1940s Art

David Rolt was British society portrait painter who enjoyed great success as an artist, and endured a very interesting and complex life. Rolt was partially crippled at birth when the...

One of the most famous members of the Humanist photography in France. Signed lower right by the artist. Stamp of the artist's studio on the back.

This piece is an original photograph shot by George Hurrell in 1941 and printed at a later date. This image depicts Rita Hayworth, an American actress an...

Henry Rox (1899–1967) Art Critic (Standing Before Monumental Framed Post War Abstraction) c. 1948 Vintage silver gelatin print 8 × 10 inches Printed c. 1948 Estate stamp verso This ...

Bruno Capacci, Italian (1906 - 1996) - Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Year: 1947, Medium: Etching, Edition: 950, Size: 9 x 7.75 in. (22.86 x 19.69 cm), Printer: Mourlot, Pari...

Mid 20th Century drawing study on paper of a Provencale landscape by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. Possibly an atelier sketch for the painting Landschap te St ...

Emile Gruppé (1896-1978) Fishing Boats A large and commanding marine sailboat fishing boat scene with blue waters and blue skies. Birds are flying up above and fish swimming below ...

Cobwebs and Rocks Watercolor, 1940 Signed, dated, and copyrighted lower right Exhibited: Zimmerli Art Museum, Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum: Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Color Plate 14 copy copy of the catalog accompanies the watercolor Condition: excellent Image size: 14 3/4 x 21 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Ruth O...

Signed lower right and dated 1948 David Burliuk’s vibrant depiction of a Ukrainian countryside captures a moment of quiet resilience and rural harmony. A woman, adorned in a red ker...

#5-3302 Dog Hunting oil on canvas applied to a board ,displayed in a wood frame ,signed by Geyer. Image size 10.25 H x 13.50 W

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...

Burlesque Clown Bert Lahr is dipicted in a bowler hat with a wry grin. Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is de...

Antique American modernist mixed media sculpture painting by Duayne Hatchett (1925 - 2015) . Mixed media metal sculpture . Signed on verso.

Marc Mouclier (1866-1947) Le Drapeau à la fenêtre, 1942 (The Flag in the window) signed and dated lower right oil on cardboard panel 41 x 32,8 cm framed 62 x 54 cm This magnificent...

George Hurrell Veronica Lake Taken in 1941, printed at a later date Silver Gelatin print Hand signed by Hurrell in ink Edition: 184/190 from the edition of 190

Signed and numbered in pencil on recto Gelatin Silver Print Image - 18"x23", Matted - 27"x33"

Medium: collotype (after the lithograph). 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 1/4 x 4 inch...

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...

Antique Russian super realist still life painting by Sergei Petrovich Ivanov (1893 - 1983). Oil on canvas, circa 1945. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 3...

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 ...

Naish Untitled Abstract c.1940 26 x 21 cm Signed 'Naish' within the painting Little is known about the artist Naish, though the fact that Halliwell collected this painting sugges...

Figurative Cubist Surrealist Abstraction Mid 20th Century American Modern Large O. Louis Guglielmi (1906 - 1956) OBSESSIVE THEME 44 x 33 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated '48 lo...

Antique American impressionist desert beach dune oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 24"L x 16"H.

Original black-and-white lobby card for the film "Humoresque" (1946) featuring John Garfield and Oscar Levant. This vintage cinema memorabilia piece captures a somber moment between ...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Monogram "J" with Design (Plate VII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Date: 1949 Edition: 289 Sheet Size: 13" x 10 3/16" Signed: N...

A superb, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce, early lithograph. The deluxe edition of only 10 impressions hand-signed by Dubuffet. Signed and numbered 10/10 in pencil. ...

A fresh, hand-colored stone lithograph titled 'Tom, Dick and Harry' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950), created in 1943 and stamped with certification of authenticity vers...

In this iconic Saturday Evening Post cover, the artist paints himself as the solitary fisherman underneath a Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, Washington....

Rudolph Scheffler (1884-1973) Oil on canvas , exquisite hand carved gilt frame ‘Summer Flowers from my garden’ dimensions : 30 ¾ “ H x 36 ¾ W with frame ( approx. 25 x 29 sight ...

Marie Laurencin, French (1885 - 1956) - Deux Femmes et un Chien, Year: circa 1945, Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate, Image Size: 13.25 x 9.75 inches, Size: 17.5 x 14 in. (44...

Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Les Ames Mortes Vignette Plate 2. Year: 1948, Medium: Etching on MBM, Image Size: 10 x 7.75 inches, Size: 15 x 11 in. (38.1 x 27.94 cm), Referen...

Medium: collotype (after the lithograph). Printed in 1947 and published by The Museum of Modern Art in an edition of 2000 for a scarce Paul Klee portfolio. Image size: 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 ...

Important and exhibited American impressionist dock scene by Junius Allen (1898 - 1962). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size, measuring 25 by 30 inches.

Medium: collotype (after the lithograph). Printed in 1947 and published by The Museum of Modern Art in an edition of 2000 for a scarce Paul Klee portfolio. Image size: 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 ...

Antonovici was born in Neamt, Romania on February 18, 1911, and graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Iasi, Romania, in 1939. In 1940, Antonovici studied in Zagreb with the famous ...

Medium: collotype (after the lithograph). Printed in 1947 and published by The Museum of Modern Art in an edition of 2000 for a scarce Paul Klee portfolio. Image size: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 ...

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: 7 x 5 3/8 inches ...

Impressive and large mid century abstract painting. Signed and dated illegibly lower right. Oil on canvas.

Nathan Hoffman Manhattan from the Rooftops, July 1, 1947 Signed, dated and estate stamped on the reverse Oil on board 15 3/4 x 20 inches Born in Russia...

Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed lower right.

Work on paper Beige wooden frame with glass pane 48 x 67.3 x 3.3 cm

Robert Blackburn, Untitled (Reclining Nude), brush and ink, c. 1948, unsigned. A fine, spontaneous work, on cream wove paper. Slight toning to the sheet edges; otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (476 x 597 mm). Provenance: Adrienne E. Wheeler Collection, acquired from the artist. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Blackburn (1920 - 2003) participated in the rich mix of art programs and creative groups available in Harlem as he grew up, including Charles Alston's Harlem Arts Workshop, the Harlem YMCA, and later the Harlem Artist's Guild. In 1937 he joined the WPA at the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest New York center for instruction in the arts. There he was exposed to Harlem's most prominent artists, Aaron Douglas, William Henry Johnson...

Bird #2 is a striking vintage black-and-white monotype print by celebrated Colorado modernist Edgar Britton (1901–1982), created in 1949. This original mid-century work presents a bo...

Jane Peterson paints a vase of large yellow zinnias surrounded by dramatic green leaves against a blue background in her oil painting “Zinnias in ...

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 26 by 29 ½ in. Signed lower left Merio noted impr...

Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Woman Half Smiling (Plate XII) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Original etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" ...

Vincent van Gogh Framed Color Cliché, Editions du Chêne, 1947 Medium: Color cliché Print Publisher: Editions du Chêne, Paris, France Date: 1947 Frame: Solid wood (example shown...

Signed vintage fruit still life of oranges, lemon, and nuts. Mystery artist, signed illegibly lower right. Oil on board, framed.

Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...

A superb impression of this color engraving, soft-ground etching, scorper and screenprint on Japan paper. Fifth state (of 5). Signed, titled, dated and numbered 1/50 in pencil, lower...

Frederick Haucke creates his own brand of surrealism in the 1941 stunner that was with the famous Perls gallery. The painting is signed lower right Signed and dated verso Verso with Perls Gallery, New York label. work is in original framed Provenance: Millicent Rogers...

An anxious moment waiting to see the doctor is depicted by Clyde Singer in this quiet and still painting. Entitled Doctor's Office (1949), Singer paints a moment of anticipation and...

#5-2758a Circa 1940's oil seascape on wood plaque,signed lower right by J.Niannino

Bright vibrant blue, orange, red, yellow, green lithograph in color. This is signed in the plate and dated. Leger's abstract drawing lithograph was drawn by the artist direct on to p...

Marcel Gromaire (1892-1971) - The Painter. 1943, paper, lithograph, 56x46 cm

The present mid-century work features two taboos in one painting. In 1949, it was verboten to glamorize gay life and even more prohibited to show interracial love. This work by Dan A...

'Join your Neighbours in the Civil Defence' Original vintage recruitment poster 38 x 26 cm Printed for HM Stationery Office by Stafford &...

REYNOLD WEIDENAAR (1915 - 1985) TEN O'CLOCK IN TAXCO 1946 Etching and aquatint on paper Edition: An artist proof (#2) apart from an edition of unknown size Signed and titled in pencil. Image: 17" x 13"; Sheet: 19.75" x 15.75”. One of a pair of large format Mexican etchings...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper size: 12.25 x 9.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Dessinateur,...