1940s Art

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 1/4 x 12 in...

Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes - featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force bomber plane flying abov...

Morning Paper Mezzotint, 1941 Signed in pencil lower right Publisher: 32nd Presentation Print of the Chicago Society of Etchers Edition: 350 Illustrated in GREAT AMERICAN PRINTS 1900-1950 by Norman and June Kraeft Reference: Old Print Shop No. 86 Condition: Excellent Original brown paper hinges in the upper corners recto Plate/Image size: 8 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches Impressions of this image can be found in the permanent collection of: Minneapolis Institute of Art Wichita Art Museum Hope College, Kruizenga Art Museum University of Connecticut, Benton Art Museum Amherst College, Mead Art Museum "Mastro-Valerio was educated at the Salvador Rosa Institute in Naples, Italy (1906-1912), and came to the U.S. in 1913. He settled in Chicago, and after a brief period as a commerical artist, established a portrait studio near the Loop. Among his patrons were the industrialists Harvey S...

Oil on board, signed and dated '44 lower right Image size: 15 x 19 inches (38 x 48.25 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame This portrait of an unknown man certainly captures the p...

Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972) Untitled Study, 1942 Pencil on paper 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1942 A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...

Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972) Untitled Study, 1944 (Polo Players) Pencil on paper 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in. Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1944 Artist studio label verso Inscribed on mat: Drawings for Proposed Murals: Polo Room, Hotel Plaza.... A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...

Night time is a modern artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi and Giorgio Vigolo in 1945. Black and white lithograph. Both pages are hand-signed in pencil and the left one is dated 1945....

Hayter, Stanley William. PERSONNAGE VIRTUEL. BM182. Engraving, soft-ground etching and scorper, 1947. Edition of 70, signed, dated, and numbered 42/70, all in pencil. 11 3/4 x 8 7/8...

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Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). This is the whimsical and striking surrealist composition, created by Rene Magritte for the cover of the December 1946 issue of "View", devoted to Surrealism in Belgium. View was a quarterly American art revue, published in New York from 1940-1947, focused especially on surrealist art. The total sheet measures 12 x 9 inches (305 x 230 mm). This was the actual cover and there is text printed...

A beautiful poster made by George Moschos 🇬🇷 (1906-1990). Andros is the second largest island after Naxos. It is also the northernmost island of the Cyclades and is only 2 hours b...

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Gloucesters, a famous regiment from Great Britain, raided Letpadan and drove the Japanese from the town, inflicting heavy casua...

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"The Covered Wagon" On the Oregon Trail Prairie Schooner and Cattle Facsimile in oil or silk screen Oil print by Gilbert Ross Tonge (American, 1883 - 1970...

To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller". Birth of a Lancaster Original Silver Gelatin photograph, 1942 19 x 25 cm Stamped to reverse “Topical Press Agency Limited, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street London” and (partially obscured) “Certified by Topical Press Agency as passed by censor” “The Avro Lancaster...

Wood engraving The Battle of Berlin was the last land battle of the Second World War in Europe. Launched on April 16, 1945 by the Soviets, it ended on May 2, 1945 with the surrender of...

Born in Russia, the son of Friede (1878 – 1956) and Benjamin Hoffman (1878 – a. 1942). Benjamin was a dealer in mineral and seltzer water and the family resided on Snediker Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, just down the streetfrom the home where George Gershwin (1898 – 1937) was born. This area of Brooklyn, known as Brownsville, “witnessed the development of one of the largest communities of Eastern European Jewish immigrants during the last decade of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20 th century.” Today, little remains of this once thriving Jewish section of Brooklyn, which today houses many commercial and repair businesses. Hoffman studied at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design and in the art program at Cooper Union. His work at the National Academy received praise, and in 1921 he was awarded the 2nd prize and an honorable mention from the John Armstrong Chaloner Paris Prize Foundation at the National Academy, which allowed the recipient to study in Paris, France for as long as five years. The following year he was awarded the 1 st prize in the competition (with The Reform Advocate running the headline “Young Jew Wins Art Prize”) as well as the Suydam Bronze Medal for his achievements in the Academy’s Men’s Night Class. In 1923 he was residing in Long Branch, New Jersey, when he was awarded 4th place in the Chaloner competition. Early on, Hoffman exhibited his work throughout the city, including in 1925 with the recently organized Society of Independent Artists. He also received several solo exhibitions during the first part of his career, including one at Ferargil Galleries in 1929. In the spring of 1930 a solo exhibition of his portraits, including paintings and drawings, was held at at Babcock Galleries, where a reviewer noted: “Portraiture is obviously Mr. Hoffman’s specialty… his best work is characterized by a sensitive appreciation of character set down in a vigorous decisive statement. Later that same year, in August, he participated in Babcock’s summer exhibition where reviewer Jerome Klein, writing for The Baltimore Sun, felt Hoffman’s and other artists work was already becoming old fashioned, remarking “…if an effort toward accomplishment is to be made, it must be in the language of today. It is for that reason that such contemporaries as Eugene Higgins and Nathan Hoffman, in this show, seem artists of a bygone era…” The onset of the Great Depression appears to have slowed his success, as was the case for many up-and-coming artists. By 1939 Hoffman had become a gallerist in addition to being a painter, operating the collective exhibition space “Sutton Gallery,” which was originally located at 358 East 57th Street. There Hoffman exhibited his own works as well as those created by other prominent New York artists including David Burliuk (1882 – 1967), Charles C. Curran (1861 – 1942), Louis Eilshemius (1864 – 1941), Ann Goldthwaite (1869 – 1944), Maurice Kish (1895 – 1987), Lawrence Lebduska (1894 – 1966), Bradford Perin and Ellis Wilson...

The Story " Reason" - Illustrated is a modern artwork realized by Nicola Ciarletta and Giovanni Omiccioli. Black and white lithograph realized by Giovanni Omiccioli and a story writ...

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MEDIUM: Pair of Limited Edition Cels SIZE: 10" x 11.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: BC1013 ABOUT THE IMAGE: “Birdy and the Beast” is Clampett’s second Tweety cartoon ...

Piazza San Pietro is a modern artwork realized by Mino Maccari, Aldo Palazzeschi in 1944-1945. Black and white lithograph realized by Maccari and a poem written by Aldo Palazzeschi ...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 55.5 x 48 x 6 cm

MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel SIZE: 10.5" x 12.5" EDITION SIZE: 500 ARTIST: Bob Clampett SKU: BC1001 ABOUT THE IMAGE: Taken from the 1942, Bob Clampett-directed classic, “Birdy and The Beast,” the image of Tweety shown here was how he first appeared before Warner Brothers insisted he be “clothed”. Bob Clampett, who created Tweety, provided the solution deciding to line the little canary with yellow feathers. “Birdy and The Beast” is a hand-painted cel and background, produced by Bob Clampett Animation Art...

Original oil painting on artist canvas board painting by the California artist, Fern F. Cunningham. Signed lower right. Titled in pencil on stretcher verso. Circa 1940. Condition is very good. Recently professionally cleaned. The painting is housed in its original period frame. Overall framed measurements are 14.5 by 17.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. Fern Cunningham Stone (1889-1975). She was born in Defiance, Ohio on August 4, 1889. A painter, she specialized in impressionist still life works, landscapes, and seascapes of California. Born Fern F. Smith, she married Napoleon Arthur...

The Man in the Well is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Savinio and Lorenzo Montano Black and white lithograph realized by Alberto Savinio and a text by Lorenzo Montano Good c...

Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 42 x 32 x 2.5 cm

Gorgeous landscape of Sierra Mountains and lake in autumn by Oliver Glen Barrett (American, 1903 - 1970), circa 1940. Signed lower right corner; ti...

Work on wood

Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 54 x 44.5 x 3.5 cm

Que font ces gens is a beautiful modern artwork realized by Salvador Dalì in 1945. China Ink Drawing on paper. Original outstanding drawing realized to illustrate the book "The Labyrinth" by Maurice Sandoz, published in 1945. Signed and dated on the lower right recto. Executed on thick cream wove paper, not laid down and taped to the mount along the upper edge. The upper, right and lower edges are slightly unevenly cut. There are two pinholes towards the upper right and upper left corners. The sheet is time stained and there is a spot of foxing beneath the lower edge of the drawing. There are some remnants from previous mounting at the upper two corners not visible when framed. There are handling marks to the perimeter of the sheet. The ink is strong and well preserved. The artwork is accompanied by authentication of Robert P. Descharnes, Paris 2003, reference archive: D-3461. Prov. Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Sale...

SALE ONE WEEK ONLY This painting of four different species of fish that can be found in South Korea is from the mid-20th century Korean artist Kim Kyung. Seafood from both the seas that surround the peninsula and from its rivers are an integral part of the livelihood and cuisine of Koreans. Kim Kyung (in Hanja, 金耕, in Hangul 김경) was born in South Korea, his real name, under the current Revised Romanization was Kim Gyeong-Eun (in Hanja 金萬斗, in Hangul 김경은). His name follows the East Asian convention of family name first, though some Western galleries choose to reorder his name with the Western convention as Kyung Kim. He was born in Hadong, Gyeongnam during the Imperial Japanese occupation, as the eldest son of a poor farm family, and at the age of 18 he entered the art department of Japan University. In 1943, he returned to his hometown to escape being drafted into the Japanese army...

Original vintage Soviet World War Two period propaganda poster - We will expose and destroy the provocateurs and spreaders of panicking rumours / Разоблачим и уничтожим провокаторов ...

Beautiful Blue Eyed Boy Vintage Portrait California Impressionist Wonderful 1940s portrait of young boy on cusp of adulthood. His piercing blue eyes draw y...

Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 62 x 76 x 5.5 cm

Original vintage ski travel poster for Le Mont Dore Auvergne in France featuring a fun design by Jean Even (1910-1986) depicting a skier wearing a racing bib skiing down a slope at s...

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Help Britain Finish the Job! - featuring dynamic artwork depicting a warship at sea crashing through waves towards the viewer and s...

Abel Warshawsky (American 1883-1962) Spring Fantasy, 1948 Oil on artist's board Signed lower right and verso 16 x 13 inches 20 x 17 inches, framed Impressionist painter A.G. Warshaw...

RAPHAEL SOYER (1899 - 1987) THE MODEL 1944 (Cole 64) Lithograph Signed in pencil, edition 250, 11 ¾ x 7 ¾ Full margins, sheet 15 ¾ x 12 with deckle edge. Very slight toning to the ...

To see our other original vintage warbird aeroplane posters, photographs and paintings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" 1943 Army World War II USA Original aeroplane recognition poster (1942) 44 x 59 cm A summary of US aeroplanes from the series of US Navy identification posters that we have in stock. Fighters: P38 Lightning...

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...

Demetrios GALANIS Lovers in Bed Original etching Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 30 x 25 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Printed in Haasen workshop in 19...

Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 18L x 24H.

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: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4...

The English title is "Woman of Royal Blood". 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 T...

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 paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 62.6 x 67.7 x 1.5 cm

Original lithograph: POINT BLEU RADIO. Artist: Pierre. Baudouin (1921 - 1971). Size is 31" x 47". Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Cleaned and restored rare original French antique...

Armchairs Italy, 1940s w 63 d 60 h 92 /35 cm The structure of the armchairs is made of fine wood, very beautiful and durable, while the seat is made of fine purple velvet.

untitled (Duck taking to flight, flushed by a dog) Drypoint & Aquatint, c. 1940 signed lower right Created while the artist was a commercial artist working in Minneapolis, after his ...

Original vintage World War Two poster - Black market is a robbery Do not order your compatriots Equal distribution for all / Zwarte markt is roof! Besteelt niet uw landgenooten gelijke verdeeling voor allen! Dynamic design by the notable British artist Pat Keely (Patrick Cokayne Keely; 1901-1970) depicting a rat eating grain from a hole in a sack being watched by eyes in the dark, a Nazi Germany swastika flag, the flag of the National Socialist...

"En Voyage"Letter to the Countess A.L. Pecci-Blunt. Paris, November 2th 1932. In French. Unidentifield author, one page, bilateral, letterhead, Good condition, including original en...

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: 4 x 7 1/4 inc...

William Dennis Dring (1904-1990), British, three portraits of RAF pilots, pastel on paper, inscribed verso. Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1957. Provenance; Bryan Hailwood, Manche...

Original Coca-Cola: Our America Electricity #4, original vintage poster, archival linen backed, mint condition, horizontal, ready to frame. Light, Power...

Artist: Raoul Dufy, French (1877 - 1953) Title: The Band Year: 1949 Medium: lithograph, signed in the plate Size: 19 x 29.5 inches Frame Size: 25.5 x 36 inches Printed by Baynard Pr...

Miss Twisty is a story of a young girl who leaves the big city to spend time in the country. The book is filled with insight and humor. This work is a deftly rendered black-and-wh...

Elegant eglomisé mirrored glass panel painting by Leon Masson (1911 - 1987). This finely etched plaque features a young naked woman on a balcony with a blackbird. The background's details show a lush landscape with a town or village on the hillside. The engraved signature of the artist is in the bottom right corner. The eglomised mirror panel is encased into two sheets of clear glass, then framed with a contemporary blackened carved wood frame with Renaissance style. Measurements: Overall with frame: 18.19 in. wide (46.5 cm) x 21.44 in. high (54.5 cm). Plaque size: 10 in wide (25.5 cm) x 13.19 in. high (33.5 cm). Please note that all the nuances of colors visible on the mirror panel are due to the reflections of the objects and the environment around the piece. The photos of the plaque taken flat reflect the exact color of the painting. About: Léon Masson (1911-1984) was a painter, illustrator, sculptor, and creator of jewelry and decorative objects. He was born in Simiane near Aix-en-Provence, France. Some of his works were acquired by the Louvre Museum in Paris. He produced sculptures for the Montreal Olympic Games in 1976. He also worked for the Christian Dior house...