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Oil Painting "Brooklyn" 1940's
Oil Painting "Brooklyn" 1940's

Oil Painting "Brooklyn" 1940's, 1940's

$1,900

H 25.5 in W 33.5 in D 2 in

Oil Painting "Brooklyn" 1940's

Located in Rochester, NY

Mid-Century Modern oil painting, 1940s cityscape, "Bedford at Lafayette, Brooklyn". Oil on masonite

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Blacksmith Shop Equestrian Oil Painting 1940's
The Blacksmith Shop Equestrian Oil Painting 1940's

The Blacksmith Shop Equestrian Oil Painting 1940's

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

1664 Antique oil painting of a blacksmith shop in the south Image size 17.5x 23.5" Framed

Category

1940s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940's French River Valley Lush Green Colors Signed Oil Painting
1940's French River Valley Lush Green Colors Signed Oil Painting

1940's French River Valley Lush Green Colors Signed Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The River Creuse, France signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) dated 1949 oil

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Impressionist School Oil Painting - c. 1940s
Original Impressionist School Oil Painting - c. 1940s

Original Impressionist School Oil Painting - c. 1940s

Located in London, GB

compliments this charming artwork. Year: c. 1940s Framed size: 36cm x 35cm Signature: Signed at the back

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1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

1940's French Oil Painting Figures South of France Busy Market Scene
1940's French Oil Painting Figures South of France Busy Market Scene

1940's French Oil Painting Figures South of France Busy Market Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Le Marche by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) signed verso oil on board, unframed

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting.  Unique modern style.
Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting.  Unique modern style.

Vintage 1940’s Circus Acrobat Oil on Canvas Painting. Unique modern style.

Located in Baltimore, MD

painting fully appears to date ca. 1940, or just thereafter. The work is oil on canvas and measures 16” x

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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940's French Signed Oil Expressionist Landscape Riverside Scene
1940's French Signed Oil Expressionist Landscape Riverside Scene

1940's French Signed Oil Expressionist Landscape Riverside Scene

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Riverside Scene By Alex Levrat, French 1941 signed & dated oil on board, framed Framed: 15 x 18

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Italian Rural Landscape Oil Painting, Framed, Signed, 1940s
Antique Italian Rural Landscape Oil Painting, Framed, Signed, 1940s

Antique Italian Rural Landscape Oil Painting, Framed, Signed, 1940s

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

6022 Antique Italian rural landscape oil painting, Set in a period gilt frame Image size 8x9

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1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Framed 1940s Antique Cubic City Skyline Oil Painting, 19.5x23.5\"
Framed 1940s Antique Cubic City Skyline Oil Painting, 19.5x23.5\"

Framed 1940s Antique Cubic City Skyline Oil Painting, 19.5x23.5\"

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

5130 Antique oversized cubic city skyline framed oil painting Signed Boruszak Image size

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1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

1940s Modern Reclining Nude Oil Painting on Linen
1940s Modern Reclining Nude Oil Painting on Linen

1940s Modern Reclining Nude Oil Painting on Linen

Located in Soquel, CA

Wonderful reclining nude in modern style, circa 1940. Faint illegible signature lower right edge

Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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Antonio Martino, Gloucester, MA, Oil on Canvas, 1940's
Antonio Martino, Gloucester, MA, Oil on Canvas, 1940's

Antonio Martino, Gloucester, MA, Oil on Canvas, 1940's

By Antonio Pietro Martino

Located in Doylestown, PA

painting is an oil on canvas, 20" x 24" in size, depicting a New England harbor and town scene in

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940s Judaic Oil Painting "The Victim"
1940s Judaic Oil Painting "The Victim"

1940s Judaic Oil Painting "The Victim"

By Yonia Fain

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Starkly powerful early work in response to the Holocaust, this abstracted painting contains imagery

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Expressionist Nude in Oil, Circa 1940s

Expressionist Nude in Oil, Circa 1940s

By Martin Snipper

Located in San Francisco, CA

This Circa late 1940s oil on canvas interior scene of a female figure is by San Francisco North

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1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Expressionist Figure in Oil Paint, 1940s
Expressionist Figure in Oil Paint, 1940s

Expressionist Figure in Oil Paint, 1940s

By Martin Snipper

Located in San Francisco, CA

This circa 1940s oil on burlap figure in pale, pastel colors is by San Francisco North Beach artist

Category

1940s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

"Portrait of Arthur" 1940s Oil
"Portrait of Arthur" 1940s Oil

Jennings Tofel"Portrait of Arthur" 1940s Oil

Unavailable

H 25.25 in W 29.25 in D 0.75 in

"Portrait of Arthur" 1940s Oil

By Jennings Tofel

Located in San Francisco, CA

This 1940s oil on canvas portrait of a seated man entitled "Portrait of Arthur" is by Polish-born

Category

1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Portrait of a Man, Oil on Canvas, 1940s
Modernist Portrait of a Man, Oil on Canvas, 1940s

Modernist Portrait of a Man, Oil on Canvas, 1940s

By Martin Snipper

Located in San Francisco, CA

This circa early 1940s oil on canvas portrait of a man with crossed arms is by San Francisco North

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1940s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Margret Gump, 1940s
Margret Gump, 1940s

Trude WaehnerMargret Gump, 1940s

Unavailable

H 29.93 in W 25.6 in D 1.58 in

Margret Gump, 1940s

By Trude Waehner

Located in Vienna, AT

college in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and friend of Trude Waehner, who thought painting there. Look at the

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil, Paint

1940s Norton Motorcycle

1940s Norton Motorcycle

By Bradford J. Salamon

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

, traditionally, are known by their style(s). The manner in which an artist works, regarded effectively as a

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Impressionist Italian Countryside Landscape  Painting
Impressionist Italian Countryside Landscape  Painting

Impressionist Italian Countryside Landscape Painting

Located in Douglas Manor, NY

#5-3001 Italian Countryside a 1940's oil painting on canvas, displayed in a wood -gilt frame

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1940s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Signed Heliker C.1940s
Vintage Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Signed Heliker C.1940s

Vintage Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Signed Heliker C.1940s

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage Geometric Abstract Oil Painting Signed Heliker C.1940s Outstanding vintage oil painting

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

By Maurice Kish

Located in Surfside, FL

Genre: Modern Subject: French Paris Scene Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States The

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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

California Landscape, c. 1940's
California Landscape, c. 1940's

California Landscape, c. 1940's

Located in Pasadena, CA

Signed "G. Holt” on lower righ Description This intimate California landscape painting reflects the

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

By Maurice Becker

Located in Surfside, FL

the Shop Window New York City, 1940s 17.75X25 sight size. Maurice Becker (1889–1975) was a

Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Grand Canyon Modernist Painting by Leslie Lounsbury, circa 1940s
Grand Canyon Modernist Painting by Leslie Lounsbury, circa 1940s

Grand Canyon Modernist Painting by Leslie Lounsbury, circa 1940s

Located in Rochester, NY

Grand Canyon modernist painting by Leslie Lounsbury. Oil on canvas, circa 1940s. Unframed. Leslie

Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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By Charles Frederick Naegele

Located in Southampton, NY

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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Madrid, ES

Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the Hi...

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Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures

Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting Angel & Saints Appearing to Figures

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Artist/ School: Italian Old Master, 18th century Title: Angel and Saints appearing to figures, one dressed in a white ruff collar. Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 22 x 26 i...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ballerinas putting on their Shoes - French Impressionist art oil painting ballet
Ballerinas putting on their Shoes - French Impressionist art oil painting ballet

Ballerinas putting on their Shoes - French Impressionist art oil painting ballet

Located in Hagley, England

This lovely Belgian Impressionist figurative oil painting is by noted artist Henri Moreau. Although Belgian by birth, Moreau spent many years in France, moving to Paris in 1920 and o...

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1920s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace
!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace

!8th century Irish or English portrait of a woman with Ermin, blue dressing lace

Located in Woodbury, CT

Wonderful 18th century Irish or English portrait, attributed to the Irish painter Nathaniel Hone. Nathaniel Hone was born in Dublin but by 1748 had settled in London. Originally a m...

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1780s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Very Fine 19th Century French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of Lady in Interior
Very Fine 19th Century French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of Lady in Interior

Very Fine 19th Century French Belle Epoque Period Portrait of Lady in Interior

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Elegant Lady in Interior French School, circa 1890's period, unsigned oil on canvas, unframed painting: 27 x 21.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: very good co...

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Late 19th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil

18th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting of the Trojan War: Briseis & Achilles
18th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting of the Trojan War: Briseis & Achilles

18th Century Neoclassical Oil Painting of the Trojan War: Briseis & Achilles

By James Thornhill

Located in London, GB

James Thornhill (1674-1735) Oil on canvas 12 x 14 inches; 16 ½ x 18 ½ in. Inc. frame The subject matter and inclusion of herms on both sides shows the influence of Louis Laguerre (...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas Depicting William Shakespeare's Characters "Othello & Desdemona"
Oil on Canvas Depicting William Shakespeare's Characters "Othello & Desdemona"

Oil on Canvas Depicting William Shakespeare's Characters "Othello & Desdemona"

By Hamilton Hamilton

Located in LA, CA

Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928) A large and impressive oil on canvas "Othello and Desdemona" after the William Shakespeare's play "Othello", depicting a young Desdemona plead...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil

Large Antique American Impressionist Winter Snowy Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Large Antique American Impressionist Winter Snowy Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Large Antique American Impressionist Winter Snowy Landscape Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Impressive early American winter scene impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 18 by 24 inches.

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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting

Antique American School Summer Beach Scene Framed Impressionist Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique American impressionist seascape beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 18L x 14H.

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1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Porto St. Martin - Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas
"Porto St. Martin - Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas

"Porto St. Martin - Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas

Located in New York, NY

A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see f...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Framed Good Harbor Beach Boston Area Oil Painting
Antique American Impressionist Framed Good Harbor Beach Boston Area Oil Painting

Antique American Impressionist Framed Good Harbor Beach Boston Area Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Amazing early 1900s impressionist beach scene of Good Harbor Beach in Massachusetts. Very finely pained with great color and lots of detail and figures. Located on verso. Nicely f...

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1910s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Set of Extraordinary Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Seasons
Set of Extraordinary Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Seasons

Set of Extraordinary Italian Stone Statues Representing the Four Seasons

Located in Rome, IT

Four season ,monumental classically draped female figures and their distinguishing symbols on a square base. Autumn, winter, spring and summer. Timeless classical decoration for you...

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20th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

"Beach Scene with Figures and Sailboats" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Holland
"Beach Scene with Figures and Sailboats" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Holland

"Beach Scene with Figures and Sailboats" Impressionistic Oil Painting in Holland

Located in New York, NY

A wonderfully rich beach scene done in Zandvoort Holland in the Mid-20th Century depicting figures in the sand. Some figures are by the water with sailboats as kids play in the dista...

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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

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1940s Oil Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of 1940s oil paintings available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of Impressionist, Modern or Expressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 471 Impressionist, 414 Modern, 144 Post-Impressionist, 137 Abstract and 59 Expressionist examples available. These items have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the 1940s oil paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of brown, gray, black and blue. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Nahum Tschacbasov, Marguerite Blasingame, Ron Blumberg, Claude Benard and Gershon Benjamin are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric. If space is limited, there are small 1940s oil paintings measuring 0.1 across, while our inventory also includes pieces up to 1950 inches across to better suit those in the market for large iterations.

How Much are 1940s Oil Paintings?

The average selling price for 1940s oil paintings we offer is $2,542, while they’re typically $195 on the low end and $4,290,000 for the highest priced.

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