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Period: 1940s
Blue and White Anemones, Swedish Woodland Oil Painting
Blue and White Anemones, Swedish Woodland Oil Painting

Blue and White Anemones, Swedish Woodland Oil Painting

Located in Stockholm, SE

Owe Zerge (1894–1983) Sweden Blåsippor och vitsippor (Blue and White Anemones) signed lower left Owe Zerge oil on panel unframed 54 × 64.5 cm (21.3 × 25.4 in) framed 70 × 80 cm (27...

Category

Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Parisians Strolling in The Park, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1940s
Parisians Strolling in The Park, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1940s

Parisians Strolling in The Park, Oil on Canvas, Framed, 1940s

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

6069 Oversized Oil on canvas of Parisians strolling in the park set in a period frame Image size 22.5x27.5"

Category

1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Pair of Dachshunds Dogs Oil Paintings set in a Wood Frame
Pair of Dachshunds Dogs Oil Paintings set in a Wood Frame

Pair of Dachshunds Dogs Oil Paintings set in a Wood Frame

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

6239 Pair of dachshund in a moody oil painting Set in a gilt frame signed Image size 19.5x23.5"

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1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Reflecting Mountains Norwegian Landscape
Mid Century Reflecting Mountains Norwegian Landscape

Mid Century Reflecting Mountains Norwegian Landscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Serene mid-century landscape of mountains reflecting over a fjord in Norway by an unknown artist, Circa 1940's. Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 20"H x 24"W. Fr...

Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting
The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting

The Green Lamp, Woman Reading a Book, Oil on Canvas Interior Painting

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

In this painting, The Green Lamp, painted by Eva Bagge (1871-1964) presents an intimate interior scene imbued with silence and contemplation. A woman sits comfortably in an armchair,...

Category

Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Golden Twilight Winter Landscape with Stream
Golden Twilight Winter Landscape with Stream

Golden Twilight Winter Landscape with Stream

Located in Stockholm, Stockholm

Swedish winter landscape at dusk. The painting depicts a quiet winter landscape in the late afternoon and the setting sun, rendered in warm, softly atmospheric colors. Snow-covered ...

Category

Naturalistic 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dancing Figures (Untitled)

Dancing Figures (Untitled)

By Hans Burkhardt

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Dancing Figures (Untitled), 1944, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 34 1/4 inches, presented in its original strip wood frame, from the estate of the artist Ernest Ro...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

lithograph

lithograph

By (after) Pierre Bonnard

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the drawing). This impression in violet ink was printed in France in 1944 for the rare "Correspondances" portfolio, published by Teriade in a limited editio...

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1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage American Cubist Framed Modernist Abstract Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Vintage American Cubist Framed Modernist Abstract Portrait Rare Oil Painting

Vintage American Cubist Framed Modernist Abstract Portrait Rare Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American cubist abstract still life oil painting from the collection of Henri Charles Veit. Oil on board. Framed. Measuring: 13 by 17 inches overall, and 10.5 by 14.25 painti...

Category

Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting Three Horses Signed
Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting Three Horses Signed

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting Three Horses Signed

By Omer Ferdi Sahingil

Located in Soquel, CA

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting Three Horses on a Rolling Hill, Signed Vibrant watercolor of three horses in the Bay Area rolling hills with California P...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Post War Berkeley Hills Original Watercolor Painting of Victorian House, Signed
Post War Berkeley Hills Original Watercolor Painting of Victorian House, Signed

Post War Berkeley Hills Original Watercolor Painting of Victorian House, Signed

By Omer Ferdi Sahingil

Located in Soquel, CA

Post War Berkeley Hills Victorian House Original Watercolor Painting, Signed Original 1947 watercolor painting of Berkeley home in the featuring an iconic Queen Anne Victorian house...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

pochoir

pochoir

By (after) Edgar Degas

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: pochoir (after the pastel). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x 11...

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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Masterwork, Signed Color Woodcut
'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Masterwork, Signed Color Woodcut

'Taos Placita' — American Southwest Masterwork, Signed Color Woodcut

By Gustave Baumann

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Gustave Baumann, 'Taos Placita', color woodcut, 1947, edition 125. Baumann 132. Signed, titled, and numbered '20-125' in pencil; with the artist’s Hand-in-Heart chop. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on fibrous oatmeal wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2 to 3 1/8 inches); slight rippling at the left sheet edge, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 9 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (244 x 286 mm); sheet size 13 1/4 x 17 inches (337 x 432 mm). Collections: Harwood Museum of Art, New Mexico Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Scottsdale Art Museum, Wichita Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) was a renowned printmaker and a leading figure of the American color woodcut revival whose exquisite craftsmanship and vibrant imagery captured the essence of the Southwest. "A brilliant printmaker, Baumann brought to the medium a full mastery of the craft of woodworking that he acquired from his father, a German cabinetmaker. This craftsmanship was coupled with a strong artistic training that resulted in the handsome objects we see in the exhibition today. After discovering New Mexico in 1918, Baumann began to explore in his woodblock prints of this period the light. color, and architectural forms of that landscape. His prints of this period are among the most beautiful and poetic images of the American West." —Lewis I. Sharp, Director, Denver Art Museum Baumann, the son of a craftsman, immigrated to the United States from Germany with his family when he was ten, settling in Chicago. From 1897 to 1904, he studied in the evenings at the Art Institute of Chicago, working in a commercial printmaking shop during the day. In 1905, he returned to Germany to attend the Kunstwerbe Schule in Munich, where he decided on a career in printmaking. He returned to Chicago in 1906 and worked for a few years as a graphic designer of labels. Baumann made his first prints in 1909 and exhibited them at the Art Institute of Chicago the following year. In 1910, he moved to the artists’ colony in Nashville, Indiana, where he explored the creative and commercial possibilities of a career as a printmaker. In 1915, he exhibited his color woodcuts at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, winning the gold medal. Among Baumann’s ongoing commercial activities was his work for the Packard Motor Car Company from 1914 to 1920 where he produced designs, illustrations, and color woodcuts until 1923. In 1919, Baumann’s printmaking work dominated the important exhibition of American color woodcuts at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Twenty-six of his prints were included, far more than the works of any other artist. A set of his blocks, a preparatory drawing, and seven progressive proofs complemented the exhibition. That same year, Baumann worked in New York and, over the summer, in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His airy images of Cape Cod employed soft, pastel colors and occasionally showed the influence of the white-line woodcut technique. Many of his Chicago artist friends had traveled to the southwest, and Baumann became intrigued by their paintings, souvenirs, and stories of an exotic place named Taos, New Mexico. In the summer of 1918, he spent the summer in Taos sketching and painting before visiting Santa Fe. Paul Walter, the director of the Museum of New Mexico, offered him a studio in the museum's basement. Inspired by the rugged beauty of the Southwest—the vibrant colors and dramatic landscapes of the region became a central theme in his work, influencing his artistic style and subject matter for the remainder of his career. Later in the decade, he traveled to the West Coast and made prints of California landscape. Baumann's prints became synonymous with the Southwest, capturing the spirit of its place in America's identity with a unique sense of authenticity and reverence. His iconic images of desert vistas, pueblo villages, and indigenous cultures served as visual tributes to the region's rich cultural heritage, earning him a dedicated following among collectors and curators alike. A true craftsman and artist, Baumann completed every step of the printmaking process himself, cutting each block, mixing the inks, and printing every impression on the handmade paper he selected. His dedication to true craftsmanship and his commitment to preserving the integrity of his artistic vision earned him widespread acclaim and recognition within the art world. About the vibrant colors he produced, Baumann stated, “A knowledge of color needs to be acquired since they don’t all behave the same way when ground or mixed...careful chemistry goes into the making of colors, with meticulous testing for permanence. While complicated formulae evolve new colors, those derived from Earth and metal bases are still the most reliable.” In the 1930s, Baumann became interested in puppet theater. He designed and carved his own marionettes and established a little traveling company. From 1943 to 1945, the artist carved an altarpiece for the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith in Santa Fe. In 1952, a retrospective exhibition of his prints was mounted at the New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts. Throughout his prolific career, Baumann executed nearly four hundred color woodcuts. Baumann’s woodcuts...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Woodcut

Original 1942 "CASABLANCA" vintage Academy Award winning movie poster
Original 1942 "CASABLANCA" vintage Academy Award winning movie poster

Original 1942 "CASABLANCA" vintage Academy Award winning movie poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original 1942 CASABLANCA vintage movie poster. Archival linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. The original production fold marks have been touched up and restored. This is an authentic vintage 1942 issue of Casablanca for sale. "Casablanca" is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in cinema history. It received critical acclaim upon its release and won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michael Curtiz, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The cast's performances, memorable dialogue, and timeless romance have contributed to the film's enduring popularity. "Casablanca" remains a cultural touchstone and is often referenced in popular media. • Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart): The owner of Rick's Café Américain, an establishment known for its lively atmosphere. Rick is initially portrayed as detached and cynical, but his past is revealed as the story progresses. • Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman): A Norwegian woman with a complicated history with Rick. She is caught in a love triangle between Rick and her husband, Victor Laszlo. • Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains): The corrupt and witty French police captain in Casablanca. He adds a layer of humor to the film and undergoes a moral transformation as the story unfolds. Over the years, the Casablanca poster...

Category

American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Offset

View of Stockholm from Västerbron, 1943
View of Stockholm from Västerbron, 1943

View of Stockholm from Västerbron, 1943

Located in Stockholm, SE

Gabriel Strandberg (1885–1966) Sweden View of Stockholm from Västerbron, 1943 signed and dated lower left oil on board unframed 36.5 × 55 cm (14.4 × 21.7 in) framed 46.5 × 65 cm (1...

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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach
“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach

“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach

By Jane Peterson

Located in Yardley, PA

A wonderful example of Peterson’s views of the Florida Coast during her winter trips down south. Painted during Peterson’s mature period, this lively work underscores the energy of ...

Category

American Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Perhaps New Jersey Factories)

Untitled (Perhaps New Jersey Factories)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Untitled (perhaps New Jersey Factories), c. 1940s, oil on board, signed lower left, 24 x 28 inches, perhaps exhibited Fifty-First Annual Exhibition, National Association of Women Art...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Summer Garden in Bloom, Cottage Garden Landscape, 1948
Summer Garden in Bloom, Cottage Garden Landscape, 1948

Summer Garden in Bloom, Cottage Garden Landscape, 1948

Located in Genève, GE

Signed and dated "48 F. Lichtwitz" in the lower left corner. A vibrant and sunlit garden scene painted in 1948, depicting a flourishing flower border before a charming country house...

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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas
"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas

"Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock" Original Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Fishing Schooners and Sailboats at a dock, "Fischerschoner und Segelboote an einem Dock" by Rudolph Guba (German/American, 1884-1950) Impasto work which depicts several sailing ves...

Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...

Category

Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Freshwater Fish on White Plate
Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Freshwater Fish on White Plate

Post-Impressionist Oil Painting of Freshwater Fish on White Plate

By Edouard Arthur

Located in Genève, GE

Dimensions with frame: 44 x 57 x 5 cm. Signed and dated "Arthur 48" in the lower left corner. A striking and modernist still life depicting three freshly caught fish arranged on a white ceramic platter beside a simple kitchen knife. Executed with confident, textured brushwork and a restrained palette, the composition transforms an everyday subject into a powerful study of form, color, and materiality. The artist emphasizes the tactile qualities of the fish through thick impasto and nuanced earthy tones, contrasting beautifully against the luminous white tablecloth and the deep, almost abstract dark background. The dynamic placement of the fish creates a subtle rhythm across the composition, while the pared-down setting recalls the directness and honesty of early 20th-century European still life painting. Influenced by Post-Impressionist and modern realist traditions, the work balances painterly spontaneity with careful observation. The expressive handling of paint and simplified composition evoke the spirit of French and Continental modernist still lifes of the early to mid-20th century. An elegant and sophisticated still life ideal for collectors of European modernism, culinary subjects, and expressive figurative painting. still life painting, fish still life, modernist still life, Post-Impressionist painting, European still life, fish painting, culinary still life, kitchen still life, French still life painting, School of Paris, expressionist still life, oil on canvas still life, impasto painting, rustic still life, seafood painting, market fish painting, tabletop still life, knife in still life, modern European painting, figurative still life, early modernism, painterly still life, collectible still life art, Continental painting, expressive brushwork, white plate still life, food still life painting...

Category

Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway 14 prints
Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway 14 prints

Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway 14 prints

By Winold Reiss

Located in Spokane, WA

A group of 14 Blackfeet Indians prints created by the artist Winold Reiss. The Great Northern Railway printed and released these prints in c. 1940. This is for the entire group...

Category

American Realist 1940s Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting
'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting

'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting By artist, Degerna, Mid 20th Century Signed and dated '1949' by the artist on the lower right hand corner...

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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil

"Interior with Fruits and Portrait Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1940s"
"Interior with Fruits and Portrait Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1940s"

"Interior with Fruits and Portrait Still Life, Oil on Canvas, 1940s"

By Josep Guinovart Bertrán

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Title: Interior with Fruits and Portrait Artist: Signed as J. Guinovart Attribution: Possibly a very early work by Josep Guinovart (1927–2007) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 46...

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Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Little World

Little World

By (after) Paul Klee

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: collotype (after the etching). Printed in 1947 and published by The Museum of Modern Art in an edition of 2000 for a scarce Paul Klee portfolio. Image size: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inc...

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1940s Art

Materials

Photogravure

Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass

Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass

By Edna Gass

Located in Soquel, CA

Women Seated in Garden "Femmos Restant" New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass Women Seated in the Garden 'Femmos Restant" by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993). Image, ...

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Post-Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Vibrant Post War Bay Area Garden Landscape - Original Watercolor Painting
Vibrant Post War Bay Area Garden Landscape - Original Watercolor Painting

Vibrant Post War Bay Area Garden Landscape - Original Watercolor Painting

By Omer Ferdi Sahingil

Located in Soquel, CA

Vibrant Post War Bay Area Garden Landscape - Original Watercolor Painting Lively landscape of a path and steps through a garden by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (Turkish/Ame...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Handsomely framed in thin modernist wood molding. Excel...

Category

Cubist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting "Beach Day" Signed
Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting "Beach Day" Signed

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting "Beach Day" Signed

By Omer Ferdi Sahingil

Located in Soquel, CA

Post War Bay Area Figurative - Original Watercolor Painting "Beach Day" Vibrant watercolor of three figures on the beach by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (Turkish/American,...

Category

American Modern 1940s Art

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude

By Marcel Dumont

Located in Woodbury, CT

Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...

Category

Abstract 1940s Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting
Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting

Vintage French Impressionist Paris Street Scene Signed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American impressionist Paris street scene oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 13 by 15 inches overall. Handso...

Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Oil, Board

French school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed
French school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed

French school Luminous Landscape with water mill, oil painting Signed

Located in Zofingen, AG

➡️ Luminous Landscape with Water mill⬅️ ⏩It is signed J Weakaes⏪ ⭐Medium:⭐ Oil on canvas ⭐Technique: ⭐Impasto painting with expressive brushwork. ⭐Size:⭐48x36cm / 18.9x 14.2inc...

Category

Impressionist 1940s Art

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas