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1940's Fashion Illustration, Chic Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Swedish Cabinet with Nordens Flora Illustrations
By Josef Frank
Located in Turners Falls, MA
1950’s Swedish Cabinet later papered with illustrations by C.A. Lindman book Nordens Flora.
Curved
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany, Paper
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady in Chic Headscarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - The Two Elegant Brides
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Four Brides Holding Candles
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Beautiful Bride & Child Portrait Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Beautiful Bride & Child Portrait Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady in Dashing Green Ball Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady in Beautiful Green Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, the Lady in the Red Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady with Green Eyes in Admiration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stylish Blonde Lady in White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Stunning Woman in Light Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's French Fashion Illustration, Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's French Fashion Illustration, Stunning Ballerina in White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stylish Blonde Lady In White Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Dashing Green Ball Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Stunning Woman In Light Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Posed Lady In Vibrant Pink Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's French Fashion Illustration, Chic Lady In Blue Detailed Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration - Three Elegant Women Walking Through The Park
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Black & White Stylish Women In Chic Clothing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's French Fashion Illustration - Chic Lady In Blue Detailed Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady at a Stance in Pink Frill Top
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady In Bridgerton Style Ball Dress With Fan
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's French Fashion Illustration, The Stylish Lady With The Green Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
1940's Fashion Illustration, Lady In Bright Blue Puffy Dress, Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century More Prints
Materials
Acrylic
1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Elegant Lady With The Red Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design signed by French illustrator Geneviève
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Stylish Lady With The Green Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Bright Blue Puffy Dress, Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In White Dress With Draped Orange Head Scarf
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco 1940s High Fashion Illustration Woman with Fan and Screen
Located in Miami, FL
French female illustrator Geneviève Thomas renders a highly stylized fashion illustration set
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
"Running Bunny Rabbit, " Charming Book Illustration from the 1930s-1940s
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely winning and full of charm, this book illustration depicts a bunny rabbit running across
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Tertiaries Colour Exercise, Colour Theory Illustration, c.1940s gouache
Located in London, GB
Tertiaries Colour Exercise
Gouache
20 x 25 cm
Provenance: The family of A. E. Halliwell
This vibrant abstract composition explores the harmony of tertiary colours through interwov...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Set of Four Midcentury Fashion Illustrations in the Style of Vogue, c. 1940s–50s
By René Gruau
Located in Morristown, NJ
A glamorous set of four original midcentury fashion illustrations, exquisitely rendered in ink
Category
Vintage 1940s French Hollywood Regency Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Al Hirschfeld "Beat the Band" New York Times Broadway Theatre Illustration 1940s
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
"Beat the Band"
22 x 26 1/2 inches
ink on board
published in The New York Times, October 11, 1942
The unframed work comes directly from the Al Hirschfeld F...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Society Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1940s. Gouache on heavy illustration
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vintage Biology Scientific Educational Chart, Denoyer-Geppert One-Celled Animals
By Denoyer-Geppert
Located in Chicago, IL
Illustrations
Year: 1940s
Country: American
Size: 33" high x 44.25" wide
Condition: Good. Minor fraying threads
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Pair of Signed Benjamin Jorj Harris Airbrush San Francisco Cable Car Artworks
Located in Pasadena, TX
Illustration-watercolor
Features:
1940s day masonry frame
Airbrush watercolor
Scene from San
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
$720 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Flower Garden, Cape Cod, Mid-Century Cleveland School Painting
By Carl Frederick Gaertner
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952)
Flower Garden, Cape Cod, c. 1940s
Gouache on
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Wayne Benter Jung, Fashion Sketch of Josephine Baker, Post WWII
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
9.5" (sight), silver lacquered frame 11" x 9", circa late 1940s
This vibrant fashion illustration
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper, Lacquer
Original Vintage Starve Him With Silence Poster for Seagram's by Ess.Ar.Gee C194
Located in Boca Raton, FL
commercial illustrator and graphic designer whose work gained recognition during the 1930s and 1940s. Goff
Category
1940s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
French Orientalist Gouache Souk Marrakech Marocco 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
discovered and devoted himself to highlight Morocco in the 1930s and 1940s. He created book illustrations for
Category
1930s Art Deco Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Impromptu, 1981 - Large Red and Blue Diptych Abstract Print, Across Two Frames
By Allen Jones
Located in Kingsclere, GB
he discovered a rich fund of imagery in sexually motivated popular illustration of the 1940s and
Category
1980s Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andy Warhol In the Bottom of My Garden (hand colored lithograph)
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
illustrations from the 1940s and ’50s reveal a more delicate side to the larger-than-life artist. In addition to
Category
1960s Pop Art Nude Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
“Girl with Scarf”
By Thornton Utz
Located in Southampton, NY
. Initial recognition of his work came for his illustrations. During the 1940s and '50s, Utz provided
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Fiberboard, Graphite, Gouache
$1,275 Sale Price
42% Off
Fred Otnes Jr Mixed Media Figural Painting on Board
By Fred Otnes
Located in New York, NY
Institute of Chicago and in the late 1940’s he began creating illustrations for national magazines including
Category
Vintage 1980s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
Fruit Still Life on Board attributed to William Federick Timmons
Located in Redding, CT
-2007).
During the 1940s his cover illustrations appeared on pulp magazines, such as The Shadow, Clues
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
$1,800 Sale Price
28% Off
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
University.
During the 1930s and early 1940s, Alston created illustrations for magazines such as Fortune
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Jacques Quinet French Modern Dark Rosewood, Brass and Parcel-Gilt Armchair
By Jacques Quinet
Located in Hollywood, FL
, Quinet is known for his emphasis on clean, paired down forms with refined lightness, 1940s.
Literature
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Skating
By John Drew
Located in Minneapolis, MN
the Golden Age of Illustration, and a prominent pulp cover illustrator. This is a very art deco take
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,000
1940's Fashion Illustration - The Lady In The Red Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1940's Fashion Illustration - Chanel Styled Woman In Chic Black Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Swedish Modern “Flora” Sideboard, 1940s
Located in Staffanstorp, SE
professionally restored in our workshop and in beautiful vintage condition.
Details
• Sweden, 1940s
• Mahogany
Category
Vintage 1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
The Watchers, Dakota Indians
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
magazines and books in America from the 1920s to 1940s.
Born in Gaunting, Germany, Eggenhofer grew up
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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