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Period: 1930s
House on the Ridge
House on the Ridge

House on the Ridge

By Chauncey Foster Ryder

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868–1949) House on the Ridge Signed lower left Oil on canvas Sight size: 15 × 20 in. Frame size: 22 × 27 in. CATALOGUE NOTE Chauncey Foster Ryder’s House on ...

Category

Abstract Impressionist 1930s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Goblin Market Endpaper Design
Goblin Market Endpaper Design

Goblin Market Endpaper Design

By Arthur Rackham

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Lower margin contains inked directive initialed by Rackham and numerous pencil indications as well as a rough thumbnail sketch of the end papers. A fascinating look into Rackham's creative process for his book designs. His attention to detail included the placement of the repeating silhouette pattern of the creatures and tree to appear the front and rear endpapers of the 1933 edition of Christina Rossetti's story "Goblin Market...

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Ink, Graphite

The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators
The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators

The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators

Located in Miami, FL

Women illustrators were alive, well, and quite active in the early 20th century. Most of their production was associated with topics that dealt with the home, children or fairy tales. In this masterfully rendered work in pen and ink, Jacobs displays great technical skill in presenting three maidens dressing a beautiful female member of the Court wearing a tiara. Signed in a cartouche lower right From: Stella Mead, Great Stories from Many Lands, London: James Herbert and Co, 1936, page 78 " Red and White Roses" Provenance: Chris Beetles Work is elegantly matted and not framed. Helen Mary Jacobs was born in Ilford, Essex, the sister of the writer W.W. Jacobs; she studied art at the West Ham...

Category

Art Nouveau 1930s Art

Materials

Ink, Pencil, Paper

20th century French
20th century French

20th century French

Located in Woodbury, CT

This French marquetry picture, circa 1930-40, is a remarkable piece that exemplifies the mastery of wood inlay artistry from the Art Deco period. The scene is a harmonious blend of n...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Wood Panel

Vintage French Oil Still Life - The Painter's Box
Vintage French Oil Still Life - The Painter's Box

Vintage French Oil Still Life - The Painter's Box

Located in Houston, TX

Warmly hued oil on paper still life of open wooden box with artist's supplies spilling out, circa 1930. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with ...

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

Original Affiches Paul Mohr  Compagnie Nationale des Papers 1932 vintage poster
Original Affiches Paul Mohr  Compagnie Nationale des Papers 1932 vintage poster

Original Affiches Paul Mohr Compagnie Nationale des Papers 1932 vintage poster

By Paul Mohr

Located in Spokane, WA

Original small format poster Affiches Paul Mohr, 1932. Archival linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. The rare Paul Mohr posters are incredibly elusive; many have had only one remaining known copy survive. Printing method: Helio-Typo or Typelo. Before television, beautiful lithographs adorn the streets and walls of Paris and other European cities. Art for the street, art for the public. Weather and rain would destroy these works of art by renowned artists, only to be replaced. The artist: Paul Gustave Mohr, a French Avant-garde poster designer from the Art Deco period was born Sept. 4, 1890 in Ham, France and died on April 13, 1959 in Paris. He lived most of his life in Paris, and then settled in the small town of Asnieres, France, just outside of Paris. He attended the Sorbonne University, as well as several art schools. During World War I, he was a pilot in the French Army from 1914-1917. Paul Mohr married Jeanne Levy in 1917 and they had three daughters: Helene, Genevieve, and Jacqueline. As an artist, he designed advertising posters from 1920 to 1940. His posters advertised Wonder cycles, Dainty cycles, Lustucru pasta, Banania sugar, Bremsit brakes, Champigneulles beer, L'Union beer, Dubonnet wine, as well as shoes and ham. This information was provided to me by my mother, Helene Mohr Breitenbucher, who was his eldest daughter. Carol Schuler (granddaughter) Advertising posters, the affiches of Paul Mohr. This is an original advertising poster for the affiches (posters) created by the master artist Paul Mohr (1890-1959). Archival linen backed in very good condition. No stains, no tears, no paper loss. Grade A condition. Ready to frame. Compagnie Nationale des Papier, Paris. The crowd on the street looks up in amazement at the art deco-style images that the artist created. Images on the wall feature incredible image that this artist created such as Lustucru, Amer...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Offset

Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting
Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting

Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting

Located in Soquel, CA

Dutch Family in the Forest - Original Signed Figurative Genre Painting Charming figurative genre painting of a Dutch family in the forest by an unknown artist. The painting is skill...

Category

Romantic 1930s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Old Pecan Trees, Early 20th Century Landscape, 1st Place May Show Winner
Two Old Pecan Trees, Early 20th Century Landscape, 1st Place May Show Winner

Two Old Pecan Trees, Early 20th Century Landscape, 1st Place May Show Winner

By Frank Wilcox

Located in Beachwood, OH

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Two Old Pecan Trees, 1932 Watercolor on paper mounted on board Signed lower right 21 x 28.25 inches 27 x 35.25 inches, as framed Exhibited: 1932 May Show (1st Place) Cleveland Museum of Art; Poetics of Place: Charles Burchfield and His Contemporaries, 2001 Cleveland Artist's Foundation. Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Frances in Braids"
"Frances in Braids"

"Frances in Braids"

By Daniel Garber

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Pastel portrait of artist's granddaughter. Complemented by original signed Harer frame. Illustra...

Category

American Impressionist 1930s Art

Materials

Pastel

Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown  May 21st, 1938
Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown  May 21st, 1938

Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938

By Neysa McMein

Located in Miami, FL

Pastel on board - Saturday Evening Post Cover, Evening Gown May 21st, 1938 - Reproduced version looks better because the Saturday Evening Post Art Director retouched the plates before printing and strengthened the colors to give it more newsstand appeal - Signed and inscribed lower left. Housed in an inexpensive period frame undlations to the board From Wiki : as an American illustrator and portrait painter who studied at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and Art Students League of New York. She began her career as an illustrator and during World War I, she traveled across France entertaining military troops with Anita P...

Category

American Impressionist 1930s Art

Materials

Pastel

Geometric Composition
Geometric Composition

Geometric Composition

By Rolph Scarlett

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Rolph Scarlett (Canadian/American, 1889 - 1984) “Geometric Composition” Signed lower right, circa late 1930’s early 1940’s 19 ½ x 26 inches Mixed media, Price on request About Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric and linear forms, an industrial designer, and a pioneer in helping establish non-objective art as an aesthetic in America. He also worked in an abstract art style during the American avant-garde movement which extended into the 1940s. He was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada and travelled to New York City as an 18-year-old. By 1924 he made New York City his home. In 1939, Scarlett was one of the founding members and forces which steered the development of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting in New York. (later, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). Guggenheim was the sponsor behind the Avant Garde and pioneering, philosophy of Baroness Hilla Rebay who founded the early museum. She was both the founding curator and director of the museum, as well as an abstract artist. She encouraged and worked with Scarlett in the early museum years, together promoting the concepts of non-objective painting. In Scarlett’s aesthetic these where geometric elements intuitively placed in non-descript flat and three-dimensional space. Any discussion of the history of the Guggenheim Museum must include four key figures: Hilla Rebay (1890-1967), Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Rudolf Bauer (1889-1953), and Rolf Scarlett...

Category

Abstract Geometric 1930s Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Dimanche en Bretagne

Dimanche en Bretagne

By Jean-Emile Laboureur

Located in New York, NY

Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Dimanche en Bretagne, etching, 1939, signed in pencil lower left and inscribed “ep d’artite” lower right. Reference: Laboureur 543, second state (of...

Category

Realist 1930s Art

Materials

Etching

"Le Parc Monceau" original etching

"Le Parc Monceau" original etching

By Pierre Bonnard

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Etching

Figure Study
Figure Study

Figure Study

By Marcel Delmotte 1

Located in London, GB

Black and red chalk on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 31cm x 27cm (50cm x 45cm framed). Delmotte was a painter, draftsman, watercolourist and Belgian sculptor. A realist painter at first, he was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the century. An impressive list of gallery exhibitions of his work during his lifetime, either independently or as part of a group, indicate that he was a known and successful figure in art worlds of Belgium and Europe. Marcel Delmotte received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He was named Knight of the Order of Leopold II...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Paper, Chalk

Evening Attire circa 1930s Watercolour
Evening Attire circa 1930s Watercolour

Evening Attire circa 1930s Watercolour

Located in Bristol, CT

Elegant watercolour portrait of a dapper gent in evening cutaway attire c1930s Art Sz: 12 1/4"H x 8 3/4"W Frame Sz: 17"H x 13 1/2"W in gilt bamboo

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Ink, Pen

"View of Gloucester"
"View of Gloucester"

"View of Gloucester"

By Gershon Benjamin

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 1930s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire
16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Peasant Attire

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Boleslaw Cybis (1895-1957). Polish Peasant, 16th-century Attire, 1939. Conte and gouache with pencil on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Signed by the artist and dated bottom...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Gouache, Pencil

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire
16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire

16th-century Traditional Historical Polish Male Dress Attire

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Boleslaw Cybis (1895-1957). Polish Merchant, 16th-century Attire, 1939. Conte and gouache with pencil on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Signed by the artist and dated botto...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil, Crayon

Art Deco Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Art Deco Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart

Art Deco Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart

Located in Atlanta, GA

An engaging modernist pencil study of a seated woman by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). The figure is rendered with a refined economy of line, where traced contours, subtle sha...

Category

Cubist 1930s Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

"Salomé" pochoir

"Salomé" pochoir

By (after) André Derain

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: pochoir (after the gouache). This pochoir illustrates a scene from Oscar Wilde's "Salomé". It was printed in 1938 at the atelier Saudé of Paris and published by The Limited E...

Category

Fauvist 1930s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Danger!, Liberty Magazine Cover
Danger!, Liberty Magazine Cover

Danger!, Liberty Magazine Cover

By Leslie Thrasher

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Original cover for Liberty magazine, published June 28, 1930. Gwendolyn and Ulysses sit on the front steps of the Jenkins house, wishing for rain so they could play in mud puddles. ...

Category

Other Art Style 1930s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study Of Drapery
Study Of Drapery

Study Of Drapery

By Boardman Robinson

Located in New York, NY

Brush and black and gray inks and wash on cream wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower center. Titled in pencil, lower right. Inscribed with the artist's name and addre...

Category

American Realist 1930s Art

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper

La Bella Venezia

La Bella Venezia

By John Taylor Arms

Located in Middletown, NY

(New York: John Taylor Arms, 1930) Etching on antique cream laid paper with a fancy "G" watermark, 7 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches (182 x 442 mm), full margins. Signed, dated and inscribed "Ed. 70" in pencil, lower margin. From a total edirion of 81 plus 5 trial proofs. Printed by Henry E. Carling. Number 18 from the Italian Series. A superb impression of this scarce print, with all of the subtleties and details of the reflections in the water printing clearly. [Fletcher 232] [Illustrated: Page 192, Arms, Dorothy Noyes, "Hilltowns and Cities of Northern Italy"]. Along with his constant companion and wife, Dorothy Noyes, Arms spent decades exploring and documenting gothic structures throughout Europe. Noyes, an accomplished travel writer, had gifted Arms an etching set...

Category

American Modern 1930s Art

Materials

Etching

serigraph

serigraph

By Edward McKnight Kauffer

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: serigraph. Printed in 1936 and published in Paris by Arts et Métiers Graphiques. Image size: 7 1/2 x 6 inches (188 x 150 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Category

Surrealist 1930s Art

Materials

Screen

striking 1937 original Air France poster by artist Vinci - Art Deco - Airlines
striking 1937 original Air France poster by artist Vinci - Art Deco - Airlines

striking 1937 original Air France poster by artist Vinci - Art Deco - Airlines

Located in PARIS, FR

This striking 1937 Air France poster by artist Vinci celebrates the airline’s rapidly expanding global air network, at a time when commercial aviation was still a symbol of modern ma...

Category

Art Deco 1930s Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Fishing Harbor, Brittiny
Fishing Harbor, Brittiny

Fishing Harbor, Brittiny

By Hayley Lever

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Signed lower right and dated 1930. Lever’s “Fishing Harbor in Brittany” is as much a scene celebrating the boats and quaint architecture of coastal France, as it is a nod to its ...

Category

Post-Impressionist 1930s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Duchess of Windsor  - Wallis Simpson
The Duchess of Windsor  - Wallis Simpson

The Duchess of Windsor - Wallis Simpson

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Photograph of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of ...

Category

1930s Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin