1940s Art

Genre: Impressionist Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Hand signed lower right Frederick Serger (given name Frederick Bedrick Sinaberger) was born in 1889 to a family of J...

Original 1943 WWII War Savings Stamps poster – “He’s Fighting For You – Join the Club” – U.S. Home Front lithograph – vintage military wall art. This poster is linen-backed and read...

Jamaican Shoreline by Toni Frissell A man pulls his boat ashore onto a coastline in Jamaica. This personal work was done while Frissell was in Jamaica at this time for a fashion sho...

A Windmill In Portugal by Toni Frissell A woman takes a break in a wheat field next to an old windmill, Portugal 1946. (Toni Frissell) Limited signature stamped edition print 30 x ...

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Warmly hued watercolor landscape of a old church perched atop a rural hillside by French artist R.D. Flament, 1940. Signed lower left and titled and dated lower right. Original art...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts from a Los Angeles collector who acquired the painting directly from the Timkov Family in Russia. UNFRAMED: 6.75" x 9.88" FRAMED: 12...

Lucille Holderness Stonier: 1884-1966. Listed American artist.. She is mostly known for her watercolors of scenes around North Carolina. It measures 23 inches wide by 16 1/2 high. Th...

Elwood Warren Bartlett is a Wisconsin native who also worked in Indiana. Largely self taught as a printmaker, Bartlett worked in a style that once identified as his, immediately t...

Soviet poster from 1947, which depicts the greatness of the Soviet Navy fleet. The Soviet Navy (Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР, Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally "Naval Military Forces of the USSR") represents the war navy...

Six O-Clock, c. 1942, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, signed and titled several times verso of frame and stretcher (perhaps by another hand), marked “Rehn” several times on frame (for the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries in New York City, who represented Craig at the time); Exhibited: 1) 18th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings from March 21 to May 2, 1943 at The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. #87, original price $450 (per catalog) (exhibition label verso), 2) Craig’s one-man show at the Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York City, from October 26 to November 14, 1942, #10 (original price listed as $350); and 3) Exhibition of thirty paintings sponsored by the Harrisburg Art Association at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg in March, 1944 (concerning this exhibit, Penelope Redd of The Evening News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) wrote: “Other paintings that have overtones of superrealism inherent in the subjects include Tom Craig’s California nocturne, ‘Six O’Clock,’ two figures moving through the twilight . . . .” March 6, 1944, p. 13); another label verso from The Museum of Art of Toledo (Ohio): original frame: Provenance includes George Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA About the Painting Long before Chris Burden’s iconic installation outside of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Urban Light, another artist, Tom Craig, made Southern California streetlights the subject of one of his early 1940s paintings. Consisting of dozens of recycled streetlights from the 1920s and 1930s forming a classical colonnade at the museum’s entrance, Burden’s Urban Light has become a symbol of Los Angeles. For Burden, the streetlights represent what constitutes an advanced society, something “safe after dark and beautiful to behold.” It seems that Craig is playing on the same theme in Six O-Clock. Although we see two hunched figures trudging along the sidewalk at the end of a long day, the real stars of this painting are the streetlights which brighten the twilight and silhouette another iconic symbol of Los Angeles, the palm trees in the distance. Mountains in the background and the distant view of a suburban neighborhood join the streetlights and palm trees as classic subject matter for a California Scene painting, but Craig gives us a twist by depicting the scene not as a sun-drenched natural expanse. Rather, Craig uses thin layers of oil paint, mimicking the watercolor technique for which he is most famous, to show us the twinkling beauty of manmade light and the safety it affords. Although Southern California is a land of natural wonders, the interventions of humanity are already everywhere in Los Angeles and as one critic noted, the resulting painting has an air of “superrealism.” About the Artist Thomas Theodore Craig was a well-known fixture in the Southern California art scene. He was born in Upland California. Craig graduated with a degree in botany from Pomona College and studied painting at Pamona and the Chouinard Art School with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and Barse Miller among others. He became close friends with fellow artist Milford Zornes...

Lisa with Turban, NY 1940 (Printer later)Silver Gelatin print Printed later 1984 Sheet size: 14 H x 11 W in. Image size: 11.5 H x 9 W in. Engraved signature on front Hand written, ti...

Elegant, brightly-colored floral still life by Massachusetts artist Marion Huse. Oil on board measures 21 3/8 x 17 3/8; framed dimensions are 29 5/8 x 25 5/8 x 1 5/8. Painting is sig...

Vintage circa 1940s Delft Royal Sphinx Petrus Regout of Maastricht Big Wall Plate. A rare vintage collectible. Hand-painted by a Dutch artist. Plate diameter: 39.5 cm, height: 5.5 cm...

Ponte Garibaldi is an original oil on canvas realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli (Rome, 1917 – Rome, 2003) in 1941. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower righ...

Hand colored original artist proof etching by the well known Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Marked “AP” lower left for artist proof in pencil. Signed by the artist lower...

DELAYED VD; 1946 military poster by Franz Oswald Schiffers. Delayed! VD, the 1946 U.S. World War II (WWII) health poster warning soldiers overseas of the consequences of venereal di...

Original vintage travel poster Holy Week in Spain. Original color lithograph in English HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN. Linen backed and in excellent condition, ready to frame. Spanish Nat...

DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (1896 – 1974) DAMA NEGRA 1937-1945 (Williams 8) Transfer lithograph, signed and no. 38-EE/50 and dated 1945. 13 5/8 x 19 3/16”. Very large full margins,, sheet 29 x 21 ½”. Stamped lower sheet edge “Original Lithograph” It is difficult to determine the various editions of Siqueiros’ prints. He would often reprint small editions of his early prints over time. Some of these were transfer lithographs in reverse and slightly smaller. These are sometimes numbered E/E “Edicion Especial”. Reba Williams discusses the problems with identifying editions in her catalog “Mexican Prints...

7e Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. Hand-signed. T...

This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.

William Wind McKim, 'Bighorn', lithograph, 1940, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (2 to 4...

Original 1945 “Share the Care, Victory Loan” vintage poster. Conservation linen backed and ready to frame. Printed by the U. S. Government Printing Office...

Aquatint, Drypoint, Burnisher and Roulette. Image dimensions: 58x41 cm Monogram on plate - final state on 5. Edition of 450 prints, belonging to the suite “Miserere”, considered as ...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Hospitalities Long Past, 1941 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 37 x 27 inches "Looking into store front windows has always i...

Artist Unknown "Tie and Glasses" c. 1940s Charcoal and pencil on paper 13.5"x17" site 19"x23" rustic wood frame Unsigned

This vibrant 1946 poster by N. Vatolyna is a classic example of post-war Soviet agricultural propaganda, created in support of the new Five-Year Plan. The slogan boldly proclaims: “M...

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

Schanker, Louis (American, 1903-1981). GREEN & BLACK. Color Woodcut, 1941 Brooklyn Museum Booklet 53. Edition of 55 plus 20 trial Proofs. Signed, titled, and numbered 10/55 and inscr...

Work on wood Golden wooden frame 65 x 75.5 x 4 cm

"For Gunpowder, Save Waste Fats" (c.1943), original WWII U.S. Home Front military vintage poster. Archival linen-backed with original fold marks restored, ready to frame. Grade A- A...

Surreal Abstract Mid 20th Century American Modern Woman Artist Work on Paper 40s Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999) "Surreal Abstract" 11 1/2 x 18 12 inches Watercolor and mixed media o...

Elwood Warren Bartlett is a Wisconsin native who also worked in Indiana. Turtle Creek (named of course for its many turtles,) is in the southeastern part of the Wisconsin. It is now ...

Walt Disney's Pinocchio, USA 1940, Animation, Lobby Card, The lobby cards would have been displayed inside the cinemas at the time of the film's release. Pinocchio is a 1940 Americ...

Original VOTEZ PRL: original political, antique, vintage French poster. Artist: Foro. Archival linen backed in fine condition, ready to frame. Over 75 years old lithograph. Or...

This vibrant original poster from circa 1945, designed by the talented duo Pierre & Jacques Bellenger, radiates the effervescence and optimism of post-war France. Advertising the ref...

Lawrence Nelson Wilbur, 'Gloucester Harbor', drypoint, 1940. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. Annotated 'PERSONAL...

Mary Van Blarcom, 'China Spring', color serigraph, c. 1945, edition not stated but small. Signed in pencil in the image, lower right. Titled in pencil, bottom left sheet edge. A rich, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on cream laid paper; with full margins (9/16 to 1 5/16 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 10 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; sheet size 11 15/16 x 12 5/8 inches. ABOUT THE ARTIST Painter, printmaker, and craftsperson, Mary Van Blarcom was born in Newark, New Jersey, and studied at Wellesley College. She was a member of the National Serigraph Society where she served on the board of trustees from 1945 through 1952 and was 1st vice-president from 1949-51. She was also a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Artists Equity Association, the American Color Print Society, the New Jersey Artists Association (Director), and Artists of Today. Van Blarcom exhibited actively throughout the 1940s at many prominent art organizations including: Montclair Art Museum, 1941-45 and 1947-51 (prize, 1948); Society of Independent Artists, 1942-44; Artists of Today, 1942-46; Elisabeth Ney Museum, 1943; Northwest Printmakers, 1944, 1946-49; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1945-47, 1949; National Association of Women Artists, 1945-50, (prize, 1946); Library of Congress, 1946-47; Museum of Modern Art Traveling Exhibition, 1945-47; Carnegie Institute, 1947; Serigraph Gallery, 1946, 1951 (solo); American Color Print Society, 1947-52; Newark Museum, 1947-48, 1951; California State Library, 1947, 1949; National Serigraph Society, 1949 (prize), 1950 (prize); University of Chile, 1950; New Jersey State Museum, 1950; Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1951; and the Main Gallery, NY, 1952. Van Blarcom’s work is in the collections of the Newark Public Library, U.S. Library of Congress; the American Association of University Women; New York Public Library; Tel-Aviv Museum, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Princeton Print Club...

Drypoint etching on paper, edited in 1945. Limited edition, printed by Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris, as a New Year’s card. The technique (“Pointe sèche d'Asger JORN”) and the date are ...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Sunset Outside of Zion, Utah, c. 1940 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 14 x 20 inches 18 x 24 inches framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (Oct...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Oxen and Mule Drawn Wagon on the Trail, 1949 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 22 x 30 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...

Under the Crescent Moon is a black and white linocut on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1945 by Mino Maccari. Hand-signed with the pseudonym "Jean ...

A powerful American Expressionist School study of poppies shown informally arranged in a lilac container. A heavily-impastoed oil showing bravura brushwork and demonstrating an elega...

Created in 1942 by American illustrator Paul Shafer, Produce for Victory! is one of the most compelling examples of United States World War II home-front propaganda. Rather than depi...

WILLY POGANY (1882 - 1955) TAMAS THE POWER OF BAD, c. 1940. Etching, signed and titled and numbered 50 in pencil. Image 12 x 9 inches. Sheet 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches. Generally goo...

Charles Banks Wilson, 'Old Injun', lithograph, 1948, edition 250, Hunt 39. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Associated American Artists. Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the following institutions: Ackland Art Museum, Georgetown University...

Outstunning French painting in the Post-Impressionist style, dating to the first half of the 20th century. Showing a strong Fauvist influence, this urban landscape—featuring a river ...

Artwork sold with frame (62 x 54 cm) Jean Ferdinand Chomel (1902–1979) was a Swiss painter, sculptor, and ceramist known for his evocative landscapes and contributions to modern Swi...

6247 Antique still life oil on board,The piece utilizes a Tonalist style,relying on a norrow paletteof muted ocher,brown and yellowto build depth. Image size 7.7x9.5"

Charming mid century folk art painting of an autumn valley by Farris (American, 20th Century)Signed "Farris" lower left. Tag on verso from Ohio frame shop ...

BENCJON RABINOWICZ """" PRINTEMPS . SONGE DU CHEVAL . TOUT EST BIEN FINIT BIEN """ Triptyque en Hommage à Jean PAULHAN. cadre: 24 X20 cm dessin : 13 x 10 cm . circa 1943 . sign...

Swiss Alps Landscape - Original Oil on Canvas Original oil landscape by Alphons Muller (Swiss, 1898-1955) depicting the Swiss Alps. Dark green trees emerge on either side, with a sm...

Moïse Kisling (1891-1953) - Bouquet de giroflées Oil on canvas from 1948. Unique work. Dimensions of work: 41 x 33 cm. Hand signed. Accompanied by certificate by Marc Ottavi fro...

Stencil, 1947 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 23/30 H.C. + 300 Publisher : Guy Spitzer, Paris Printer : Guy Spitzer, Paris Catalog : [Saphire n°E20 p.290-291] 88.00 cm....

Original. “OUR AMERICA, #3 USING MOTION PICTURES FOR SOCIAL VALUE.” vintage poster. Presented by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company. This poster displays the benefits of American Motion Picture making on society as a whole and is number three in the series of Our America, Motion Pictures. From leisure, as in entertainment, to the practical, like legal documentation and recording important events, are displayed in this poster. These benefits are shown in eight small windows along either side of a large ninth window, which is all brought into harmony by the use of green tones, and that the windows are set upon a mint green background. Presenting Facts of History. Our America Motion Pictures # 3. Using Motion Pictures for Social Values. 1. Using cartoons for amusement. 2. Reporting an important event. 3. Making biography dramatic. 4. Reporting athletic events. 5. Dramatizing a famous book. 6. Showing places of natural beauty. Y. Using motion pictures in legal cases. 8. Making pictures true to facts. We Can All Do Our Part! In 1943, during World War II, Coca-Cola created the “Our America” series of vintage motion picture posters...

This striking circa 1940 travel poster by British illustrator Samuel M. Brown showcases the M.V. Britannic, one of the Cunard Line’s most advanced motor vessels of its time. Designed...

A post-war toast to refined indulgence, this original 1946 French advertising poster invites you to end any fine meal in true gourmet fashion—with a...

Gertrude A. Larter (1878-1954). Looking Across Oak Bay in Puget Sound to Mt. Baker taker from our bedroom window at Old Charming Inn, Victoria B.C. Canada. August 8th 1946 Waterco...

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 25, 1949 Medium: Engraving on velin de Montval paper Paper Size: 13 x 10.187 inches (33.02 x 25.88 cm) Co...

Artist: Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Title: Untitled (Sans titre) Year: October 25, 1949 Medium: Engraving on velin de Montval paper Paper Size: 13 x 10.187 inches (33.02 x 25.88 cm) Co...