1940s Art

Spectacular oil painting on paper of an elegant bouquet of roses in a decorative pitcher sitting upon a leather bound book by French artist Marrot, 1942. Signed and dated lower left....

Original watercolor with graphite tracings of a hunter bring home the fresh game by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top right. ...

Admiring the Original "Le Puy En - Velay" Vintage Poster The exquisite vintage poster for the old city of Le Puy En - Velay has inspired many art aficionados. ...

'Lobsterman's Wharf, Maine' is an original lithograph signed by Malvin Marr "Zsissly" Albright. While Malvin Marr – along with his better-known identical twin Ivan Albright – was known for his meticulous and unsettling magic realist compositions, he and his brother were also prolific in capturing landscapes of the coast of Maine where the two spent several consecutive summers away from Chicago over their lives. Sometimes these Maine landscapes and views would be painterly and seemingly antithetical to the careful realism of his other work; but in this example, however, the wharf is treated with the same macabre decay as his human subjects. In the composition, the shack...

Original WWII poster: YOU CAN LICK RUNAWAY PRICES ORIGINAL VINTAGE WWII POSTER BY JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG Distributed originally by OWI for the Office of Economic Stabilization. 1. Buy and hold War Bonds. 2. Pay willingly our share of taxes. 3. Provide adequate life insurance and savings for our future. 4. Reduce our debts as much as possible. 5. Buy only what we need and make what we have last longer. 6. Follow ration rules and price ceilings. 7. Cooperate with our Government's wage stabilization program. Publisher: [S. l.]: Distributed by O.W.I. for the Office of Economic Stabilization. Linen backed fine condition. Restored original Government fold marks (on all World War 2 American vintage posters) James Montgomery Flagg is best known for depicting Uncle Sam in recruitment and public service announcement posters of both World War I and II. You Can Lick Runaway Prices? Features a new painting created by Flagg in c.1942. The poster emphasizes seven steps that the average American could take to prevent inflation. Among these points include significant themes of buying war bonds, conservation, and food rationing. The seven steps correspond to the seven letters that spell Victory. The imagery references Flagg's iconic I Want You poster...

A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for women's suit coat and hat. Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pencil and colored pencil on paper. Archivally...

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...

Vintage Paris School signed original oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Signed illegibly. Displayed in a period wood frame. Image, 12"L x 16"H.

American surrealist interior scene by Peggy Dodds (1900-1987). Signed oil pastel on paper, framed. Overall dimensions: 37 x 27 inches. Artwork alone: 30 x 21 inches.

A striking, vintage early 1940s woman's fashion study featuring a stylish young woman seated in profile, dressed in an elegant coat, hat and gloves. Image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches ...

Don Shackelford. Portrait of a Blacksmith, 1947. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. 21 x 27 inches framed. Signed and dated on verso. The monumental figure. The artist has made th...

Oil on artist board signed and dated lower right featuring pool players playing a point match in the pool hall. Great WPA feel and texture impasto. Most likel...

JOHN STOCKTON DE MARTELLY (American 1903 - 1980) THE EVANGELIST, 1941 (Zink 19) Lithograph, signed, dated and numbered 80/100 in pencil below image. Signature and date in lighter pencil. Image. Very Good Condition. image, 13 1/2 x 9 3/4". Full sheet with deckle edges, 16 x 11 3/4". The Evangelist apparently represents de Martelly's New Hampshire neighbor Lizzy Osgood. De Martelly worked in an American Regionalist Style, often depicting his New Hampshire neighbors. He was associated with Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute. Most of de Martelly's regionalist prints were published by Associated American Artists in editions of 250. This lithograph is scarcer in an edition of only 100. He became an art professor at Michigan State University. After the 1940's de Martelly abandoned his Regionalist style for abstraction. Roger Genser...

Adolf Dehn (1895-1968) was an American painter, printmaker and draftsman. A native of Waterville, Minnesota, he attended the Minneapolis School of Art where he met colleague Wanda Ga...

This powerful 1947 original Soviet poster proclaims: “Vive notre classe ouvrière victorieuse” (“Long live our victorious working class”), celebrating the central role of workers in t...

Spencer Tracy & Deborah Kerr Edward, My Son Black & White Photograph on Photographic Paper Year: 1949 Size: 6.5 x 8 inches (16.51 x 20.32 cm) Stamped verso Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-...

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...

This silver gelatin contact print with margins (4 x 4 7/8 in) is signed in ink and numbered '7' in pencil on the front of the mount. Credited, titled and dated on gallery label affix...

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 ...

Work signed but artist unknown from the gallery- Sold with frame, total size with frame is 82x67 cm

American modernist Fauvist portrait of a woman. Signed oil on board, framed. Overall dimensions: 28 x 20 inches. Artwork alone: 20 x 12 inches.

Beautiful mid-century landscape painting of large boulders in a rushing stream by listed California artist James Russell Ford (American, 1888-1963). Signed lower right: "J.R. Ford." ...

Paul Jacoulet ( France, Japan 1902 - 1960 ) Title: La Mariée Seoul, Corée Medium: Woodblock Print Size: 15.5 in. x 12 in. Movement: Showa Markings: Si...

American Pennsylvania village church landscape by Harry Horn (1901-1982). Signed oil on board, framed. Overall dimensions: 15 x 12 inches. Artwork alone: 10.25 x 7.25 inches.

Yasuo Kuniyoshi Carnival, 1949 Signed in margin lower right Lithograph on paper 15 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches 23 1/4 x 16 mat Born in Okayama, Japan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi had no intention of be...

Apartment Interior #2 - Watercolor and Pen on Paper Detailed interior scene by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). The apartment is furnished with several chairs, one of which is wicker, with a bookshelf behind them. The room is decorated in shades of green, brown, and blue-grey. There are two light green carpets on the floor. Signed "Doris Hoover" in the lower right corner. Location information in lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame. Frame size: 17"H x 21"W Image size: 9.75"H x 13.5"W Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954. Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace...

Edita Broglio 1886-1977 Mosaico , esposto in numerose mostre 1991- Palazzo Ricci Macerata 1994- Palazzo dei Diamanti Ferrara 1994 Galleria Arco Farnese -Roma Pubblicato sul catalog...

Mid-century Rhode Island winter boatyard by Martin J. Murray (1908-1977). Signed watercolor on paper, framed. Overall dimensions: 30 x 38 inches. Artwork alone: 22 x 30.25 inches.

A beautiful poster that invites us to discover the Basque coast, its beaches, its golf courses, its traditional sport: Basque pelota, as well as all its other cultural aspects. This...

Work on wood

Wonderful landscape of wheat sheaves with modernist vibe by Eleanor Walls Plau (Plaw) (American, 1878-1954).Wood frame. Signed "Plau" or "Plaw" lower lef...

Whimsical oil pastel drawing of an elaborate theater stage hosting a single ballerina made of a vintage photograph by Eli Berg, circa 1940. Original artwork on paper displayed on...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Rio Puerco, New Mexico, c. 1940-1 Watercolor on paper Monogram lower right 15 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24 inches framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (O...

Abstract Composition is an original etching artwork realized by Ivan Mosca in 1949. Hand-signed on the lower right. numbered, edition 31/50 good conditions. Passpartout included: 26 x 19.5 The artwork representing an abstract composition,in a well-balanced composition through confident and strong strokes. Ivan Mosca (Parma, 1915 - Rome, 2005) was an Italian artist and painter. He moved to Milan where he attended the School of Book and the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche in Monza. He was interested in abstract art and met the artists of the Gallery "Il Milione", such as Osvaldo Licini, Manlio Rho...

Flower Vase by Marcel Bouyeron, (1890 - 1976) Date: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 13.75 x 10.5 in. (34.93 x 26.67 cm) Frame Size: 35 x 27 inches

This is an original hand signed (I believe it is also hand colored but i am not positive) Artists Proof Lithograph of a Circus scene. This depicts a trapeze artist an acrobat on the ...

Title Pair Paris Notre Dame Cathedral River Seine Figures Watercolour Gouache Key Details Artist: Henri Miloch (1898–1979) Medium: Watercolour with gouache on artist’s paper Size: Ea...

Ranchos Church Screen print, Late 1940's Signed lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) Edition: Unknown This image depicts the famous church San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos. It was built between 1772 and 1816. It was importailized in American Art History by Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams. Condition: Excellent Image size: 5 x 7 inches Sheet size: 6 x 8 3/8 inches Anna Barry (1970-2001) “In 1944, after several prior trips to the area during which they had become friends with several of the Taos Founders, Ira and his wife, the artist Anna Barry moved to Taos, New Mexico. They would reside in the area on and off until 1955. Like many others, Moskowitz was entranced by New Mexico's light, landscapes, and cultures. By the time Ira arrived there, the region had already attracted Georgia O'Keeffe, Robert Henri, and Leon Gaspard; the Southwest was starting to be recognized as an art center. Moskowitz and his wife became acquainted with Oscar Berninghaus, Andrew Dasburg, Ernest Blumenschein, and Mabel Dodge Lujan, among others. Ira wrote of that time that "Our house was always open and we had scarcely a single meal without visitors dropping in." "Anna Barry was an artist/printmaker. She married Ira Moskowitz (from a long line of Polish rabbinical leaders) in New York in 1938. They soon visited Taos and Santa Fe in New Mexico, returning there for extended periods until in 1944 they moved there permanently—staying until 1949 when they returned to New York. Her work in New Mexico depicts mostly the pueblos and their people, capturing ritual ceremonial dances in colorful serigraph prints and other artworks. She and Ira (also an artist) worked closely together during their New Mexico sojourns. The pueblos seemed their favored subjects there. She signed her New Mexico work as, "Anna Barry." Her prints are colorful and often detailed. The only ones I have seen (6 in all) were 5"x7" in size. Anna probably lived longest in New York, but perhaps was also in both Europe and Israel for extended periods. (See the AskART Ira Moskowitz biography.)" Courtesy of Fred McCraw Anna Barry (née Anna Barshefsky), painter, printmaker and teacher, was born to Russian émigrés Max and Ida Goldberg Barshefsky on 20 May 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the 1930 U.S. Federal Census her family name is changed to Barish and they are listed as living in Bronx, New York. It is not yet known where she had formal art training but she was listed as a teacher on the 1940 U.S. Census. She married artist Ira Moskowitz on 13 November 1938 and they began frequenting New Mexico. They befriended such luminaries as Mabel Dodge Lujan, Georgia O’Keeffe, Oscar Berninghaus, and many others who had become attracted to the unique landscape. Barry and Moskowitz moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1944 and remained until 1949 when they returned to New York. One can’t help but wonder if Anna Barry studied with serigrapher/painter Louie Ewing...

A beautiful signed and dated 1943 impressionist oil on board depicting a seated lady, by Belgian painter Jacques Hanot (Jacano). Excellent quality and condition work, siggned lower ...

Paris: Street Cafe Society by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Sheet:: 9.75 x 12.5...

Detailed pencil sketch of a theater set depicting an old and rustic tavern, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gol...

JOHN TAYLOR ARMS (1887 – 1953) LIGHT AND SHADE TAXCO, 1946 (F. 394: (#2 from the Mexican series.) Etching and aquatint signed and dated in pencil. Image 10 ½ x 13 5/8, sheet 14 1/...

Paris: City Winter Scene by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) watercolour and gouache painting with charcoal on artist's paper, unframed Sheet: 9.75 x 13.5 inches Intriguing painting by the...

Robert Doisneau 1912-1994 La Voiture Fondue, 1944 Signed on recto in ink. Titled and dated in ink on verso. Gelatin Silver Image: 9.5 x 13", Paper: 12 x 16"

A man's profile is an artwork realized by Serge Fotinsky in 1947 ca. China ink drawing. Pad signature of the artist right left. 27 x 20 cm. Good co...

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 hi...

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 hi...

Samuel Johnson Woolf (American, 1880-1948) Franklin Delano Roosevelt, c. 1940-1945 Lithograph Sight: 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. Framed: 21 x 17 1/4 x 3/4 in. Pencil signed lower right by th...

Pencil drawing of splendid peacocks resting peacefully beside a glistening pond and willow tree. Signed and dated 1942 lower right. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and ...

Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Cocktails ll, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, d...

Circa 1940 Signed lower right Newly matted and framed Sight size 9.5 x 12 in. Overall size with frame 16 x 18 in.

Trout Fishing on the Gunnison (Colorado) Lithograph, 1941 Signed and dated '42 in pencil lower right Annotated lower left: "40 Prints-The Gunnison River, Colorado-For Anne & Jack" Ed...

Untitled (Wizard Fantasy) Pen and ink on paperboard, 1948 Signed and dated by the artist lower right Extremely rare "Middle Period" drawing. One of two drawings that were given by the artist to Jeanette Kear, Chevy Chase, MD which were signed and dated by the artist. All others in the exhibition are from sketchbooks and have the estate stamp and numbering. Exhibited at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 6 1979-Feb. 3, 1980 and Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Feb. 22-April6, 1980 Illustrated twice in the resulting catalog, The Drawings of Morris Louis, by Diane Upright Headly, Harvard Univeristy and author of the catalog essay and entries. (See photos) Condition: Mounted to paper board by owner, Jeanette Kear for framing Glazed with glass Image size: 13 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches Frame size: 20 x 23 x 3/4 inches Provenance: Jeanette F. Kear, Chevy Chase, MD Illustrated: National Collection of Fine Art, 1979: "The Drawings of Morris Louis," Catalog No. 1, illustrated D1, reproduced p. 73 Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color Schoo Early life and education From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. Louis worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting, and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists' Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York City and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name. Work Color field painting He returned to his native Baltimore in 1940 and taught privately. In 1948, he pioneered the use of Magna paint—a newly developed oil-based acrylic paint made for him by his friends, New York paintmakers Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden. In 1952, Louis moved to Washington, D.C. Living in Washington, D.C., he was somewhat apart from the New York scene and he was working almost in isolation. During the 1950s he and a group of artists that included Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe...

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...

Original advertisement for SKF Ball and Roller Bearings, published September 1946. The published ad states: “When the Loom Came Out of the Kitchen: Weaving, as a household ind...

Oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Done with a thick impasto paint the artist portrays the powerful yet colorful nature of the general...

Original poster: AOA to USA, American Overseas Airlines. THERE'S ALWAYS SUNSHINE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. This poster is archival linen-backed...

William Bertrum Sharp (1924-1984) served in the Armed Forces during World War II and is considered among the first artists to attend art school under the GI Bill. He studied (proba...

"Old Cronies" Original Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Bold portrait piece by Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999). The composition focuses on a man and woman standing clo...