1940s Art

Bension RABINOWICZ dit BENN né à Bialistok ( Poland ) en 1905 - 1989 . " CHUT " & " ENCORE PATIENCE " circa 1943 . en Hommage à Jean PAULHAN . 2 dessins au crayon de couleur ...

Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings. Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and...

Watercolor on paper of a chorus or show girl by Ruth Adele Mysel. Mysel grew up in Boston and attended the New England School of Art. She was both a artist and sculptor as well as ...

Chiura Obata Nasturtiums, circa 1940 Signed and stamped lower left Watercolor on paper 15 x 9 5/8 inches Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...

Beautiful poster for the national lottery and the slice of the supply of the disaster victims in 1944. The French National Lottery is the distant heir of the Royal Lottery of France, which was managed by the General Administration of Lotteries. This lottery was created by decree on July 22, 1933, to help war invalids, veterans and victims of agricultural disasters. After the war, the draw became weekly. Special instalments appeared on Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Friday the 13th...

Lion is a beautiful charcoal original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz (German, 1901–1981), in 1971. Signed and...

Mountains is an original drawing in watercolor on cardboard realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (1916-1988) in 1944. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. The state of preservatio...

Vivid abstracted landscape of Monument Valley, Utah by N. Mallory (American, 20th Century), circa 1945. Signed lower left corner. Condition: Good: Some edge and corner wear consisten...

The British actress Valerie Hobson in a Tiger Moth aeroplane during a flying lesson. Original Publication: Picture Post – 4490 – Valerie Hobson Learns to Fl...

Abstract Portrait is an original artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli in 1940s. Original pencil drawing on paper. The painting is glued to a cardboard. Hand-signed on the lower r...

Original watercolor circa 1947 of a Palm Beach tropical pool oasis by the acclaimed German artist & architect Franz Bueb (1919-1982) who designed Town & Cou...

Very nicely painted mid century abstract beach scene. Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly. Framed elegantly.

Composition - Vintage Poster is an original artwork realized for Exhibition at Maurice Garnier Gallery by Bernard Buffet in 1942. Offset and Lithogra...

This work is part of our exhibition - American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s A Valley Streetscape at Night, 1948, oil on masonite, signed and dated lower right, 18 x 24 inches; literature: King, Chloe, The Paintings of Edgard O. Kiechle – Unearthed After 60 Years, Ventura Blvd, January/February, 2023, pp. 46 – 53 (illustrated) Edgar Kiechle...

Henri Matisse (After), French (1869-1954) Le Coeur (The Heart) Portfolio: Jazz Year: Of Original: 1947 Year Printed: 1983 Medium: Lithograph Image Size: 13.75 x 22 inches Size: 15.2...

Rare black and white photograph, a portrait of a handsome man by Edward Henry Weston (March 24, 1886 – January 1, 1958). Signed "EW 1949" lo...

Pamela Denyer (1923-2013) Crime 29 x 22 cm Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell Although little is known about Pamela Denyer other than that she studied under A. E. Halliwell...

Ex-Libris - Flowers is an Artwork realized in 1947 by the Czech Artist  Frantisek Kobliha (1877-1962). Woodcut B./W. print on ivory paper. Signed on plate and dated on back. The wor...

Striking and atmospheric painting of North Yorkshire’s Whitby Abbey ruins by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Whitby Abbe...

3821 Antique landscape oil pastel of Hudson North Creek Image size 10x13.5"

5151 Antique Austrian large scale landscape oil painting signed, framed Image size 35.5x23.5"

The Kaufmann House was one of the last domestic projects conducted by Neutra, but it is also arguably one of his most famous homes. It is “one of the most important examples of inter...

Evening on the Pier, a stunning landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Blasingame (American, 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and Frank were two of five artists in H...

Black and white lithograph realized by Orfeo Tamburi on a text by Giorgio Vigolo. Good conditions except for some folds, foxings and yellowing of paper. The text is hand signed by ...

Hand signed. Artist's proof. Image Dimensions : 16 x 28 cm This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artis...

Monumental antique American modernist abstract cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found. Very impressive painting in person here.

Wonderful 1940's Swiss winter scene with snow covered chalet in valley, by an unknown artist, c.1940's. Signature illegible lower right. Presented in period rustic frame. Image size...

Artist: Jean Louis Liberte, French (1896 - 1965) Title: Rockport, Maine Year: circa 1940 Medium: Acrylic on Board, signed l.r. Image Size: 12 x 21 in. (30.48 x 53.34 cm) Frame Size: ...

Hand signed. Edition of 121 copies printed by Igino Alessandrini. From the series “Cavalli”, published in Rome by Carlo Bestetti Editore for “La Collezione dell’Obelisco”. One of on...

Antique American modernist nocturnal view of the Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on board. Signed verso. Framed.

Lobsterman's Cove, Winter Harbor, Maine Lithograph, 1941 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition 50 Impressions are in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine...

Willie Mays, San Francisco, 1942 Signed and numbered in ink on recto Gelatin Silver Print Image 16 x 20 Matted 20 x 24 Edition 51 of 150

This work is one of the lithographs for the magazine "L'Immagine", 1950. Editions consist in 50 copies numbered from 1 to 30 and from I to XX, and some artist's test. (P.A.) Publishe...

1940s Netting the Catch Watercolor, Signed Fisherman Scene, Framed Expressive watercolor figurative of fisherman pulling in the nets by Walter P. Taylor (American, 20th Century). A ...

French mid century view of a classical statue in the park at Versaille, oil on card, by Emile-Marie Beaume. The painting is signed, dated and located to the back of the panel. presen...

California Coastal Landscape- Original Ink Wash Painting with Figures, Signed Skillfully rendered ink wash painting of figures on a beach by Turkish-American artist Ömer Şahingil (T...

This dramatic World War II propaganda poster depicts a U.S. Navy PT boat, marked PT-34, racing across rough seas as it launches a devastating attack against an enemy vessel exploding...

Louis Lozowick: 1892-1973. Very well listed American artist set decorator. He is well known for his urban prints of NYC and other big cities. He has had auction high results for a s...

Dick Williams’ spirited World War II poster captures the energy and optimism that defined the American home front during the era of rationing. A wide-eyed woman embraces a colorful a...

Untitled Abstraction Graphite on paper, c. 1946 Signed with the estate stamp verso Provenance: estate of the Artist Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver Conditio...

FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism Daniel Celentano (1902-1980) "Flight," 26 x 26 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1940s. Signed lower right. Ori...

Carlos Ruano Llopis (1878-1950) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster August 1955 107cm x 53cm Carlos Ruano Llopis was born in 1878 in Orba, Spain...

Oil on canvasboard. Framed. Image size, 20H x 30L. Signed.

Work on wood

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...

Fantastic New York Central Park scene by Henry Ives Cobb Jr. Signed lower left. Gouache on paper. Titled "Six Gun". Henry Ives Cobb Jr. (March 24, 1883 – August 1974) was an America...

Rare and well executed modernist wall plaque by Richard Kuehne. Paint on gesso plaque. Signed. Silver leaf incorporated frame as photographed.

"Figure" is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated cardboard by Beppe Curzi in 1940. In excellent conditions. This is an original drawing representing a nude woman. Not si...

Rockefeller Center (skate) by John Albok is a vintage print of an ice skating rink in the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Many people are skating in the background, while a figu...

Herbert Haseltine Poodles: Nora and Sheila, 1944, cast 1945 Signed and dated on base Bronze with green patina 11 inches high x 17 inches wide x 6 inc...

A champion of a Korongo Nuba wrestling match sits atop the shoulders of another tribe member in Kordofan in 1949. Rodger received unprecedented access to the Nuba tribe in Southern S...

André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Ruine, Year: 1945, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 10/30, Image Size: 8 x 6.25 inches, Size: 14 x 11 in. (35.56 x...

William Gottlieb 1917-2006 Ella Fitzgerald with Dizzy Gillespie with Ray Brown & Milt Jackson, 1940s Signed & titled in ink on recto Gelatin silver print 20 ...

Printed in 1943, by the U.S. Government Printing Office for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The poster features the beloved Disney characters, Bambi (deer), Thumper (rabbit), and Flower (skunk) in wide-eyed shock leaning towards fear. With the slogan "Please, Mister, don't be careless" the poster is designed to tug at the heartstrings of the viewer and make them consider what actions they could take in their own lives to prevent forest fires. Poster: 20" x 14 1/4" Frame: 30" x 22 1/2" Framed to conservation standards with a 100% cotton fiber matboard border and UV clear glass that filters 99% of UV Rays. UV Rays can be especially damaging and cause fading to the inks used in poster making. All of these features are housed in a contemporary natural wood frame. Smokey Bear...

Chiura Obata Dahlias, 1940 Signed, dated and stamped lower right Watercolor on paper 15 x 9 5/8 inches Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto. In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism. He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928. Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...

An original watercolor by Ohio artist Joseph Koch who was affectionately known as Koco during his long life of almost 105 years. This beautiful watercolor painting titled "Winter's ...

This painting is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Oil on canvas, 15 ¾ x 24 inches, Signed and titled verso on stretcher Exhibited: [Solo Exhibition] Cha...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1940 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts workers loading wood onto a cart being pulled by a white ho...

Antique American oil painting of panoramic mountain range by George Browne (1918 - 1958). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 1...

Vintage modernist abstract expressionist painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 24L x 36H. Signed.