1920s Art

Anton Schutz, 'Westminster Abbey', etching, edition not stated, 1927. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-i...

French Bohemian painter (early 20th century) - Female nude. 100 x 70 cm without frame, 109 x 79 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (some cracks...

Adelaide Lawson Gaylor New York Skyline, circa 1925 Oil on canvas 48 x 45 inches Modernist artist Adelaide Jaffrey Lawson Gaylor was born in New York City and studied at the Art St...

Detailed and dramatic hand-colored etching by Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962). St. Stephen's cathedral towers above the streets of Vienna, with people going about their daily bus...

Still in her silken evening gown and dancing slippers, the glamorous ingénue is savoring her memories, her ribbon-tied love letters and long draws on her cigarette holder. Was he eve...

Mercedes Matter Reclining Nude, circa 1920 Signed "Mercedes Matter" on the overlap Oil on canvas 32 x 51 inches Born in New York in 1913 to famed Philadelphia Modernist, Arthur B. ...

Paulette Van Roekens Picnic Scene Signed lower center Oil on canvas 12 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches Painter Paulette van Roekens was born in France and attended the Philadelphia School of D...

Villa Ravà, Biblioteca (Library) Architectural drawing, china ink on paper monogrammed lower right in pencil: M.P. Titled upper left: Villa Ravà – Biblioteca A finely detailed arch...

Rare and wonderfully painted pointillist landscape by Carmelo Vegas. Thick impasto and a fine composition. Housed in a period giltwood frame. Ready to hang. Oil on board. Signed.

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La table chargee de victuailles (The Table Laden with Food), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames m...

Original oil on artist board painting by the Russian/American artist Ben Benn. Signed lower right and signed titled and dated in pencil verso. 1929. Overall in custom contemporary ...

Marc-Luc (French, active 1920s-30s). Boys Fashion Illustration, ca. 1920s. Watercolor and pencil on paper, image measures 8 x 11 inches on panel measuring 12.5 x 18 inches. Signed lo...

Antique French landscape oil painting. Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Signed verso. Measuring: 12 by 14 inches overall, and 9 by 11 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Ha...

George Gardner Symons Forest Snow, circa 1920s Signed lower right Oil on canvas laid on board 30 x 36 inches Provenance Estate of Jean Stanton, Neenah, Wisconsin A landscape and m...

This circa 1920 original poster by Rapeno, titled “Combattez la Tuberculose”, represents a critical moment in early 20th-century public health advocacy. In the wake of World War I, t...

Artist: Man Ray (American born, 1890 - 1976) Title: SURREAL MODERNIST ABSTRACT Date Of Negative: 1934 Type Of Print: Authentic Vintage Sheet Fed Photogravure/Heliogravure. Date Of Pr...

Seguy, E.A. Insectes. Paris, Du Chartre et van Buggenhoudt [1924] Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in Fran...

Joaquin Terruella Matilla (1891-1957) - Landscape - Oil cardboard Oil measures 10x14 cm. Frame measures 20x25 cm. Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957) Joaquim Terruella Matilla,...

Wonderfully painted American modernist still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 20L. Finely executed realist school.

Here for your consideration is a very well executed original oil on board painting by the American artist, George A. Traver. Signed lower right. Signed and titled verso. National Academy of Design exhibition label verso. (1923) Condition is very good; no issues. The painting done in an impressionist style depicting a mother and her child picking wild flowers in a field. A beautiful variety of greens and blues dominate the composition. The figures are painted with a soft white palette are equally well done. The painting has recently been professionally cleaned. The painting is housed in its original wood frame with a hand hammered copper metal wrap over wood. The frame is from the arts and crafts period and is in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 18.75 by 4.75 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. In 1864, George Traver was born in Corning, New York. George Traver was working as an artist in New York City by the 1890's. He studied with J. Alden Weir, Henry Siddons Mowbray and Thomas Wilmer Dewing...

Nashville at Sunrise Oil on canvas, mounted to archival resin board Signed by the artist lower left Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent A gorgeous Indiana Impressionist oil painting, done "plein air" (on location, outdoors) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club. He made his first trip to Brown County...

Derby Spectator A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. (Photo by Hulton / Getty Archive) Darkroom photograph - beautiful and H...

A rare and well painted Cuban landscape by wonderful artist Domingo Enriquez. Domingo Ramos Enriquez's oeuvre encompasses a wide array of Cuban landscape...

FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) SNOWBOUND c.1928 Color block print, Signed and titled in pencil. 11 x 6 ½” sheet c. 14 x 9” Laid down on backing board. The usual slight browning a...

Whistlers Mother by Anonymous Artist Original Oil on Canvas 1924 Nicely executed painting after James McNeil Whistler of his mother by an anonymous artist (American, 19th-20th C.) I...

'Brume Sur La Seine (Mist On The Seine)' Raymond Thibesart (France, 1874-1968) Circa 1920s Pastel on Paper 12.6 x 9.5 (16 3/4 x 13 3/4 frame) inches Signed lower left Raymond Thibesart was born into an affluent family on May 2nd, 1874. As a small child, Thibesart’s family moved to a suburb of Paris where the very young artist found a wealth of teachers and inspiration to pull from. Thibesart showed such proclivity for drawing at an early age, and had enough talent that famed impressionist Emile Boggio began giving him lessons when he was just 11 years old. Eventually, Thibesart began formal training at the Lycee Rollin in Paris, followed by studies at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. While working in Symbolism, Thibesart became a student of the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art movements of his native France and began winning numerous medals in France, including the gold medal from the Societe des Artistes Francais in 1897. Thibesart then began his studies with the famed Impressionist Henri Martin for much of his early life. From Martin, he learned the technique of “plein air" painting who as a master of the discipline. Proficiency of this technique and its aesthetic, freed up the young artist, allowing him the ability to create amazingly beautiful light and shadow splayed across his trademark subjects which frequently included the landscapes of Italy...

Antique American impressionist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Signed. Image size 20L x 16H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.

George Josimovich, 'Commuters', linocut, 1922-23, edition 20. Signed, dated '22, titled, and annotated '9/20' in pencil. Initialed in the block 'G.J....

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue re...

This enchanting watercolor, measuring a mere 4.5 x 8 cm, offers a glimpse into the beauty of a serene autumn landscape overlooking Lake Möckeln, nestled between the municipalities of Degerfors and Karlskoga in the province of Värmland, Sweden. In this picturesque scene, the horizon reveals the serene outline of the distant shoreline, adorned with several small islands. The tranquil waters mirror the reflection of the trees on the land, creating a harmonious and captivating play of colors. In the foreground, a solitary birch tree stands tall, adding depth and perspective to this miniature watercolor. The level of precision achieved within this tiny format is truly remarkable, showcasing Fanny Hjelm...

Samuel Chamberlain, 'Manhattan Old and New', drypoint, 1929, edition 100, Chamberlain and Kingsland 81. Signed, titled, and numbered '81/100' in pencil. Titled and annotated '30.00' in pencil, in the artist's hand, bottom margin. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A superb, finely-detailed impression, with selectively wiped plate tone, on heavy Rives cream wove paper; full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. The subject of the print is the lower Manhattan cityscape just before the Depression. Image size 8 3/4 x 6 13/16 inches (222 x 173 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 10 inches (324 x 254 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the Zimmerli Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST 'There is something about the atmospheric vibrancy of an etching which imparts a peculiar and irresistible life to architectural drawing...A copper plate offers receptive ground to the meticulously detailed drawing which so often appeals to the architect'. —Samuel Chamberlain, from the Catalogue Raisonné of his prints. Samuel V. Chamberlain (1896 - 1975), printmaker, photographer, author, and teacher, was born in Iowa. His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1901, and in 1913, Chamberlain enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle, where he studied architecture under Carl Gould. By 1915, he was enrolled in the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. With the United States' involvement in the First World War, Chamberlain sailed to France, where he volunteered in the American Field Service. In 1918, he was transferred to the United States Army to complete his tour of duty. After the war, he returned to Boston and resumed his architectural studies, which he eventually discontinued, working for a few years as a commercial artist. Chamberlain received the American Field Service Scholarship in 1923, which he used to travel to Spain, North Africa, and Italy. In 1924 he was living in Paris, where he studied lithography with Gaston Dorfinant and etching and drypoint with Edouard Léon, publishing his first etching the following year. In 1927, he studied drypoint with Malcolm Osborne...

Antique American impressionist painting of kids in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame....

Antique European impressionist street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 18 by 25 inches overall, and 13 by 20 painting alone. In excellent original cond...

#5-01 Large Scale Persian Hunt, circa 1920's oil painting on canvas depicting hunting scene, displayed in a wood-gesso frame.Image size 39 H X 59.5 W Artist unknown. Age wear on the ...

A vintage, 1920s gelatin silver print by Tina Modotti of a painting by Manuel Rodriguez Lozano. Inscribed "Manuel Rodriguez Lozano", on reverse. Photograph size (sheet): 7 1/4 x 8...

This heartfelt early 20th-century Mexican ex-voto retablo, dated 1927, is a beautiful example of devotional folk art honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico’s most venerated religious...

NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...

“Young Farmer with Draft Horses and Favorite Dog” Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958) Oil on Canvas Signed verso 41 1/2 x 33 1/2 Depicted here is one of Junghanns favorite subjects d...

A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in 1929 and was exhibited at The Paris Salon of that year. A beautiful portrait of a young woman from the nineteen twenties. In excellent condition and framed in the original period frame. This is a fine painting by a noted listed artist and a great example of an early 20th century portrait painting. Signed lower left. Provenance. Exhibited at the Paris Salon 1929, labels verso. Condition. Oil on canvas in excellent condition, image size 40 inches by 30 inches. Housed in its original gallery frame, framed size is 47 by 37 inches. Excellent condition. James Peter Quinn (1869-1951) was born on 4 December 1869 at 60 Bourke Street, Melbourne, third son of John Quinn, restaurant-keeper born in Antigua, West Indies, and his English wife Ann, née Long. Little is known of Quinn's childhood and early education; both parents died when he was young. His guardians apprenticed him to an engraver, but he undertook part-time studies at the school of design, National Gallery of Victoria, under Frederick McCubbin in 1887-89, and at the school of painting under George Folingsby and Bernard Hall in 1890-93. Awarded several student prizes, he won the gallery's travelling scholarship in 1893. Quinn went to London in 1894 but quickly left for Paris where he studied at the Académie Julian, at the Académie des Beaux-Arts under Jean Paul Laurens, and with Colarossi and Delécluse. He returned to London about 1902 and married fellow art-student Blanche Louise Guernier there on 29 September. By 1904 he had exhibited with the Royal Academy of Arts and went on to establish a reputation as a highly successful portrait painter. His finest and most sensitive work was produced before 1910. His family were the subjects of many paintings, including 'Mère et Fils', awarded an honourable mention at the Old Salon, Paris, in 1912. He also painted many self-portraits. His many commissioned works included portraits of Joseph Chamberlain, the Duchess of York and, later, the Duke of Windsor. In 1918-19 he was an official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force in France, and exhibited war paintings at the Grafton Galleries, London. In 1919, with George Coates, he was an official artist to the Canadian War Records. He was a council-member of the London Portrait Society, and a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, exhibiting regularly with them and the Royal Academy, and in Paris with the Old and New salons. Quinn's sudden return to Australia in December 1935, alone, followed the death of his gifted artist-son René. He held exhibitions at the Fine Art Society's Gallery, Melbourne, in 1936 and the Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery the next year. Quinn ostensibly returned as an acclaimed artist, was invited to rejoin the Victorian Artists' Society he had joined first in 1888, and was its president (but for one year) in 1937-50. Yet a coolness existed. Though he had little in common with the modernist painters of the period, his commitment to a tolerant brotherhood of artists found no allies among the aggressively conservative old guard. In 1937 he clashed publicly with (Sir) Robert Menzies who in opening a V.A.S. exhibition denigrated modern art. In spite of the affection felt for him by many artists and students, Quinn was somewhat isolated. He continued to exhibit, winning the Crouch prize, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, in 1941. In the mid-1940s he taught briefly at the National Gallery school. A lover of good food, wine and conversation, Quinn delighted in mixing with all classes. Frequenting the haunts of journalists, writers and the more Bohemian fringe, he was easily recognizable with his bow tie, grey curly hair and cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth. Survived by one son, he died of cancer on 18 February 1951 at Prahran and was buried in St Kilda cemetery. His war portraits are held by the Australian War...

"Galloping Horse and Rider" Alessio Issupoff (1889 Russia-1957 Rome) Oil on wood panel Signed lower right 5 1/2 x8 1/2 (13 1/2 x 16 1/2 frame) inches This is such a stunning little jewel, it's almost hard to believe. Alessio Issupoff dedicated his whole life to art and was shaped by his years at the Moscow School of Painting, and later absorbed a great deal from Impressionism and the work of the Italian Renaissance masters. But he kept his distinctive style and remained true to the idea that excited the generation of painters of the turn of the 20th century — “the embodiment of the great beauty of everything alive.” Alexei Vladimirovich Isupov, known by his Italianized name Alessio Issupoff, was born in Vyatka (now Kirov) on March 10, 1889. The son of an icon carver and gilder, he learned to paint from the artisan painters who worked with his father. Wanting to give expression to his own artistic creativity, the young Alexei did not take up his father's trade but left Vyatka for Moscow where he attended the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His mentor was the painter Apollinary Mikhailovich Vasnetsov, brother of Viktor, who introduced him to the Moscow artistic milieu and helped him find work. By studying and visiting museums, Issupoff formed his own aesthetic “taste” by modifying it on contemporary Russian and French Renaissance art...

This exquisite lithograph after Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840–1917), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin (Twelve Watercolors by Auguste...

Original vintage poster: La 18 ch Peugeot. Archival linen-backed art deco early antique French automobile poster. Notable artist Rene Vincent. Excellent condition. Black and white lithograph on natural unbleached paper. Ready to frame. This is a full-size poster and not a magazine ad. From our research, it has been almost a decade since the last copy of this poster was available. Rare Rene Vincent automobile poster. Black and white posters are a rarity as far as vintage posters are concerned. The original idea was to catch the attention of passersby in every possible way. Color was an essential tool in advertising when posters were an essential source for name-brand recognition. The absence of color gives these auto posters a touch of class. They can also be compared to old photographs. Either way, you're looking at something special. This one is incredibly cool since it came from the talented artist Rene Vincent. If his name doesn't ring a bell, his poster "Porto Ramos" probably will if you look it up on our site. You will find that he also created automobile posters as early as 1905, which are all extremely rare and hard to find. Don’t let this excellent-condition vintage poster pass you by. Vincent only got to devote a little time to posters once he was in his forties, after working for many years in various publications--mainly humor and fashion magazines--and in decorative design. However, once he made the switch, he produced prolifically posters, even using additional pseudonyms. He preferred sleek automotive posters...

Louis Icart (French, 1888-1950) Coursing II, 1929 Etching with handcoloring on paper Image: 15 x 24-7/8 inches (38.1 x 63.2 cm) (image) Ed. V/160 Framed Dimensions 27 X 39.5 Inches ...

Impressive early American impressionist landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Signed. Excellent ready to hang condition.

View Towards Christmas Cove, Maine, c. 1923 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 14 x 19.5 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1...

Clifford James (active 1900-1930) After James Abbott NcNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl Color mezzotint, 1922 Signed in pencil by James (see ...

This wonderful original etching with drypoint  was realized by Marc Chagall  in 1924. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist "Marc Chagall" at the lower right corner. It's an artist pro...

ROWLAND WHEELWRIGHT A beautiful painting by Roland Wheelwright in keeping with his traditional subject matter. This piece is a large and important example of his work and is not oft...

Hand signed lower left: “Depero”. Certificate of authenticity by the Archive of Fortunato Depero. In 1929, Fortunato Depero realized some proposals for internal illustrations of t...

Derain, Andre (French, 1880-1954). VISAGE DE FEMME APPUYE SUR SA MAIN (FACE OF A WOMAN LEANING ON HER HAND). Adhemar 71, BN-IFF 17. Lithograph, 1927. One of 25 copies numbered in Rom...

Stone lithograph in custom frame by artist Gail Potocki. Artist insignia in lower right corner.

The original 1927 poster entitled "Panthère noire" by Paul Jouve is a captivating work that embodies the artist's talent for capturing the majesty and powe...

1920 Honolulu Harbor from Hillside by Arthur Merton Hazard. A luminous early 20th-century watercolor by Arthur Hazard (American, 1872-1930) depicting a sweeping hillside view over H...

Signed lower left, 'Nell Walker Warner' (American, 1891-1970) and painted circa 1925. Born in Nebraska, Nell Walker Warner graduated from Lexington, Missouri, Women's College in 191...

Cheffetz, Asa EARLY MORNING (BROAD BROOK, CONN.) Wood Engraving,1929. Springfield 15. Edition of 100, numbered 32/100, titled, signed, and inscribed "imp" all in pencil. 6 x 6 inches...

Nocturne, Venice, 1924 – Gino Albieri (1881–1949) Gino Albieri (Cavarzere, near Venice, 1881 – Rome, 1949) was an Italian painter with a distinctive international career. Trained at...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on a light brown tinted wove paper for the German Expressionist art revue Das Kunstblatt, published in Berlin by Verlag Gustav Kiepenheue...

Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A sub...

Épouse-la – Original Vintage Poster by R. Laroche (1923). Professionally preserved on acid-free archival linen backed and ready to frame. Vibrant colors. Excellent condition with no ...

Spring Landscape, 1921 Oil on canvas 36 x 42 1/4 inches 91.4 x 107.3 cm Signed and dated lower left: John Wells James / 1921 Provenance Private collection John Wells James painted ...