1940s Art

Poster. Measures 21 x 16.5 inches and is Unframed. Good Condition.

Norman Rockwell was a well known illustrator and painter, who was best known for his many magazine covers created mainly for the Saturday Evening Post. During World War ll he created...

Work on watercolor paper Gray wooden frame with glass pane 94 x 73 x 3 cm

Rochelle is an original artwork in pencil realized by Maxime Juan in 1944. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated, titled on the lower left "Rochelle". The state of preservation i...

Story illustration for "Illegitimate" by Nelia Gardner White for the Ladies' Home Journal, published June 1944, page 25. The full caption reads: "The children danced around her, cha...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1945 and published in edition of 1000 on Velin de Lana cream wove paper for the "Jours de gloire" portfolio. Plate size: 7 1/4 x 5 inches (185 x ...

Carlos Ruano Llopis (1878-1950) Original Vintage Bullfighting Poster June 1947 107cm x 53cm Carlos Ruano Llopis was born in 1878 in Orbs, Spain w...

Woodcut on vélin Utopian paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Gauguin, A portfolio of 12 color woodblocks, Paul Gauguin, French, 1848-1903 from the collection of the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston, 1946. Rendered by Albert Carman (1899-1949); published the Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston and The Studio Publications, Inc., New York and London; printed by Holme Press Inc., New York, in an edition of MMMD. Excerpted from the folio, Paul Gauguin and Emil Bernard at Pont-Aven, Brittany, in 1888, each made a bas-relief, wooden panel to decorate a piece of furniture for a friend. In order to keep a record of their designs, a few inked impressions were made on paper. The illustration at left is a reproduction of a print which is possibly one of the above mentioned. It is further possible that this experiment later gave Gauguin the idea of making woodcuts. Just as his work in painting expressed a revolt against the overemphasis on factual representation of the nineteenth century in favor of decorative pattern and color, so also his woodcuts leaned strongly to the same side of the balance. Ten of the cuts reproduced (all excepting Soyez Amoureuses and Changement de Residence), which constitute the whole of his best known series, were made at Pont-Aven beginning in the fall of 1894, after Gauguin's return from his first trip to Tahiti and after he broke his ankle. They were at first roughly cut with a common carpenter's gouge, and the flat surfaces sandpapered and engraved with a sharp in-strument, perhaps an engraver's burin. A few trial proofs were printed in black ink only. Then the hollows were deepened with a woodcutter's gouge and highlights were added. An edition of thirty to fifty impressions of each subject, with the addition of color blocks (one, two or three), was made by Louis Roy...

Robert Blackburn, Untitled (Reclining Nude), brush and ink, c. 1948, unsigned. A fine, spontaneous work, on cream wove paper. Slight toning to the sheet edges; otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (476 x 597 mm). Provenance: Adrienne E. Wheeler Collection, acquired from the artist. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Blackburn (1920 - 2003) participated in the rich mix of art programs and creative groups available in Harlem as he grew up, including Charles Alston's Harlem Arts Workshop, the Harlem YMCA, and later the Harlem Artist's Guild. In 1937 he joined the WPA at the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest New York center for instruction in the arts. There he was exposed to Harlem's most prominent artists, Aaron Douglas, William Henry Johnson...

Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity. “I am 58, and in five Years my c...

Work on canvas Brown wooden frame 76.5 x 65.5 x 4.5 cm

Werner Drewes (1899-1985) oil on canvas, 1947 Titled: “Adobe Village” Measures: 15 ½ x 36 Frame: 21 x 42 Signed lower left and also on the verso In excellent condition. Born in Nie...

Fortune Magazine Cover Published 1941 Illustration Precisionist American Scene Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Military Tent City Fortune Cover published, May 1941 17 1/2 X 15 in...

Work on canvas Gilded wood frame 38,5 x 45,5 x 6 cm

Signed lower left, 'F. Laval' for Fernand Laval (French, 1886-1966) and dated 1948. Born in Dordogne, Fernand Laval arrived in Paris at the age of 26 to study art and, during the e...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), for the revival of George Kelly`s ...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board and Cardstock Signature: Signed Upper Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1945 Broadway show...

Original WWII poster: A British "Commando" raid on a German-held port in Norway. Back Them Up! Linen backed and ready to frame. Printed in England...

Autumn evening 1943, oil on cardboard, 45x60 cm Adolfs Melnars (till 1940 – Adolfs Maslovskis) (1908.4.III – 1963.31.X) attended studio of K. Miesnieks (1928), studied in Latvia A...

Work on canvas

Ruthven Todd Poem Andre Masson, French (1896–1987) Date: 1947 Etching and Aquatint on laid paper, signed in pencil lower right and in the plate Image Size: 8.5 x 7 inches Size: 14.75...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned PEN & INK CARICATURES & SKETCHES - Drawings by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Ray Bolger in...

Lithograph entitled "Apples, Glass and Knife", from the suite "Dans L'Atelier de Picasso". Printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, in an edition of 50.

Georges-Noël Béraud (1912-1972) Pseudonym : Marc Aldine Oil on canvas signed low right with pseudonym Marc Aldine View of Venice Golden frame Size canvas : 55 X 81 cm - Size frame : ...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Alexander Farnham (b.1926) Alexander Farnham studied with Anne Steele Marsh, Van Deering Perrine, and at the Art Students League with George Bridgman...

A ca. 1940 etching of a view of the Manhattan skyline by artist Nat Lowell. Signed and titled in pencil, ca. 1940. Artworks size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/4". Arc...

Hawaiian Symbolism Figurative & Landscape Oil painting of Huakai Hui (Journey Together) Symbolic and surreal landscape of a female and male figure ascending stairway flanked by to...

Lithograph on papier vélin teinté, fait a la main paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Illuminations, 1949. Published by...

This oil on board is by James McCracken (1875-1967). It is a lush, exotic composition, depicting a Buddha statue atop a lotus flower. There are other flowers in the background as wel...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Center Right and Lower Left This piece is on 15.00" x 11.00" illustration board, each drawing measuring to 7.00" x 9.00." Includes the original invoice. Minor soiling, editors notations. Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Zachary Scott...

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 Benj...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 11.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 8.50" x 10.00." Caricatur...

Medium: Graphite on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Right On illustration board, matted. The piece measures to 18.00" x 14.00" overall with an 8.00" x 6.00" image. Caricature by George...

Nicely painted mid century abstract oil painting. Great color. Framed.

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...

Artist: Franz Lenhart. Size: 27.5" x 39". Professional archival linen backed; ready to frame. "La Conca d'Oro dell 'alto Adige" The water flows f...

Work on paper Silver wooden frame with glass pane 44 x 33 x 1 cm

Image dimensions: 22.5 x 34.7 cm. Uccellini imbalsamati is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist and poet Luigi Bartolini in 1943. Original etching on paper.  Signed ...

Signature: Signed Lower Right Medium: Gouache on Paperboard The present work was published as the main illustration for a short story by Beryl Markham published in The Saturday Even...

Charles Quest, 'Work Bench', 1949, wood engraving, edition 40. Signed, dated and numbered 9/40 in pencil. Titled and annotated 'wood engraving 1949' in pencil, in the artist’s hand, lower right margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove Japan, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, a successful artist, and fine art instructor, worked in a variety of mediums including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture, but remains best known as a printmaker. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929, and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium which he apparently learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting a lot of critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’ were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’ and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’, was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in the Graphic Arts Division of the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). This one-man exhibition was a remarkable achievement for Quest, who had been working in the medium for only about ten years. In the press release for the show, Kainen praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had also won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. Charles Quest retired from teaching in 1971 and made relatively few prints in his later years, as the rigors of the medium were too demanding. He moved to Tryon, North Carolina, with his wife Dorothy, an artist and portrait painter, and remained active as a painter until his death in 1993. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted the interest of Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for the University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division became the grateful recipient of a large body of Quest's work including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and stained glass, as well as his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...

Henri Matisse (After), French (1869-1954) Le Tobogan (Toboggan) Portfolio: Jazz Year: Of Original: 1947 Year Printed: 1983 Medium: Lithograph Image Size: 11.5 x 10.5 inches Size: 15...

The 1947 original poster designed by André Bermond for the "Fêtes de l'Amitié Franco-Suisse" in Menton is a striking representation of post-war European unity and celebration. This f...

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1945 and published in edition of 1000 on Velin de Lana cream wove paper for the "Jours de gloire" portfolio. Plate size: 7 1/4 x 5 inches (185 x ...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...

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Portrait of Woman is a modern artwork realized by Reynold Arnould in 1941. Charcoal drawing. Good conditions.

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed and dated lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Illustrated in "Alexander Farnham: Brought to Lig...

Etching on papeteries vélin de Lana paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with full margins. Notes: From the folio, Jours de gloire, Histoire de la ...

Henri Matisse, French (1869 - 1954) - Florilege des Amours de Ronsard, Plate 84. Year: 1948, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Edition: 320, Size: 10 x 11 in. (25.4 x 27.94 cm), Printer:...

Stockings (1946) - Silver Gelatin Fibre Print (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images) 1946: Three pairs of stockinged legs. Original Publication: Picture Post. Additional...

Louis Lozowick, 'Winter Fun', lithograph, 1940, edition 20, 250 (1941). Flint 188. Signed in pencil, with the artist’s monogram in the stone, lower left. A...

Pedro Pruna Ocerans (1904-1977) - Two drawings - Ink drawing Two framed drawings, all of them signed and dated. Frame measures 23x28 cm. Pere Pruna Ocerans (Barcelona, ​​1904-1977) ...

Jack Coggins Aircraft Insignia Original vintage poster, lithograph 60 x 45 cm Signed in image to bottom right This original vintage World War Two propaganda poster was initially ...

Arnold Beauvais (1886-1984) Arnold Victor Beauvais was born in Lewisham on 13 April 1886, son of a French father, the artist Charles Henri Beauvais, and an English mother, Anne, née Corfield. He trained in his father's commercial art studio during the day, working on lithographic printing and poster design, and took night classes at the Bolt Court Art School in Fleet Street. In 1903 his father returned to his home town of Marseille and set up a commercial art studio. Arnold studied in Paris for sixteen months before joining his father in Marseille. Charles died...

Gorgeous pointillist egg tempera portrait of young blonde girl by Robert Joseph Collins (American, 1922-2011), 1947. Signed "Collins" and dated "'47." U...

William Ross Abrams, 'The Green Sugarbowl', color woodcut, 1949, edition 24. Signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Artist’s proof' in pencil. A fin...

Black and white candid capture of classic film stars Pier Angeli and Joan Crawford sitting in a bedroom with a dog. Joan Crawford was an American actress. She started her career as ...

Mythologies is an original Rare Book engraved by André Masson (Balagny, Oise, 1896 - Paris, 1987) in 1946. Original Edition. Published by Editions de la Revue Fontaine, Paris. Fo...