1940s Art

"Jusqu'a L'Abstraction" is a lithograph poster by Wassily Kandinsky. This poster depicts abstract forms in purple, pink, blue, and black and was created for the Maeght gallery in Par...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Du Pont Safety Calendar, 1941, June # 2270 in the Catalogue Raisonné, 2009

German Aircraft Original vintage poster Lithograph 57 x 45 cm This original vintage poster, published in 1941, depicts a series of German aircraft, including the fighter plane He...

Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.

Medium: collotype (after the Miro lithograph). Printed in 1947 in an edition of 1500 by Meriden Gravure and published by Curt Valentin for "The Prints of Joan Miro" portfolio. Size: ...

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...

In the Bar is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1945 ca. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions with some folding. Mino Maccari (Siena, 19...

Beltempo (Good Time) is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little paper, artist proof for the co...

The Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1945. Monogrammed in the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...

Lithograph on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 25 Paper size: 45 x 32 cms (17 5/8 x 12 5/8 ins) Image size: 30 x 22.8 cms (11 3/4 x 9 ins)

"Dan Mask Ivory Coast" is a mask sculpted out of wood with hair and mud. Slit eyes and an opened mouth with a heart shaped face. 6" x 9" x 2" Da...

"Paris" is an original lithograph poster by Paul Colin. This was the first official poster from Paris after World War II and depicts three doves flying above the Arc de Triomphe, Not...

Condition is excellent. This portfolio is very rare and rarely in this quality of condition. I can send additional images showing the pristine condition of the folio. Free Shipping lower 48 states This is the 1944 “The Cowboy Builds a Loop” portfolio from the fine art estate of Lon Megargee. 
It contains 16 images chosen from his 1933 original book “The Cowboy 
Builds a Loop”, which contains 28 plates and poems. The 1944 portfolio was created as 
an extension of the book which was no longer available. The prints were likely done on a letter set press using the images from the 1933 book and are not the original block prints, which are larger. I don’t know how many of the 1944 portfolios were made, but I don’t feel that they were produced in large numbers as would be done today. The foreword is written by Oren Arnold, novelist, journalist, and humorist, 1900-1980. Paper size is 12 x 8.75 inches, images vary within that size. Portfolio contains 16 prints. Creator of the iconic logo for the Stetson Hat Company, " Last Drop From his Stetson", still in use today. Fine Art Estate of Lon Megargee At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy. Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar Ranch . . . and, after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Mother and Child Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure shi...

Umberto Prencipe (Naples 1879 - Rome 1962), The Old Farm, Orvieto (1942) Oil painting on panel 15 x 28 cm signed at lower left, on the back is the signature U Prencipe, the date 194...

GENE KLOSS (1903 – 1996) TAOS INDIAN JESTERS, 1944 Etching and aquatint, Signed and titled in pencil. Edition 30. Image 11” x 13 7/8”, sheet 13 ¼ x 16 ½”. In very good condition sa...

Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.625 x 7.375 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From t...

Next! 6th War Loan is a 1944 WWII American propaganda poster by James R. Bingham. The 6th War Loan emphasized a drive to target Japan in the South Pacific front. The image shows a ru...

Landscape signed lower left beautiful original gold leaf frame. ​ Frank Peyraud earned a lasting reputation for rural landscapes, especially snow scenes in broadly defined forms and glowing colors. Excepting a trip from 1921 to 1923 to Italy and Switzerland, he was based in Chicago, where a Registrar of the Chicago Art Institute in materials for a traveling exhibition, described him as the "dean of Chicago landscape artists." (Richter) Peyraud was one of the first American painters to focus on the Midwestern landscape and did many river and farm scenes including his signature snowscapes. Many of his paintings reflected Impressionism, an abstract style executed with rapid technique and broken brushstrokes brought over from France towards the end of the 19th Century. Impressionism received much attention in Chicago in some of the artwork exhibited at the 1893 Exposition. Of Peyraud and Impressionism, it was written that "he was the most successful of the progressive Chicago painters who experimented with impressionist approaches in the years following Exposition." He was credited with more discipline of execution than many of his peer impressionists and with a "valid impressionism", (Greenhouse) that conveyed poetic interpretations to what many persons regarded as very ordinary rural Illinois landscape. His snow scene haystack painting, Winter Light on the Farm, in the Marshall Collection of Peoria and exhibited at the Terra Museum, shows "crystalline atmosphere and fleeting light of a waning winter afternoon". (Greenwood) and seems to reference the serial haystack paintings by Claude Monet. Many of Peyraud's works had luminous back-lighting, and careful arrangement of contrasting shapes, and a tone inviting the viewer into a "slightly enchanted world into which quotidian human elements rarely intrude." (Richter) Peyraud was born in Bulle, Switzerland, and enrolled as an architecture student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1881, at age 22 and an established architect in France, he emigrated to Chicago where he spent the remainder of his career. He found employment there as a cyclorama painter, which meant creating huge panoramic paintings in the round, "forerunner of the wide-screen motion picture." (Richter). In 1891, he became involved in retouching Paul Phillipoteaux's panorama, The Battle of Gettysburg, when it came to Chicago for exhibition He continued to work on panoramic and cycloramas spectacles including The Creation for the 1903 Louisiana Exposition. Spring Painted Desert in the Santa Fe Railroad Collection shows at least one trip West. Peyraud also did mural painting, several of them in Peoria, Illinois including a series of allegorical murals with Hardesty Maratta in the Peoria at the newly-built Public Library. In Peoria, he also taught classes and gave lectures. In 1906, he married Elizabeth Krisher, a portrait painter, and illustrator. Sources include: Marianne Richter, Union League Club of Chicago Art Collection, "Frank Charles Peyraud...

Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...

Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'The East River', drypoint, edition 65, 1946. Signed, titled, and annotated 'A. Jones Proof 1946' in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower ...

Hawaiian Symbolism Flowering Tree and Acolytes Symbolism Landscape Symbolic landscape with four figures worshiping flowering tree by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947)...

Original title: “I Monarchi” Hand signed and Signed on plate.Edition of 15 prints in Roman Numerals. This is one lithograph from the series “Cavalli” published in Rome by Carlo Best...

A color, stone lithograph titled 'Edward' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A crisp and fresh image from 'Nura's Childre...

This original poster was created during the second World War by an anonymous artist. It was created for the residents of Hartford, Connecticut. In the image we see that the workers ...

Raoul Dufy - Church - Original Etching Dimensions: 13 x 10". Edition of 200 1940 Edition Les Bibliophiles du Palais, Paris Unsigned and unumbered as issued

God and the Four Evangelists ("Fool's Concert") - 1943 Linocut on Paper Leopoldo Méndez (Mexico City, Mexico, 1902–1969) "Fool's Concert" (from the portfolio "25 Prints of Leopoldo ...

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...

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A stunning oil on canvas urban landscape by sought after French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The piece depicts a very rare view of the Manhattan skyline - pai...

Signed lower right 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) and created circa 1935; additionally titled lower left, 'Peggy and Dot' with numb...

Rowland Hilder Convoy Your Country To Victory Lithograph 75 x 51 cm This poster was a British propaganda piece issued during World War II by the National Savings Committee. It was ...

This original modernist still life oil painting by John E. Thompson (1882-1945) beautifully captures an interior scene, featuring a table draped in a rich red cloth with a vibrant ar...

Picasso Quatre Poissons Polychromes (Four Polychrome Fishes), 1947 is a wondrous mixture of color and charm. In the center of the dish are three fish, e...

Gordon Grant (American, 1875-1962) The Salt Bark - Gloucester, c. 1947 Lithograph Sight: 10 x 12 1/2 in. Framed: 15 x 19 x 3/4 in. Signed lower right in pencil Published in edition ...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1944 at the Rene Kieffer atelier and published by Rombaldi in an edition of 300 for the rare "La Varende" portfolio. Size: 12 1/2 x...

Leonard Nowak, 'The Thinker?', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove dra...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 73 x 105.5 x 5 cm

In Byron Browne's "The Night Journey", 1947, Picasso meets Jackson Pollock. Brown strikes a balance between fanciful representation and gestural abstrac...

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 ...

Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...

A shaggy black and white dog sits in front of a fire hydrant Promotional illustration used on items like playing cards and calendars. In the published images, the sign on the fir...

"A Girl with Her Cat" was painted by EM Watts in 1947. The portrait is oil on canvas The painting measures 26 3/4" x 22 3/4" with its frame.

Michael Frary "THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 27 x 23 Medium: Oil Circa 1940s "The Pitcher" Biography Michael Frary (1...

Slim Aarons King of Jazz 1949 (printed later) Silver gelatin print estate signature stamped edition of 150 with certificate of authenticity 1949: Photographers taking pictures of A...

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark Oldfield "Two Bottles," 1943. Signed “Helen Oldfield” lower right. Oil on canvas board, 18 x 14 inches. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Helen Clark Oldfield was born in Santa Rosa. Her father, James E. Clark, invested in local hops farms. He was a director of the first Santa Rosa Bank. Oldfield lived at 547 Mendocino Avenue, in one of the finest custom-built homes in town. She was the oldest child of the family. They spent summers in their beach cabin at Jenner-by-the-Sea. She was a good student and graduated from DeWitt Montgomery High in Santa Rosa with college standard grades. Unfortunately, this idyllic situation tumbled down suddenly. due to a fraud scandal at the Bank, her father forfeited most of his assets in order to make good on his client's losses. At the time when her high school friends were going east to college, Oldfield followed her family to a new life of farming. She found this life frustrating as there was little time for her interests after conclusion of her daily duties. Here she developed her natural gift for sophisticated needle work. At the time she also took a correspondence course in industrial design and became an expert tailor. Her family was not happy with the farming arrangement. They decided to move to Oakland. In 1921 they purchased a home at 318...

Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1946 Paper Size: 18.75 x 12.625 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...

Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper Year: 1945 Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...

Cyril Kenneth Bird ‘Fougasse’ (1887 - 1965) Careless Talk Costs Lives (circa 1940) Set of eight lithographic posters 32 x 20 cm each "Strictly between you and me.." ; "..but for Hea...

In America during WWII, every resource was poured into the war effort. With over 12 million Americans - 11% of the total population - serving in the armed forces, everything from food to labor was tight on the Home Front. This poster depicts those who weren't drafted - a young woman and two older men - hard at work on an airplane engine. The text encourages the viewer to pitch in however they can at home, from working in production plants to buying war bonds. The artwork includes a logo for the 6th War Loan, which is of a bomb dropping over the flag of Japan. The 6th War Loan began in November, 1944 with a goal of 16 billion dollars. The previous war bond drives raised in total 355 billion dollars, including 38 billion from individuals. Courtney Allen...

Oil on canvas sold with original frame Total size with frame 110x90 cm Charles Auguste Humbert, born in 1891 in Geneva and died in 1958, was a Swiss artist, mainly known for his w...

Abraham Baylinson, 1882-1950 Still Life, 1948 Oil on canvas 23 ½ x 33 ½ inches Signed and dated (lower right): A. Baylinson / 1948 Working in a real...

Arms, John Taylor (American, 1887-1953). MEMENTO VIVARE, NOTRE DAME, EVREUX. Fletcher 407. Etching, 1947. Number 47 of the French Church Series. This is Proof No. ii of four Trial Pr...

This mask was made by an unknown aboriginal Australian artist. It is made from carved wood and vegetable pigment. The artist used natural colors ...

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...

Lalibela - Bièt Gàbriel is an original etching on paper realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in 1942. Hand-signed in pencil in the lower right. Numbered 4. In very good conditions....

Elements of Composition is an original Oil on Canvas realized by the italian painter Mario Asnago in 1960s. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame: 79 x 3 x 88 cm Good cond...

The search for the perfect kitchen poster ends here! This charming and lighthearted image was created for the German pasta brand, Perlach c1948. The star of the show in this design i...