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"End of the Tracks, Johnstown, Pennsylvania," Henry Gasser, American Scene
Located in Larchmont, NY
Henry Martin Gasser (1909 - 1981)
End of the Tracks, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sight 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Estate of Edm...
Category
American Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Halleluja, A story
Located in New York, NY
Initially read as archaic and simple, Halleluja is a complex celebratory spring painting full of color, imagination, and humor and combines many elements seen throughout her later ca...
Category
American Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Framed Abstract Beach Fruit Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 8L x 6H. Housed in a period giltwood frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whitby Abbey Ruins Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking and atmospheric painting of Whitby Abbey ruins by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame were two of f...
Category
Symbolist 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Calf by Orovida Pissarro - Etching
Located in London, GB
The Calf by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Watercolour, hand-coloured over an etching
17.5 x 23.2 cm (6 ⅞ x 9 ⅛ inches)
Signed, titled and dated 1949
Provenance
Private collection, E...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Vintage American Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist Cloud Study Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modern abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 48L x 36H. Unframed.
Category
Abstract 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1943 Martin "Marauder" USA UK attack bomber plane identification poster WW2
Located in London, GB
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1943...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Elevated Train Bridge In NYC
Located in Minneapolis, MN
From an east coast estate auction, Grapefruit Moon Gallery is delighted to have acquired a previously unseen collection of American Impressionist oil paintings dating to the 1940s an...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shop in Kensington Church Street, London - 1940s British Oil by John Cole
By John Cole
Located in London, GB
JOHN COLE
(1903-1975)
The Doll’s House, Kensington Church Street
Signed l.l.
Oil on canvas
41 by 51 cm., 16 by 20 in.
(frame size 56 by 66 cm., 22 by 26 in.)
Exhibited:
London...
Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil
1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Subway Riders
Located in Surfside, FL
The Subway, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's.
image is 8 X 9.5 inches. Hand signed lower right
Provenance: Greenwich Gallery (Greenwich CT)
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian b...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Watercolor
A l’Intérieur de la Vue - Rare Book Illustrated by Max Ernst - 1948
By Max Ernst
Located in Roma, IT
A l’Intérieur de la Vue is an original modern rare book written by Paul Éluard (Saint-Denis, 1895 – Charenton-le-Pont, 1952) and illustrated by Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) in 1948.
Orig...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Art
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Antique American Female Modernist Sunset Valley Signed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist landscape oil painting by Sandra Lerner. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 20"L x 16"H.
Category
Abstract 1940s Art
Materials
Oil, Gouache
The Queen , 1947, by French Transgender Artist JM Poulain
Located in Paris, FR
By French famous Transgender artist, Michel Marie Poulain (Born Paris December 5, 1906. Died 1991) this rare oil on canvas it represents the Queen and her child in a style of som...
Category
Feminist 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
IN CONSTRUCTION
By Riva Helfond
Located in Portland, ME
Helfond, Riva (American, 1910-2002). IN CONSTRUCTION. Color lithograph, 1941. Edition of 35, signed in ink, titled, dated and numbered 21/35 in pencil, with full margins. 16 7/8in x ...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Screen
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Henri MATISSE (1869-1954)
Lithograph
Signed in the plate
Vélin Paper
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9")
This lithograph is one of a rare edition made during the Second World War ...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Pillar Point Fishing Dock, Half Moon Bay - Mid Century Landscape
By William Winthrop Ward
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautifully detailed mid-century coastal landscape of Pillar Point Fishing Dock near Half Moon Bay, California by William Winthrop Ward (American, 1901-1985). Signed lower left: "W. ...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Nuturing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the B...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gianni Vagnetti Lady in Red Portrait Painting 20 century oil panel,
Located in Florence, IT
The painting is a portrait of an unknown lady, here depicted with a with an absorbed look. The intense red lipstick, matching with the the dress-allusion to fire and passion-creates ...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"There is No Love," Saturday Evening Post Magazine Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
The oil on canvas illustration is bearing a Saturday Evening Post label verso, used to illustrate the short story There Is No Love, in the October 18th, 1941 i...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper
Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than once proved to be at the artistic...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Art
Materials
Gouache
Demolition in the Plaza del Toro
By Reynold Weidenaar
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From the artists series of sketches in Mexico, showing a Cathedral and dramatic cloudscape in the background, and a destroyed plaza in the foreground.
In 1944 he received a Guggenh...
Category
American Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Mezzotint
Mid Century Davenport, California Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century naive painting of Davenport, California homes on the edge of the coast by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "Sibyl '47" lower right c...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Forest - Mid Century Abstracted Fauvist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century fauvist watercolor landscape with lush, vivid trees and distant houses by Emily Shotwell Goeller-Wood (American, 1887-1965). Presented in a rustic giltwood frame...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Art
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Two Figures Due figure - Italian Art, Drawing, 20th Century
By Mario Sironi
Located in London, GB
MARIO SIRONI 1885-1961
Sassari, Italy, 1885-1961 Milan, Italy (Italian)
Title: Two Figures Due figure, 1940/45
Technique: Hand Signed Pencil and Crayon Drawing on Wove Paper laid ...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Crayon, Pencil
Original WW2 Poster Join QARANC – Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
Located in London, GB
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Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
By Byron Browne
Located in Portland, ME
Browne, Byron (American, 1907-1961).
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?). watercolor and pencil, 1942.
Signed and dated, lower right.
14 x 11 inches. Matted to 20 x 16 inches
In e...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board
Dimensions: 16" x 19 3/4" x 1/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 19 1/4" x 23 1/4"
Ernesto Linares Early Mexican Modernist Abstract E...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil, Board
"Rushelle in the Garden"
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 1940s Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Trapezist - Original Pencil Drawing by E. Berman - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trapezists is a beautiful original pencil drawing on Universal watermarked paper, realized at the middle of XX century by the Surrealist artist, Eugène Berman.
Monogrammed "E. B." i...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Pencil
Quetzal, from Brunidor Portfolio Number 1
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original lithograph in colors on wove paper created by Wilfredo Lam in 1947. Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuba...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Edward Weston
By Beaumont Newhall
Located in Dallas, TX
Edition of 125
Signed and dated in pencil on verso.
Photograph is from The New Mexico Portfolio published in 1976 by the Center of the Eye Photography Collaborative.
Gelatin silve...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"The Clever Sister.", Story Illustration for Woman's Home Companion
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: December, 1946
Medium: Gouache and Graphite on Board
Dimensions: 17.50" x 26.75"
Signature: Unsigned
"The Clever Sister." Illustration for the first part of the story of the s...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Gouache, Board, Graphite
Original Vintage Poster Become A Nurse Your Country Needs You WWII Uncle Sam USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two volunteer recruitment poster - become a Nurse Your Country Needs You - featuring a patriotic design showing a young lady in a blue nurse's uniform look...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Paper
1944 UK poster: Great Britain's War Effort (Taxation) - World War II propaganda
Located in London, GB
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Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Putting on the Coat (front)
Located in New York, NY
Isabel Bishop (1902-1988), Putting on the Coat, etching, 1943, signed in pencil lower right and titled (Putting on Coat (front)) lower left margins. Reference: Teller 31. In excellen...
Category
American Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Etching
American Junior Red Cross, Poster Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Approximate Date: 1943
Dimensions: 35.00 x 22.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
American Junior Red Cross, Poster Illustration
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1942 Royal Air Force Bristol Beaufighter aeroplane recognition poster World War
Located in London, GB
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Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Great Dane
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
American Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Disconnected
By Weston Taylor
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A dazzling original 1942 pastel on illustration board by Weston Taylor, commissioned by the C. Moss Calendar company for a pin up calendar titled "Disconnected." This is a classic ar...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Art
Materials
Illustration Board, Pastel
Mountains in the Valais / Wallis , Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Marcella Grundig
(Swiss, * 21.6.1899 La Chaux-de-Fonds, † 19.11.1986 Bern)
Oil on artist board, ca. 58 x 46 cm
Signed bottom left
Verso Exhibition label : VI. Schweizerische Austell...
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Art
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Kerry Lee 'Cambridge' Original Vintage Poster pictorial map University
By Kerry Lee
Located in London, GB
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Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
By Greta Allen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert)
Watercolor, 1945-1955
Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Cond...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Watercolor
Dance Marathon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From a vintage photograph c.1940
This image can be printed to any custom size.
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Careless Talk Costs Lives 'Fougasse' IV Army Corps Edition World War 2 Poster
Located in London, GB
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Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Lithograph
Weegee "Distortion: Stripes"
By Weegee
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Innovative, provocative, inimitable - these are just a few of the words to describe America's boldest photographer.
Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee (1899-1968) was a ground-b...
Category
American Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mid Century Lake Tahoe Mountain Overlook Landscape
By Norman Gainsborough
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century landscape of an expansive Lake Tahoe overlook, a gorgeous scenic view with Bald Eagle sculptures by Norman Gainsborough (American, 20th Century), 1947. Signed and dated l...
Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large American Modernist New York City Skyline Abstract Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist painting of New York City. Oil on canvas, circa 1947. Signed. Image size 34L x 20H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Freda the Springer Spaniel - British animal oil painting dog art
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British portrait oil painting of a dog is by noted female animal artist Florence Mabel Hollams. Painted in 1943 the painting is of Freda, a black and white Springer Sp...
Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil
Forest, American Modernist Abstract Landscape Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Forest" is a 29 x 36 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is estate stamped on ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Crowned Head, American Modernist Figurative Abstract Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Crowned Head" is a 35 x 20 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a muted, earth tone color palette. The work is si...
Category
Abstract 1940s Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hiding to Look
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hiding to Look
Oil; on board, 1944
Signed "de Diego" and dated 1944 lower right. (see photo)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By descent to the artist's daughter Kiriki Metzo
Exhibi...
Category
American Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Oil
The Birth of Summer - British figurative 1941 art oil painting female artist
Located in London, GB
This stunning British figurative oil painting is by noted female artist Noel Laura Nisbet. Whilst studying at the Royal College of Art she was the winner of the Princess of Wales’ Sc...
Category
Realist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil
Street Cock Fight Animal Painting by E.Walker
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3749a Oil on canvas of a street cock fight by E.Walker
Set in a simple black wood frame
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Oil
WW2 Oxford Wings for Victory Original Vintage Poster Design Gouache World War 2
Located in London, GB
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Anonymous
Oxford Wings for Victory
56x38cm
62x44cm in...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Gouache
“Gloucester Docks”
By Caroline Bell
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on fiberboard painting of fishing boats at the docks of Gloucester by the well known North Fork Long Island artist Caroline M. Bell. Circa 1945. Signed lower left by th...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Pleasure - Linocut on Paper by Jean Barbe / Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pleasure is a beautiful black and white linocut on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1945 by Mino Maccari.
Hand-signed "Jean Barbe" and numbered in pencil on lower margin. Edition of...
Category
1940s Art
Materials
Linocut
The Trip to Mexico - Original Pen Drawing by Eugène Berman - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
The Trip to Mexico is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized in 1947 by Russian scenographer Eugène Berman,
Monogrammed and dated at the bottom: E.B.
In good condition excep...
Category
Modern 1940s Art
Materials
Paper, Pen
Mystery Signed Impressionist Street Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bit of a mystery piece. Very well painted in impressionist style oil on wood board. It is signed lower left F something? It could either be an American or European street scene, it i...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Art
Materials
Oil
