1930s Art

Edition of 500 copies. Copy on papier velin. Very good conditions.

Stefan Norblin (1892-1952), a versatile artist renowned for his mastery of the Art Deco style, left an indelible mark on the world of visual arts and design. His talents encompassed ...

Portrait is an artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli, 1930s.  H 160 x 110 cm. Oil paiting on canvas. Hand signed lower left margin. Good conditions! Antonio Feltrinelli (Mil...

"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Good Health Week – double sided 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 in...

Edition of 1700 copies including lithographs by Mathurin Méheut. Lightly damage on cover, perfect internal conditions. Very rare volume on Japon Imperial.

Oil on artist board, signed Emily Hoffmeier lower left Most likely a scene of Nantucket harbor and presented in what could be the original frame with a slightly highlighted silver finish. Presents well overall measuring 16.5" x 20.5" including the frame. From 1929 to her death in 1952, Emily Hoffmeier (1888-1952) spent summers on Nantucket, painting in the waterfront studios—first Harborview No. 3 and later moving to the Red Anchor Studio on Washington Street. She exhibited in the Easy Street Gallery, the Candle House Studio, and later at the Kenneth Taylor Galleries. After the death of Maud Stumm in 1935, Hoffmeier took over the direction of the annual Sidewalk Art Show, which she ran for the next eighteen years “with untiring cheerfulness and unflagging interest.” She was one of the founding members of the Artists Association of Nantucket and served on its first executive committee. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachuetts, Hoffmeier taught art classes at the college for several years. From 1917 to 1951 she was a teacher at West Chester High School in Pennslyvania, where she headed the mathematics department. In addition to enrolling in the plein air classes of Frank Swift Chase...

Henri Lucien Joseph BURON This is potentially Henri Buron's premier work of art. It was exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Française in 1934 having been painted in 1933. The revers...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Sudbahnhotel in Semmering featuring a great Art Deco style image of people skiing down the slopes in front of the imposing grand hotel with snowy mountains on the horizon and snow-topped trees on the sides with a group of skiers relaxing in the foreground, one man smoking a pipe and the others holding their wooden skis and poles. Artwork by the Austrian artist Hermann Kosel (1896-1983). The Sudbahnhotel / South Railway...

Vintage French art deco advert sign depicting a trio of dapper gents for: "New Paris Suspenders with Free-Swing backs Can't Skid Off Your Shoulders" ...

Limited edition. Specimen number 91 of 565 copies so divided: 50 numbered copies (1-50) on Holland paper including two original etchings; 500 numbered copies (51-550) on Alfa paper; ...

This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Winged Male Figure - Apollo, c. 1930s, polychrome bas-relief of cast aggregate, 12 x 26 inches; the...

"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Painter 41 ½ x 36 3/4 inches (sight) Gouache on paper c. 1930s Signed lower rig...

Edition of 334 copies. Copy number 2 on Velin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Includes 12 original etchings by Jean Emile Laboureur. Partially uncut. Perfect conditions. 

Edition of 1500 copies. Copy on Lafuma de Navarre paper. Very rare copy. Perfect conditions. Uncut.Paul Eluard was born in 1895 and died in 1952. He was a French poet and one of the ...

In the world of vintage poster art, Jean-Gabriel Domergue's 1932 original poster for Suzanne Brindejont Offenbach, printed by the esteemed Atelier Gaillard in Paris, is a work of end...

Colour plate No. 57 Fig. No. 81 Ta O Tzu./ & Fig. No. 82 Chueh Hsiang Tiao Mao from the folio Le Theatre Chinois published 1935 in Peking Print Sz: 9"H x 7"W Frame Sz: 14"H x 12"W

Sette sassi is a rare first edition with hand-written dedication by the author to Giorgio De Chirico . Specimen number 505 of 1337. In-8º, in Italian, pp. 161, cm 21.2 x 1 x 14.5, 1...

A superb oil on canvas Post Impressionist work by British artist Forrest Hewit. This vibrant work depicts an external café scene under trees, with a dozen figures seated or standing at tables. It dates to circa 1930. One can feel the summer heat in this colourful piece. One of the most popular resort towns on the Italian Riviera, little Portofino has just over 500 permanent residents. But that all changes on summer days when the sun is shining, and the yachting set drops anchor in the harbour to wander about. Boutiques, art galleries, cafes and restaurants line the tiny streets. Signed lower right. Provenance. New English Art Club exhibition label verso. RBA label verso. Condition. Oil on canvas, 30 inches by 20 inches unframed and in excellent gallery condition. Housed in a fine frame, 35 inches by 25 inches framed. Good condition. Forrest Hewit (1870-1956) was a very unusual character amongst his fellow artists. Whereas many of his contemporaries turned away from commerce or the professions to become painters, he was very successful in following both paths. Towards the end of the 19th century Manchester was one of the foremost centres of the cotton trade in which Hewit established a career in which he rose to the top and became a prominent member of important institutions and various committees. Alongside this illustrious career ran an equally successful life as an artist. Considering the above, it is no surprise to find that in this field he also became a prominent figure as an Honorary Vice-President of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts. His paintings are extremely rare as the majority of his output was purchased for permanent collections worldwide. He exhibited widely at the Royal Academy from the outset of his career; the Paris Salon; the New English Art Club; the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1940 and extensively at leading venues throughout England. When he retired from commercial life he had the opportunity to increase his output, which allowed him to stage a series of one-man exhibitions at the New Burlington Gallery in 1936; the Grosvenor Gallery in 1937; the Manchester Academy in 1938; the Goupil Gallery in 1939; Salford, his birthplace, in 1943 and Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1948. He first studied under Thomas Cantrell Dugdale who was probably responsible for his interest in French painting. He also studied under Walter Richard Sickert...

Pen & ink drypoint depicting a military rider clearing a tripple bar fences Signed: Paul Brown LR w/ Closson Gallery label on verso c1930s Art Sz: 7"H x 11"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 2...

Hand signed dedication by the author on frontispiece to Paola Masino (Pisa 1908 - Roma 1989), famous italian writer. Original editorial soft cover. Excellent conditions and partially...

Edition of 143 copies. One of 25 copies on pur fil. Near perfect conditions and partially uncut. Louis Aragon was born in 1897 and died in 1982. He was a French poet and writer,long-...

The Couple is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1930s Ink and Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good condition with slight foxing. The artwork is represented through def...

Léon Paul Fargue, Les Ludions de Léon Paul Fargue illustrés par Marie Monnier, Paris, Éditions J.O. Fourcade, 1930. Vol. in 4°, cm 31.5 x 1.5 x 21.5, pp. n....

c1930s cocktail lounge coloured cutout on wooden plaque featuring a white dinner jacket clad patron & buxom waitress conversing Art Sz: 13 1/2"H x 9 1/4"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 13 3/4"W...

Medium: pochoir. Printed in Paris in 1932 on Velin du Marais paper at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet for the Les Joies du Sport portfolio and issued in an edition of 750. This was pub...

Classic/ rare original B&W photo by C.C. Cook N.Y. depicting the running of the Potomac Steeplechase at Belmont Park May 30, 1930 Photo Sz: 7 3/4"H x 9 3/4"H Frame Sz: 15"H x 17"W

Classic original B&W framed photo of 'The Hyde Park Steeplechase' at Belmont Park from May 26, 1930 Photo Sz: 8 3/4"H x 12 1/2"W Frame Sz: 15"H x 17"W

The Nude is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1930s. Charcoal on paper Hand-signed. In good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly. Alberto ...

Classic turf caricature of one, Mr Wilfred Johnstone, Clerk of the Course of Sandown Park 1936 Art Sz: 10 1/2"H x 7 1/4"W Frame Sz: 13 1/4"H x 10"W

St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Jo Cain (1904-2003) The Drama of the St. Louis Great River 23 1/4 x 25 ½ inches Gouache on board c. 19...

This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Jefferson Market Library (Courthouse), c. 1930s, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, signed lower right; presented in a newer silver painted frame About the Painting Writing about an exhibition of Charles W. Adams’ work at the Eighth Street Art Gallery in the mid-1930s, Emily Grenauer observed in The World-Telegram that the artist’s paintings were “distinguished for their solid form, well organized design and sumptuous color” and the art critic for The Herald Tribune found Adam’s work “a strong, formal realization of his subject . . . he paints with vital emphasis on structure and composition.” Although we do not know which works these critics referenced, it is likely they were writing about paintings like Jefferson Market Library (Courthouse). With its carefully designed reality, strong angles, solid forms, and well-disciplined puffs of smoke in the background, Adams presents a highly structured version of the Greenwich Village landmark, the Jefferson Market Library, which was a courthouse at the time Adams completed this work. The Jefferson Market Library was a prized subject for downtown painters, including the Ashcan School painter, John Sloan, the modernist, Stuart Davis, and the precisionist, Francis Criss...

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions. However, it is im...

A vibrant Precisionist still-life painting of a jug & a plate by artist Harold Haydon, dating from 1932. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. H...

This striking Art Deco portrait oil painting is by female artist Jolan Polatschek Williams. Williams was born in Austria but settled in England in the 1920's where she remained. Pain...

Signed Lower Left by Artist Liberty Magazine Cover, January 27th, 1934

Max Bucaille ( 1906 -1996 ) . French Surrealist Artist . born in Normandy in 1906 . Image : 12 x 18 cm Page : 21 x 30 cm Framed : 38 x 52 cm Max Bucaille prend une paire de ciseaux et de colle , il se munit de vieux ouvrages illustrés et , pour notre plaisir , rêve éveillé ! auteur de poèmes et de collages surréalistes...

Medium: lithograph. Published in Paris by Teriade for Verve (Volume 1, Number 4), in 1939. The full sheet size is 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 260 mm). There is another Andre Derain lit...

E. Simms Campbell was the first African-American illustrator/ cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he created Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire. This early work of 1930 was done on assignment for an interior page of Life Magazine. It features two Rowing teams engaged in spirited competition with cheering onlookers. This is a highly stylized black-and-white illustration and is masterfully executed. The work is composed of two illustrations, 6 x 9 inches and 2-3/4 x 2 inches respectively. It is initialed center bottow ESC. unframed Campbell left the University of Chicago and transferred to and received his degree from the Chicago Art Institute.[3] Professional career During a job as a railroad dining-car waiter, Campbell sometimes drew caricatures of the train passengers, and one of those, impressed by Campbell's talent, gave him a job in a St. Louis art studio, Triad Studios. He spent two years at Triad Studios before moving to New York City in 1929. A month afterward, he found work with the small advertising firm, Munig Studios, and began taking classes at the National Academy of Design.During this time, he contributed to various magazines, notably Life, & Judge Following the suggestion of cartoonist Russell Patterson to focus on good girl art, Campbell created his "Harem Girls", a series of watercolor cartoons that attracted attention in the first issue of Esquire, debuting in 1933. Campbell's artwork was in almost every issue of Esquire from 1933 to 1958 and he was the creator of its continuing mascot, the cartoon character in a silk top hat. He also contributed to The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook. His commercial artwork for advertising included illustrations for Barbasol, Springmaid, and Hart Schaffner...

Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Chemists 40 ½ x 31 ¾ inches Oil on paper, c. 1930s Signed lower right 49 x 40 ...

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Elliot 17 ¼ x 35 ¾ inches Gouache on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left 27 x 46 in...

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Gloucester Houses and Backyards, c. 1935 Oil on paper Estate stamp verso, Vixseboxse label verso 23 x 19.5 inches 30 x 26 inches, framed A graduat...

This lovely Impressionist landscape oil painting is by prolific exhibitor and British artist Oliver Hall. Painted circa 1930 the composition is a path curving through some trees with...

Frog is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes. Emmanuel Gondouin is a French Cubist...

Rare Original Edition of “Deux Fragments Inédits”, Booklet by G. de Chirico, Paris, Parisot, 1938. Paperback publishing. Later binding in Real brown leather withauthor, titleand orna...

Wood engraving. Physick catalog 917. Image: 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 (sheet 7 3/8 x 5 1/2). A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed and numbered '5' in pencil. Housed in ...

Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962) Male portrait painting, 1934 Oil on canvas 39 x 48

An original silver gelatin black and white photograph was distributed by American Information Services in Paris. Panoramic view of San Francisco circa 1939. Features: Original silver...

The Nude is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938. Hand-signed. In good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly. Alberto Ziveri (Rome,1908 – 1...

This lovely Art Deco British Post Impressionist floral oil painting is by noted and much exhibited female flower artist Theresa Norah Copnall. She studied at the Slade School amongst...

Signed lower right: Hayley Lever

Edition of 131 copies including 66 original b/w and colour lithographs by Giorgio De Chirico, plus repeats on title-page and front wrapper. One of the 88 copies on papier de Chine, w...

5-3604 Oil on artist board Set in a gilt frame

Sleeping woman  is an artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.  Oil on canvas, 110 x 160 cm.  Very good conditions Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 - Gargnano, 1942) wa...

Colourful hand-coloured litho Fig. No. 176. entitled, The Great South Cave Liu-lang (sitting) instructing Meng Liang to look for his father's body from the folio Le Theatre Chinois p...

Bruno was born in 1888 in Bruenn, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the youngest son of a well-to-do family of textile manufacturers. Bruno was a delicate child, but...

Elegant gouache portrait of a 'Chinese Lady in Jade Robe' on rice paper Art Sz: 6"H x 5"W Frame Sz: 13"H x 10"W

Three Cocker Spaniels is an original color etching by well known French sports artist Leon Danchin. The three Spaniels are in waiting mode with two lying down and one sitting ...

This superb British Interior Camden Town School portrait oil painting is by Slade School artist Geoffrey Hamilton Rhoades. Painted in 1932, the sitter is the artist's aunt. The composition is a seated half portrait of Rhoades aunt, sat at a table with bookshelves, paintings and ornaments behind her as she looks at a paper. It is a sympathetic portrait suggesting his fondness for his aunt and an excellent example of a Slade School portrait interior. Signed and dated RHOADES 32 lower right. Provenance. Alfred Stiles and Sons label verso. Also signed on stretcher. Condition. Oil on canvas, 18 inches by 14 inches and in good condition. Frame. Housed in a complementary frame, 25 inches by 21 inches and in good condition. Geoffrey Hamilton Rhoades (1898-1980). Rhoades attended Dulwich College where his education included drawing from classical casts. After Dulwich he spent two years at Clapham Art School under L C Nightingale. He served in the Marines from 1917 to 1919. Rhoades then studied at Slade School between 1919 and 1924 under Tonks. he socialised with fellow artists Albert Houthueson, Percy Horton, Charles Mahoney and James Laver. Rhoades then spent two years at Christopher Turnor's country house painting family portraits, some murals, landscapes and making many drawings. In 1928 Rhoades taught at the Working Man’s College in Crowndale Road, London. In 1929 Geoffrey followed Percy Horton as the art master at Bishop’s Stortford College, remaining in this post for fifteen years. He was a friend and coleague to Walter Strachan. In 1934 Rhoades married Joan Jenner and they lived in London and had a son, Peter who also became an artist. In 1935 the Tate (Britain) bought his “Winter Afternoon, Chalk Farm” landscape. After the onset of the Second World War blitz, they moved house to Stebbing in Essex. They lived near to Great Bardfield where the very prestigious artists’ group including Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Michael Rothenstein and a number of other distinguished artists had collected away from London. Rhoades and his wife were intimate members of this creative community throughout the course of the war. Their final move was to Seven Stars, Cuddington on the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire border to be nearer to Oxford. Percy Horton was appointed Ruskin Master of Drawing at the Ruskin School, University of Oxford and Joan became his secretary. Horton employed Geoffrey as a tutor at the School and this began a very long relationship with the Ruskin, which was then housed in the Ashmolean Museum, and Oxford for both of them. Joan was a secretary to Percy Horton, then Richard Naish and in 1974 Philip Morsberger...