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1940's California Hills Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period mid-century modern American Scene watercolor of the Oakland, California
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
1940's California Mission Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor of an old California mission. Signed lower right illegibly and dated 1940. Displayed in
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Circa 1940s California Horse & Rider Photograph
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1940's photograph of man on horseback. Likely California based on the bit and romal reins
Category
Mid-20th Century Rustic Photography
Materials
Paper
Beautiful Blue Eyed Boy Vintage Portrait California Impressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful Blue Eyed Boy Vintage Portrait California Impressionist
Wonderful 1940s portrait of young
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
H 24.5 in W 19 in D 1 in
Pair of Authentic California Fruit Crate Labels Featuring Apples. Circa 1940's
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is a pair of original "Apple" fruit crate labels, circa 1940's, unused and professionally
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
H 12 in W 15 in D 1 in
California Pottery Green Vase, USA, 1940s
By The Bennetts
Located in Miami, FL
Rare Mid-Century Modern rectangular ceramic vase by The Bennetts of California, active as art ware
Category
Vintage 1940s North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Southwest (California?) Impressionist Painting, Lily S. Converse ca 1940
Located in Baltimore, MD
American art that was favored in the 1930's. A paper label on the reverse suggests that Lily S. Converse
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Midcentury Alice Smith California Studio Pottery Mug
By Chalice of California
Located in Vallejo, CA
A wonderful midcentury studio pottery mug from the 1940s-1950s by ceramicist, Alice Smith of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
Vintage MCM Rosewood Lingerie Chest by Glenn of California
By Glenn of California
Located in Topeka, KS
credited for being at the forefront of the West Coast modernist design movement in the 1940’s and 1950’s
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage MCM Rosewood Nightstand End Table by Glenn of California
By Glenn of California
Located in Topeka, KS
the forefront of the West Coast modernist design movement in the 1940’s and 1950’s. The company made a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Aluminum
SERGEE OF CALIFORNIA c.1940's Yellow Daisy Floral Print Rayon Crepe Day Dress
Located in Thiensville, WI
Vintage Sergee of California c.1940's yellow daisy print rayon crepe day dress. White and black all
Category
1940s Unknown Casual Dresses
Midcentury Charles and Alice Smith California Pottery Tea Cups, Set of 3
By Chalice of California
Located in Vallejo, CA
A set of 3 mid century studio teacups from the 1940s-50s by husband and wife ceramicists, Charles
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Materials
Pottery
EdE Studio Pottery - West Los Angeles California - Late 1940s - 1950s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Scarce collection of three early modernist studio pottery pieces made by Ede of California. From my
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
"Exotic Head Vases, " Unique California Pottery Sculptures, circa Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
bases. Although emblematic of the 1940s fascination with all things exotic, there is something different
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Vases
Materials
Clay
H. Wilson Smith California Artist Abstract Painting, circa 1940s-1950s
By H. Wilson Smith
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist
Oil on board in the original frame.
Painting
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Modernist Peter Pfisterer Table Lamp ca' 1940's
By Peter Pfisterer
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and unusual modernist lamp by Peter Pfisterer, ca' 1940's. Shade pivots to aim light and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Aluminum, Brass
H. Wilson Smith California Artist Geometric Abstract Painting, circa 1940s-1950s
By H. Wilson Smith
Located in Phoenix, AZ
H. Wilson Smith (1901-1981) California Artist
Oil on board in the original frame.
Painting
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 25 in W 21 in D 1 in
Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Landscape Painting
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
"Artists Sketching (California)" is an American Modernist scene of three artists working with
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Frederick ShaneArtists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Landscape Painting, 1949
H 25.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.5 in
Greta Magnusson Grossman Dining Table for Glenn of California
By Greta Magnusson Grossman, Glenn of California
Located in San Diego, CA
Rare Rectangular dining table by Greta M. Grossman for Glenn of California, circa. 1950s. The table
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Laminate, Walnut
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Coastal Landscape Painting
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Mystery artist
Oil
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sculpted Armoire Cabinet by John Kapel for Glenn of California, 1960s, Signed
By John Kapel, Glenn of California
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1940s through the 1960s. Other notable designers who designed for Glenn of California include Greta
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Walnut
H 44.25 in W 42 in D 16 in
Vintage 1940's Hollywood Regency Marbro Lamp With Original Shade
By The Marbro Lamp Company
Located in New Orleans, LA
An outstanding and elaborate Hollywood Regency 1940's Marbro Lamp having it's original shade with
Category
Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Gruen Gold Filled Art Deco Curvex Watch with Diamond Dial 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
: Yellow Gold-Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 36mm X Width 22mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
Gruen Gold Filled Art Deco Watch with Original Dial from 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
: Gold-Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 36mm X Width 26mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
California Desert Landscape w/ Sand Verbena by Elizabeth Hewlett Watkins c.1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Desert Landscape w/ Sand Verbena by Elizabeth Hewlett Watkins c.1940s
Beautiful vintage
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940's San Ynez Valley Indian Trail Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century California landscape of the beautiful San Ynez Valley Indian Trail with Native
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gruen Gold Filled Art Deco Curvex Style Watch with Original Dial circa 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
Gold Filled
CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's
DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 40mm X Width 22mm
MOVEMENT / CALIBER: Manual
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
The Bay Area School: Californian Artists from the 1940s, 1950s & 1960s 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Bay Area School: Californian Artists from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s by Anya Perse and Thomas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.5 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
California Landscape #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
in the 1940s. In 1956 he became the deputy sheriff of Orange County, California while painting in
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
1940's Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner
Beautiful, substantial and period
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1940's Danish Platter / Ash Tray by Axel Sørensen for P. Ipsens Enke
By P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
- 1955) was a very succesfull company that especially during the first part of the 1900´s managed to
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
George Sanders Bickerstaff California Mountain Desert Landscape Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
) California. Signed lower right, circa 1940's. Unframed, edge wear, few small spots of paint loss.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Rustic Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Big Sur, California by Ellen Pearl Johnson
By Pearl Johnson
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic landscape oil painting of Big Sur, California by Berkeley California artist Ellen Pearl
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Canvas
Rolex 1940's Vintage Ref 6552 Steel Self winding Wrist Watch
By Rolex
Located in Chicago, IL
1030 Automatic, Self winding Movement. Recently Refinished Bubbleback "California" style Dial with aged
Category
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Steel
California Landscape in Autumn
Located in San Francisco, CA
1940s. In 1956 he became the deputy sheriff of Orange County, California while painting in his leisure
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
California Landscape with House
By James March Phillips
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork (California Landscape with House" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by California artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Inventing the California Look
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
Inventing the California Look: Interiors by Frances Elkins, Michael Taylor, John Dickinson, and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
40s Will George California Pottery Flamingos Group of Sevens
Located in Pasadena, CA
"1940s Will George California pottery flamingos gruop of Seven. All seven are signed underneath
Category
Vintage 1940s American Adirondack Animal Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Arroyo Grove, c. 1940s
By Samuel Hyde Harris
Located in Pasadena, CA
painting en plein air, circa 1940s, and incorporated a loose, direct painting style, to animate the trees
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Panel
Polo Engraving, California Polo by Reinhold H. Palenske
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
cm / 19 "
Framed width
48.5 cm / 19 1⁄4"
Framed depth
2 cm / 1"
Period
1900-1949
Year
Circa 1940's
Category
20th Century American Sporting Art Paintings
Materials
Paper
California Pottery Ackee Fruit Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Charming California Pottery Ackee Fruit Earrings handmade in the 1940's with clip back fittings
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
"Sonoma Fields" napa california inspired
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
draftsmanship. Just as the West Coast Abstract Expressionists (1940 to 1970) found California’s striking
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940s Desert Red Rocks Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning desert landscape of red rocks and desert shrubs by California artist Olive Von Bergen
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right cor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 22 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
Bernhard Sopher California Artist Terracotta Sculpture, Mother and Child
By Bernhard Sopher
Located in Phoenix, AZ
, circa 1940s.
Born in Safed, Syria on June 15, 1877. Sopher was a pupil of Peter Breuner and Adolph
Category
Mid-20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
Helen Clark
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Rugged California Coast - 1930's Seascape
By Charles Morris
Located in Soquel, CA
California 1910, listed in Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". Charles Morris is known for
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Brown Saltman, Coffee Table, Oak, USA, 1940s
By Brown Saltman
Located in High Point, NC
An oak coffee or cocktail table designed and produced by Brown Saltman, California, USA, 1940s.
Category
Vintage 1940s Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Oak
Gruen Yellow Gold Art Deco Tank Style watch with Original Dial from 1940's
By Gruen
Located in Long Beach, CA
.
Gruen was watch the watch of choice in our own family jewelry store in Los Angeles California. They were
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wrist Watches
Materials
Gold-filled
The artists eye, The Gorge, California.
By Dorothy Marootian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Connecticut in 1921, Marootian grew up in New Haven and lived in Pasadena during the 1940s. She received a BFA
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback Chronometer California Dial
By Rolex
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
, .Ref. #3458.
Made in the 1940s..
Fine and rare, tonneau shaped,
Self-winding, stainless steel
Category
Vintage 1940s Swiss Wrist Watches
Materials
Stainless Steel
Glen Lukens Signed Mid-Century Modern Glazed Ceramic California Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
University of Southern California (USC) Architectural School’s Ceramics Department where he helped establish
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique California Catalina Style Tile Top Table
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique California Tile Top Table From Northwest Company 1940s. Walnut Table Features Single Insert
Category
Vintage 1950s American Classical Side Tables
Materials
Walnut
"California Landscape" Large oil painting on canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
1940s. In 1956 he became the deputy sheriff of Orange County, California while painting in his leisure
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940s Everett Gee Jackson 2 Drawings & Book
Located in Seguin, TX
Two original drawings circa 1940's in pencil by Everett Gee Jackson (1900-1995) California in the
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Drummer Boy" Tin-wind-up Toy by Louis Marx, New York City, circa 1940's
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
This 1940's "Drummer Boy" brightly colored lithographed tin wind-up toy capitalizes on the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Tin
Dorr Bothwell, California Surrealist, Serigraph Titled "Ideograph"
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Phoenix, AZ
California modernist Dorr Bothwell (1902-2000) original serigraph.
Signed in pencil lower right
Category
Mid-20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
1940s Symbolist Figurative -- Her Holy Visions
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame were two of five artists in Hawaii during the
Category
1940s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 40 in W 30 in D 1.25 in
'Evening on the Coast', California Watercolor Society
By Margaret Griebenow Bode
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California Watercolor Society, exhibiting widely and with success during the 1940s and 1950s.
Reference
Category
1970s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1920 Historical Church of Soquel, California Landscape
By Mary DeNeale Morgan
Located in Soquel, CA
Cypress Inn on Lincoln. From then on through the 1940's, her studio was filled with tourists, buyers
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 23.25 in W 27.25 in D 1.13 in
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- Who invented California dial?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022The California dial likely originated in the 1930s because Californians loved mixing Roman and Arabic numbers. However, the style grew in popularity in the 1970s when refinisher Kirk Rich was tasked with creating California dial watch faces. You’ll find a range of California dial watches on 1stDibs.
- What is a California Watch Dial?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A California watch dial is a clock face featuring half Roman numerals (generally for 10 o’clock to 2 o’clock) and half Arabic numerals (generally for 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock). A dash might replace the hours of 3, 6, and 9 — instead of the comparatively unexciting numerical representation — and an inverted triangle might be used to represent the hour of 12. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique, modern and contemporary watches.
- What is a 1940s style dress?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021The most popular 1940s-style dress was the shirtwaist dress. It had a front opening like a men’s shirt, but with large buttons in the front of the dress, which was practical and easy to wear. The sleeves were short and necklines varied from shirt style to sweetheart and other necklines. Antique and vintage dresses from well-known designers are available on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021In the 1940s, ladies wore clothes defined by clean and slim silhouettes. The jackets, blouses and sweaters often featured shoulderpads and had somewhat of a military feel. Most dresses were quite casual and pants and playsuits became part of a woman's everyday style.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A number of dresses were popular during the 1940s. Many women wore short-waist dresses with button necks, collars, fitted waists and full skirts. The classic A-lines with knee-length hems in red, white and blue colors were also a trend. Shop a collection of vintage dresses on 1stDibs.
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