1940s Art

Presenting a just discovered master level abstract painting, Green Forrest, by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2010.) Green Forrest is an original mixed media painting on hea...

Jacobson (20th Century) Portrait Vase, 1949 Ceramic Signed and dated on bottom 13 x 6 x 6 inches

This moving original poster created in 1946 by French artist Guy Georget was produced for the "Journées Nationales du Souvenir" held in Compiègne from 15 to 18 August 1946, one of th...

Still Life is an original artwork realized by Filippo De Pisis in the 1940s. Original black and white lithograph on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the l...

Impressive early American modernist street scene. Reminiscent of New Orleans or another souther city. A bustling street scene. Nicely framed. No signature found. Image size, 24...

Charming painting of a Mediterranean town, two men untangle a fishnet while beach goers frolic on the shore, circa 1940. Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of art on paper displaye...

Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Im...

Marie Vassilieff ( 1884 - 1957 ) FR : " La Vie de Bohême " Crayon, encre et lavis sur papier. Signé en bas à droite : Marie Vassilieff. Encadrement vintage de l'artiste : 49 x 41 X...

Medium: pochoir (after the 1885 watercolor). Printed 1946 in a limited edition of 300 for the rare "Berthe Morisot Seize Aquarelles" portfolio, published in Paris by Quatre Chemins. ...

1949: Photographers taking pictures of American jazz trumpeter and singer, Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) as he plays his trumpet in the Colosseum, Rome. Slim Aarons The King of Jazz...

In 1945, as World War II was coming to an end, the U.S. Office of War Information (O.W.I.) produced the Work Together, Prospect Together poster as part of a broader campaign to promo...

A Pair of 1940s "Thumb Box", oil on paper paintings depicting stone wall menders in Thetford, Vermont. Image size: 4 1/2" x 6 each. Framed size: 6 1/2" x 7 3/4" each. Estate st...

This serene subject, the Lambs' Creel relates to Minna Citron's mural project focusing on the Tennessee Valley Authority. It was such a new ...

Last Supper is an original china ink drawing on paper realized in 1945 by the Italian artist Renzo Vespignani (Rome, 1924 - Rome, 2001). Hand-signed on the lower right. Very good ...

Ferdinand Springer, 'Arbre-Homme', engraving, 1945, edition 23. Signed and numbered '23/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on heavy, b...

Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring: 20 by 23 inches overall, and 18 by 20 painting alone. Unsigned. Nicely framed. Excellent ...

An enchanting oil painting executed with thick use of paint, capturing a luminous sight of a train in motion under a bridge with heavy smoke trailing upward. We can feel that a mood...

Andre Masson, French (1896–1987) Date: 1945 Lithograph on Pur Fil Marais, signed and numbered in pencil Edition, 30 Image Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches Size: 19.75 x 13 in. (50.17 x 33.02 ...

Samson Schames (German-American, 1898-1967) Untitled (Still Life), c. 1940s-1960s Oil on paper Sight: 26 1/2 x 20 3/4 in. Framed: 33 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. Samson Schames grew up...

A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's casual lounge wear. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. Provenanc...

Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon by Marguerite Louis Blasingame Striking mid century modern Hawaiian noct...

"Race Order" by Bert Hardy Maserati racing cars in the pit during a road race at at St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, May 1947. Original publication: Pict...

STANLEY WILLIAM HAYTER (British 1901-1988) GREETING CARD FOR 1946-7 (Black / Moorheard 176) Engraving, soft-ground etching, signed and dated 1946. Wit...

This impression (after the original woodcut) was printed on japon paper in 1943 in an edition of 250, and is one of Gauguin's beautiful Tahiti compositions. Image size: 6 1/2 x 11 in...

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...

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This lithograph is signed in pencil under the image at the lower right. Just above that, in the image, are the artist's initials and the date, 1942. This well-known walkway on the P...

Anzio Quayside (1949) Limited Estate Stamped (Photo By Slim Aarons) People at the quayside in Anzio, Italy, circa 1949. Additional Information: Unframed Paper Size: 12x12'' ...

Chia ink and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Maccari in 1940s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. It depicts Giovanni Gentile in the middle of the sea, while his philosophi...

Robert Philipp, 'Self-Portrait with Black Hat', ink and color pastel, c. 1945. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, spontaneous drawing, on heavy, buff wove paper; the artist's tack holes in the top and bottom left sheet corners, minor rippling in the bottom sheet edge; otherwise in good condition. Image size 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches; sheet size 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir. In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis...

Work on canvas Molded plaster frame and gilded wood 56 x 70 x 6 cm

Ira Moskowitz, 'Relic of the Insurrection of 1845' also 'Taos Pueblo with Ruin)', lithograph, 1944, edition 30, Czestochowski 121. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed and dated in th...

In 1947, Nathan Garamond, a distinguished artist of his time, bestowed the world with a visual masterpiece in the form of the original travel poster titled "Marseille le Port." This ...

Ink on paper. A succinct and incisive drawing by Mino Maccari, executed in black ink, presenting two complementary caricatural studies of a male figure wearing a top hat. At left, t...

Etching and drypoint realied by Léger in 1952. Artist proof our of and edition of 100. Hand signed in pencil lower right.

Sexual Desire is a black and white linocut on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1945 by Mino Maccari. Hand-signed with the pseudonym "Jean Barbe" and numbered in pencil on lower marg...

Medium: heliogravure (after the etching from Goya's Tauromaquia series). Printed in 1947 in a limited edition of 500 on Guarro laid paper, and published in Barcelona by Ediciones Ome...

This is a rare original Post-war illustration drawing, hand-painted with gouache on Arches Velum paper by French artist C. Villars (France, 20th Century). The modernist composition s...

Vintage black and white photograph showing the interior of a fashion salon, most probably the NK Department Store (Nordiska Kompaniet) in Sweden. Known as Nodiska Kompaniet, this high-end store was a hub for luxury and modern design in Sweden. Raymond Loewy, a prominent industrial designer, was known for designing similar streamlined interiors for American department stores like Bamberger's and Jay Thorpe...

Vintage black and white photograph showing the interior of a fashion salon, most probably the NK Department Store (Nordiska Kompaniet) in Sweden. Known as Nodiska Kompaniet, this high-end store was a hub for luxury and modern design in Sweden. Raymond Loewy, a prominent industrial designer, was known for designing similar streamlined interiors for American department stores like Bamberger's and Jay Thorpe...

A view of historical and evocative watercolor landscapes of early California and the Southwest, portraits and figurative work from the 1930’s and 1940’s throughout her prolific 57 ye...

Glimmering marks of evening light illuminate in the foreground a tangible moment between two ladies who wearing hats of opposing color sitting at a Parisian Cafe. The ladies are exch...

Juan Reus (1912-2003) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster September 1951 107cm x 53cm Juan Reus was born in 1912 in Valencia, where he became a well-known...

This vivid agricultural poster from 1947 illustrates an important theme in early postwar Soviet propaganda: the modernization and expansion of collective agriculture. At its center s...

The 1949 original poster by Gaston Jacquement promoting "La Croix" newspaper carries a profound and enduring message: "La Croix Sème Chaque Jour la Paix," which translates to "La Cro...

Tailler de Grafica Popular. MEXICAN ART - A PORTFOLIO OF MEXICAN PEOPLE AND PLACES - TEN ORIGINAL SIGNED LITHOGRAPHS. Published by the Tailler de Grafica Popular (TGP) in collaborati...

Leonetto Cappiello's original 1949 poster for "Le Thermogène engendre la chaleur et combat : toux, rhumatismes, points de côté" is a striking piece of adve...

Raymond Savignac's original advertising poster for "Monsavon au Lait", created in 1949, is an iconic piece of French advertising design. It features a distinctive aesthetic and bold composition that captures the viewer's attention. At the center of the poster is an unforgettable image: a pink cow...

Medium: lithograph (after the gouache) for Georges Rouault's "Divertissement" portfolio, created by the artist for this project. Published in Paris in 1943 by Teriade in an edition o...

Robert Vale Faro, 'Easter Sunday', color lithograph, 1946, edition 31. Signed, dated, titled and numbered '116' and '17/31' in pen. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 21 x 13 1/2 inches; sheet size 24 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...

Featuring a vast country field dotted by cottages, this vintage French watercolor depicts the farming town of Bruyères, France by M. Kesseler, 1945. Bruyères, located in northeastern...

Beautiful poster of the second world war executed under the German occupation by the G.P.R.F. Is represented a sculpted work of François Rude (1784-1855) at the Arc de Triomphe of Pa...

Step into the timeless brilliance of Paul Cezanne with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1945. Adorned by a stunning solid ...

Original WWII vintage poster: The United Nations Fight for Freedom. Featuring flags from around the world. Note that this poster was created earlier than the foundation of the U...

Portrait of a Woman by Jean JOACHIM (1905-1990) A very beautiful bronze bust with old gilt patina Cast by GODARD Standing on a wooden base France Circa 1940 height of the bronze ...

This superb British town landscape oil painting is by noted artist Ethelbert White. Painted circa 1940, the composition is along the river towards the bridge over the river Avon in B...

Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife) Oil on canvas, c. 1940's Signed upper right "A.G. Warshawsky" (see photo) According to the daughter-in-law of the artist, this painting...

Matiz managed to create intimate portraits, in which Frida seemed happy to surrender to her lens. The result was dynamic portraits of Khalo, a wonderful example of both the photograp...

1001 Afternoons in New York is an original modern rare book written by Ben Hecht (New York,1894 – New York, 1964) and illustrated by George Grosz (Berlin, 18...

Al Hirschfeld, 'Kris Dancer, Bali', color lithograph, 1941, edition 1,000. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, clean impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, the ful...