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American Midwest Regional Portrait Oil Painting, Circle of Grant Wood, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
the 1940’s. She fills the canvas with her wholesome countenance, hair and period clothing. The
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage American Pointer Dog Hunting in Landscape Oil Painting 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3302 Dog Hunting oil on canvas applied to a board ,displayed in a wood frame ,signed by Geyer. Image size 10.25 H x 13.50 W
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1940s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

African American Mother and Child by Peggy Dodds Circa 1940's
By Peggy Dodds
Located in Rochester, NY
canvas. Circa 1940's. Unframed. please, contact us for shipping options. Presented by Joseph Dasta
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940s Oil Painting Portrait of Two Figures, American Modernist Figurative
By Angelo Di Benedetto
Located in Denver, CO
. Image measures 28 x 38 inches, framed dimensions are 33 ¾ x 39 ¾ inches. Painting is in good condition
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Pennsylvania Farm Landscape; Signed Oil on Canvas, ca 1940’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
modernist leaning style with a colorful palette typical of the 1940’s. Her use of pinks and yellows along
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
figurative painting filled with compressed energy and an atmosphere of psychological ambiguity with the two
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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

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
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibition of Maryland Painters, Sculptors and Print Makers, 1935 with Henry Berge,Bertram S. Berney, Theresa
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1940's American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Horse and Buggy 59th st. Manhattan (fauvist painting of NYC outside central park) 1940's. image is
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Seated Nude Woman American Impressionist School 1940s by Fred Yost
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman American Figurative School 1940s Mid-century American impressionist painting of a
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

1940's California Mission Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor of an old California mission. Signed lower right illegibly and dated 1940. Displayed in
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"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
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1940s American Modernist Abstracted Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Charles Bunnell original vintage 1941 signed painting from the artist's Black and Blue Series
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1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Forest, American Modernist Abstract Landscape Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Forest" is a 29 x 36 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940's Still-Life with Pussy Willows and Blue Drape
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant 1940's still-life of pussy willows in a white vase with a rich royal blue drape by an
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

American Painting Native American Dance Exhibition New Mexico Antelope Dancers
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil painting by American artist Rudolph Wedow. This fantastic painting depicts
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1940's San Ynez Valley Indian Trail Sunset
Located in Soquel, CA
American children walking towards the sunset by H. Hansen (American, 20th Century), 1944. The small figures
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene Antonio
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

1940's Floral Still Life -- Summer Bouquet
By Myer Abel
Located in Soquel, CA
Academy teacher Myer Abel (American, 20th Century), 1940. Signed and dated "Abel 40" lower right
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cardboard, Oil

Mystery American Expressionism Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bit of a mystery painting. Both in who the very talented artist was and what exactly is going on in
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

American Woman Artist Modernist Large Oil Painting Cubist Influenced Landscape
By Lena Gurr
Located in Surfside, FL
is not dated. Lena Gurr (1897–1992), was an American woman artist who made paintings, prints, and
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

1940's Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner
By Nell Walker Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
painting of Sycamore Grove, Carmel Valley by Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970). Circa 1940s
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism Daniel Celentano
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Modernist Snowscene
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern 1940s American oil painting depicting a rural landscape in winter. This work comes housed
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
America and some have erroneously speculated that this was to avoid antisemitic discrimination. In truth
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1940's California Hills Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
philosophies to America. Loran was eventually hindered by visual impairment, but continued painting until
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Fishmonger, Mid-Century 1940's New York Impasto Figurative Cityscape
By Dorothy Rossen Greenberg
Located in Soquel, CA
A vivid mid-century impasto figurative cityscape oil painting of New York during the 1940s by
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1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Landscape Painting
By Frederick Shane
Located in Denver, CO
Bookstore, Victor, Colorado (1942). Some of his most notable paintings of the 1940s depict Colorado
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Rabbi in Jerusalem
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
joined them in New York years later. Romano changed his name on his arrival to America and some have
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Hospitalities Long Past, 1941 Oil on canvas Signed
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fishing Boats at Shore, 1940's Seascape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
by unknown artist. Signed lower left corner illegibly. Circa 1940's. Unframed. Image size: 10"H x 8"W
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
1940’s including a 1938 exhibition of his silkscreen prints in the U.S.S.R. In 1935 he was invited to
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Africa - Collage Painting in Orange - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
African American artist Alvin Hollingsworth created an inventive and intriguing close-up portrait
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Burlap, Wood, Oil

Gunnison, Colorado 1940s Modernist Mountain Landscape Painting, Green, Blue, Red
Located in Denver, CO
1940s modernist mountain landscape painting, near Gunnison, Colorado with a white farmhouse and out
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
'Abandoned (Colorado)' is an oil painting by William Sanderson (1905-1990) depicting an abandoned
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pikes Peak, 1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape in Autumn, Tempera Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
in the proscribed American Scene painting style. At the same time, he also began working on his own
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

Adobe Church, New Mexico, 1940s Modernist Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1930s - 1940s oil painting of an adobe church in New Mexico with a brilliant blue sky and
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fetishes, 1940s Abstract Figurative Southwestern Mixed Media Painting, Red Gray
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
An original gouache and wax painting by New Mexico modernist, Howard Schleeter (1903-1976) signed
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1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wax, Gouache, Archival Paper

1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape Gouache Painting with Snow, Trees, and Train
Located in Denver, CO
American modern 1945 winter landscape painting by Edgar Britton (1901-1982) with a tree driving
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — 1940s American Impressionism
By Robert Philipp
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and
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1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pastel

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Americans Modernist Tempera Painting, Penguins in Snowy Landscape, Blue White
By Archie Musick
Located in Denver, CO
Original American Modernist tempera painting on masonite by Archie Musick (1902-1978). Signed by
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings

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Tempera, Masonite

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Board

Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by George Vander Sluis (1915-1984) titled Storm Over Victor (Colorado
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pardner, 1943 Vintage African American Art, Black Artist, Painting, Pet Portrait
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
John Farrar (American, 1928-1972) Signed: John Farrar (Lower, Left) “ Pardner ”, 1943 Titled
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit, 1945 American Modern Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
same year his painting, Mount Evans, was included as one of Colorado’s entries in the American Art
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Colorado Ranch Summer Landscape Painting, 1940s Landscape Watercolor
By Irene D. Fowler
Located in Denver, CO
Original western landscape painting of trees near a ranch in Colorado by Irene Fowler, one of
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
in the proscribed American Scene painting style. At the same time, he also began working on his own
Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gouache Painting Hand signed and dated '39 lower left. Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. Label verso
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor himself was an instructor at the
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
and fantasy scenes. In the 1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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