Size 18.00" x 14.00", Framed 25.00" x 21.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Life Magazine, November 8, 1924 Good Scouts, Girl Scouts...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Auto Portrait
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a lovely self portrait by Swiss artist Juliette Calame’. “Auto-Portrait” is an original vintage oil on panel, signed, c.1925, with an image dimension of 29 x 19.5 inches.
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Margit
By Otto Tetjus Tugel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare oil on panel by German artist Otto Tugel. Otto Tugel worked in Germany before settling in New York. This is an early oil on panel, signed in monogram, dated 1925.
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mademoiselle Jannel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An original mixed media gouache by French artist Jean Jannel, known for his figurative, genre portraits. Mademoiselle Jannel, is an original mixed media gouache, c.1930. We acquir...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings

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