1960s Hard Edge Oil on Canvas by Modernist Artist Henry Kallem
By Henry Kallem
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Kallem exhibited widely including the 1939 World's Fair.
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Paint
1960s Hard Edge Oil on Canvas by Modernist Artist Henry Kallem
By Henry Kallem
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Kallem exhibited widely including the 1939 World's Fair.
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Oscar Heyman Platinum/18KT Gold Orchid Brooch with Fancy Yellow & White Diamond
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York, NY
Their floral brooch depicting orchids as seen with our enamel and diamond piece, along with roses and pansies were awarded the highest honors at the New York Worlds Fair in 1939. The...
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Untitled
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Surfside, FL
He produced both etchings and paintings during this period, and his work was exhibited at the World's Fair (New York, 1939), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1938), the Whitney...
Paper, Mixed Media
$42,000
Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter
Located in Marco Island, FL
As part of the WPA project, he executed a number of murals, including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techn...
Gouache, Archival Paper
$3,040Sale Price|58% Off
19th Century Landscape of Shepherdess w/ Sheep & Dog, Munich, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
That year, his painting Circus Day was on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in...
Oil
UNTITLED
By Morris Shulman
Located in Portland, ME
He had his first exhibition at the 1939 World's Fair. After WWII he studied at the Art Student's League and with Hans Hoffmann at Hoffmann's school.
Casein
$1,795
American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon
Located in Portland, OR
Albert and Arthur exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and Arthur had work on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939.
Oil
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Relining Nude (WG6)
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Science and atomic energy were a theme in Gregory's most significant work, the Fountain of the Atom (fig. 4), at the 1939 New York's World Fair. This major work included twelve monum...
Plaster
Table, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Birch
Mark Freeman Mix Media Drawing - Chinatown New York
By Mark Freeman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Also, an innovator in the early use of airbrush rendering in color, his futuristic depictions of the New York World's Fair of 1939 with its theme of "the World of Tomorrow" are among...
Crayon, Color Pencil, Graphite
Rare 1948 James Mont Designed Wide Tufted Seat Lounge Chair Oval Back Cushion
By James Mont
Located in St. Louis, MO
(Mont was, for example, invited to create a “Chinese Modern” room for the 1939 New York World’s Fair.) Showmanship played a large part in his success.
Upholstery, Foam, Sycamore
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...
Watercolor
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Mother and Baby Playing WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade C...
Bronze
Nude Female Figures (Nude Women Study)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Exhibitions: Corcoran Gallery, 1935, 1939, 1947 and 1953; American Artists Congress, 1938; World's Fair, New York, 1939; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1936, 1949, 1952-53; M...
Paper, Charcoal
$1,925Sale Price / item|25% Off
Model 46 Armchair with Floral Fabric, Alvar Aalto, 1930/1940s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Fabric, Birch
Fallon House, Colombia, California
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Santa Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co.
Oil
$390Sale Price / set|40% Off
MCM "Lily" Brass Candlestick Holders By Ivar Ålenius Björk for Ystad-Metall
By Ystad-Metall
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This set of Classic, Mid-Century "Lily" candle holders in brass was designed by Ivar Alenius Bjork for Ystad Metal in Sweden. Premiering in 1939 for the Scandinavian Pavilion of the ...
Brass
untitled (The White Barn with Farmers and Horse)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...
Watercolor
untitled (Yellow Adobe Building with Bell)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Grauer’s involvement in West Virginia also included his West Virginia murals for the West Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 Worl...
Ink, Watercolor
Joseph Hirsch Original Lithograph Signed in Pencil - The Toast
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Hirsch followed this award with the prestigious Woolley Fellowship that provided for a year of study in Paris. At the 1939 New York World's Fair, by public ballot, the Philadelphia ...
Paper, Lithograph
$1,200
Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade C...
Paper, Watercolor
Colombia Park, California
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Santa Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co.
Oil
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade C...
Paper, Watercolor
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1930/1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Birch, Paint
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Artek, 1950/1960s
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Birch
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1930/1940s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Birch, Paint
$1,850
"Thunderbolt and Parachute Jump" a limited edition from Coney Island, 1997
By Phillip Buehler
Located in New York, NY
Behind is the Parachute Jump, an attraction that was originally at the 1939 New York World’s Fair and later moved to Steeplechase Park.
Photographic Paper
Mallard Drakes (Louisiana Honkers)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
His etching, Crossing the Platte, was included in the 1939 New York World's Fair exhibition, American Art Today.
Drypoint
Charles Harsanyi Modernist Winter Scene, 1946, titled "The Ferry No 2"
Located in New York, NY
Whalen (et al.), American Art from the New York World's Fair 1939 American Artist, "A Wreck at Monhegan," February 1951 Biography from Williams American Art Galleries, sourced on as...
Oil, Board
$2,000
Scrub and Pines, Early 20th Century Landscape, Cleveland May Show Exhibition
By William Grauer
Located in Beachwood, OH
Grauer painted murals for the West Virginia exhibitions in both the Chicago Century of Progress (1933) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Residents of Ambleside Dr. near Universit...
Oil
$5,750
Vernal Equinox, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
During this time frame she won first prize of the 1936 Cleveland Museum of Art May Show for her Alice in Wonderland figure, third Prize in the 1937 May Show for a Song of the South f...
Bronze
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Exhibition Venues: "Baltimore Museum of Art, 1936-46; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1938, 1940-49; Art Institute of Chicago, 1938-41; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual, ...
Masonite, Oil
$5,135Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Teak Aalto Model 60 Stools, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Birch, Teak
Hilly Landscape - Acrylic on Paper by G.-I. Darbois-Gaudin - 1970s
By Germaine-Irene Darbois-Gaudin
Located in Roma, IT
She took part in the salon of French artists of which she is a member since 1939 and at the fair of the national society of fine arts since 1944.
Acrylic
The Bug, Early 20th Century Landscape w/ Rooster & Chicken, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
That year, his painting Circus Day was on display at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in...
Gouache
Market Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
He was the first Haitian painter to receive recognition when he was awarded medals at the Gallery of Science and Art (New York World Fair) and the IBM Medal (Treasure Island World’s ...
Oil
Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist's Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
By Joseph Biel
Located in London, GB
His paintings were featured in solo shows at the Brooklyn Museum (1932) and the ACA Gallery (1934, 1936, 1939); they also appeared at the 1934 Whitney Biennial, the 1939 World’s Fair...
Canvas, Oil
Model HB96 Chest of Drawers, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas AB
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alva...
Birch
$5,835Sale Price|20% Off
Alvar Aalto Rare Writing Table from Otaniemi Technical University, 1960s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Other famous works by Aalto include the Vyborg Library, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs. In 1935, Alvar ...
Metal
Pair of Greenwich Village artist Rebaje Hammered Copper and Brass Cuff Links
By Francisco Rebajes
Located in Ferndale, MI
The work continued to rise in popularity especially after showing at Metropolitan Museum of art, Brooklyn Museum and 1939 Worlds fair. As he prospered outfitting the greater public w...
Brass, Copper
$4,600Sale Price|20% Off
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at ...
Oil, Board
Allan Houser Native American Modernist Bronze Sculpture, 1989, "Watching"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
He also painted murals in Washington, D.C., exhibited in the 1939 New York World's Fair, and had a one-person show at the Museum of New Mexico.
Bronze
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture - "Waiting"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
He also painted murals in Washington, D.C., exhibited in the 1939 New York World's Fair, and had a one-person show at the Museum of New Mexico.
Bronze
$8,800Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Lady American Painter Wall Mount Art Decorative Painting Framed LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Biography Robert Ryland A muralist, painter and illustrator, Robert Ryland was known for his work as a New York World's fair artist, 1939-1940. Under the aegis of the NYWF, some of h...
Canvas, Wood
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures that were placed in schools and public colleges, made work for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade C...
Marble, Bronze
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, At Play No. 3 'Fight'
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere.
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1975, Enterlocked Forms
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere.
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, The Green Moon
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere.
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1977, White Storm Cloud
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and elsewhere.
Paper
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Passport Office in Rockefeller Center, the Chronic Disease Hospital, the Williamsburg Housing Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic wor...
Watercolor
Sheep Ranch, Mother Lodge County, Near Stockton
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exh: Oakland Art Gallery, 1924-39; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Santa Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co.
Oil
Storm Cove Lighthouse
By Nat Levy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Selected exhibitions: CSFA, 1916; Calif. State Fairs; GGIE, 1939; many solo exhibitions at De Young Museum, CPLH, Gump's. lnvw; SF Chronicle, 9-27-1984
Watercolor
"Grove of Palms" 1950 Watercolor for Town & Country Magazine
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Among other distinctions, he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru, including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York ...
Watercolor
"Palm Trees" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Among other distinctions, he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru, including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York ...
Gouache
"Palm Tree Outside Cottage Window" 1950 Watercolor by Reynaldo Luza
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in Bristol, CT
Among other distinctions, he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru, including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York ...
Gouache
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...
Glass, PVC
Early American Parlor, Circa 1820, Miniature Room by Eugene Kupjack
By Eugene J. Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
Their first collaborations were displayed at the 1939 World's Fair and then moved onto the Chicago Art Institute where they are still on display today.
Mixed Media