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Painting from the 1940s, Mid-Century Art, Blue, Chocolate & White Colors, Golden
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Painting has a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,950 Sale Price
33% Off
H 23.75 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Painting from the 1940s, Red, Blue and Yellow Color, New Frame, Mid-Century Art
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Red, blue and yellow. Children playing on a bicycle.
Framed in
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$2,950
H 23.5 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Marjorie Bishop "New York Sunset" Painting with Sand on Canvas 1940s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
, 1940s (signed on front, title on sticker on back). This painting is vibrant and a wonderful example of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$6,500
H 38 in W 48.5 in D 2 in
"Adam and Eve, " Pencil Sketch for Art Deco Mural by Fely-Mouttet, 1930
By Fely-Mouttet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This mural preparatory drawing by Fely-Mouttet, best known for his abstract paintings from the
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Sadie Noonan
By Emile Gruppe
Located in Rockport, MA
and 1950s. Gruppé operated the Gloucester School of Painting from the 1940s into the 1970s and helped
Category
1980s American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Waikiki Bay Landscape Oil Paintings
Located in Pasadena, CA
the faded hues characteristic of vintage paintings from the 1940s.
In crafting this renowned seascape
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Stray Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
Category
1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'The Power of Words', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tahoe Vista, c. 1945
By Conrad Buff
Located in Pasadena, CA
mature paintings from the 1940s, such as Tahoe Vista, reveal a confident fusion of structured design and
Category
1940s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"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 the land, the hilly landscape rich with browns and greens, and the sky a perfect bl...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
H 4.75 in W 6.13 in D 0.1 in
'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', German School (circa 1980s)
Located in London, GB
cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,654
H 29.73 in W 24.22 in
'Portrait of a Reposing Cat', Berlin School
Located in London, GB
Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
Category
1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Portrait of Future Man', German School
Located in London, GB
paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany
Category
1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Abstract of Lines and Colours' German School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
hand.
About this Artwork: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Rainy Day" Emile Gruppe, Cape Ann, Rockport, Gloucester, Impressionist
By Emile Gruppe
Located in New York, NY
death. He operated the Gloucester School of Painting from the 1940s into the 1970s and helped turn the
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$21,000
H 32 in W 32 in
Vintage mid century portrait oil painting from Denmark with old woman from Fur
Located in Ebberup, DK
Original mid century Danish oil on canvas painting by Hans Brygge (1885-1978).
Hans Brygge (1885
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,000
H 17.72 in W 13.78 in D 2.56 in
Bertus de Meij Original Oil Painting "Dutch Harbor" c.1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
, this impressionist oil painting appears to be from the 1940's, possibly earlier.
Original oil on
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 24 in W 31.5 in D 3 in
Vintage mid century maritime oil painting with sailboats at the marina
Located in Ebberup, DK
colours are kept in the cool scale.
The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s. It is in good
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
$600
H 19.89 in W 19.89 in D 1.38 in
"Under the Apple Tree, " Tour de Force Enamel Painting with Two Women
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, though executed in 1963, is strongly reminiscent of WPA paintings from the 1930s and 1940s. The idyllic
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$4,250
H 10.5 in W 7.25 in D 0.75 in
Mid century vintage oil painting of a seaside landscape in earthly colours
Located in Ebberup, DK
painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and in good vintage condition with a little wear and fading in
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Romantic Paintings
Materials
Paint
$750
H 19.18 in W 23.9 in D 1.78 in
Per Dymbe vintage Norwegian mid century modern oil painting of coastal landscape
Located in Ebberup, DK
This is a mid 20th century oil landscape painting, likely from the 1940s, created by the artist Per
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$430
H 11.82 in W 15.36 in D 1.19 in
Oil Painting by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1957
By Tore Nyberg
Located in Hägersten, SE
paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibite works at National Museum and Liljevalchs among
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting by Walter Krawiec
Located in Dallas, TX
the 1940s Krawiec gained national acclaim for his vibrant views of the American Scene, painting in a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Mid-Century Cubist Figure Painting by Louise Pershing
By Louise Pershing
Located in Wiscasset, ME
painting probably dates from the 1940s.
Louise Pershing (May 24, 1904- October 14, 1986) was an
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Gouache Painting "Blue" by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1955
By Tore Nyberg
Located in Hägersten, SE
Painting by Swedish artist Tore Nyberg. Gouache on paper made in 1955. Very good condition with few
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Gouache Painting "Skuggor" by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1950
By Tore Nyberg
Located in Hägersten, SE
colorful abstract geometrical paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibited at National Museum
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963) - Nature Morte au Pot
By Georges Braque
Located in Dallas, TX
au Pot was painted four years prior to Braque’s passing in 1963. His late still life paintings are a
Category
1950s Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
$275,000
H 30 in W 2 in D 26 in
After Utrillo Montmarte
By Maurice Utrillo
Located in San Francisco, CA
panel and is unsigned. By the color of the back of the painting, it seems to be from the 1940s. It is
Category
1940s French School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neighbors
By Norman Barr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
essay to the exhibition catalog. The exhibition included a 1940 painting titled Seated Woman which bears
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Figure with Broom
Located in Wiscasett, ME
painting probably dates from the 1940s
Les Competiteurs, American Modernist, Abstract Figurative Oil on Canvas, 1952
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
1940s show an experimental style of Color field painting. Color field painting was a term for organic
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 44 in W 34 in D 1.5 in
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
H 32.5 in W 26.5 in D 1.75 in
Abstract Expressionist Composition on an Orange Field - Oil on Canvas
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
to 100 paintings were turned over to SF’s Conservators Office. His friend, Albert Richard Lasker
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Plaster, Oil
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
H 31.25 in W 17.25 in D 2 in
Mid Century Textural Color-Field Abstract in Royal Blue-Purple by Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Mixed Media
$1,800
H 27 in W 23 in D 1.2 in
Double Sided Abstractions, American Modernist Work on Paper
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
1940s show an experimental style of Color field painting. Color field painting was a term for organic
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pen
$2,500
H 19 in W 15 in D 1 in
Paul K. Smith Vintage 1930s New Mexico Adobe Church, Denver Modernist Oil
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative vintage oil painting from the 1930s–1940s by Denver modernist Paul K. Smith
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
H 22 in W 26 in D 1.5 in
Sans titre, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Dorothea Tanning
Located in Southampton, NY
, Tanning was a self-taught artist. The surreal imagery of her paintings from the 1940s and her close
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12.4 in W 9.65 in
Untitled - Ochre, Yellow, Aqua, and White
By Sidney Gordin
Located in Santa Barbara, CA
A classic American Abstract Artists painting from the 1940s...
Presenting an urbane
Category
1940s Constructivist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
Last Day of the Party, Negev Desert
By Tomer Ganihar
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Party is an abstract color photographs reminiscent of Color Field paintings from the 1940’s and 50’s in
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Hope, Jerusalem
By Tomer Ganihar
Located in Montreal, Quebec
color photographs reminiscent of Color Field paintings from the 1940’s and 50’s in the deep shades of
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Holy Morning #2, Israel, north
By Tomer Ganihar
Located in Montreal, Quebec
, Holy Morning #2 is an abstract color photograph reminiscent of Color Field paintings from the 1940’s
Category
Early 2000s Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Notre Dame, Paris, From the Left Bank on a on 1940s Summer Day
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting by french artist Jean Amiot of the Left Bank of the Seine on a Summer day with a
Category
1940s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$971
H 10.63 in W 13.75 in
"HOMELESS" Jewish family with burning village
By Frederick B. Serger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
baby. A very moving Holocaust related painting from the 1940s.
FREDERICK B. SERGER (given name
Materials
Oil
Leonard Nelson (1912 - 1993), Lonesome Blues, 1951, Oil on Board
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
drawings from the late 1940s show an experimental style of colorfield painting. Colorfield painting was a
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$8,500
H 26 in W 29 in D 2.5 in
Leonard Nelson (1912 - 1993), Abstract # 40, 1955, Oil on Board
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
drawings from the late 1940s show an experimental style of colorfield painting. Colorfield painting was a
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 20 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Leonard Nelson (1912 - 1993), Orange Abstract, 1946, Oil on Canvas
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
. Several of his paintings and drawings from the late 1940s show an experimental style of colorfield
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 18 in W 20 in D 1.5 in
Leonard Nelson (1912 - 1993), Colorfield, 1988/89, Oil on Canvas
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
fellowship to study painting. He studied at PAFA from 1936 - 1940 with, among others, Henry McCarter and
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,000
H 54 in W 50 in
Train Painting from the 1940s
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
Wonderful train painting with original frame. We are guessing at the 1940s for this painting signed
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Imaginative Dreamlike Painting from the 1940s
Located in Pasadena, CA
This imaginative 1940s painting combines multiple images of dancing, music and drinking which
Category
Vintage 1940s Unknown Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas, Linen
Painting
Located in New York, NY
Painting from the 1940's.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
20th Century Seaside Landscape Painting, 1940s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 20th century French Seaside landscape painting from the 1940s.
Signed on the left
Category
Vintage 1940s French Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Italian Mandolin Player 1940's Signed Oil Painting on Canvas framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb large scale Italian oil painting from the 1940's. We cannot decipher the signature sadly but
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,240
H 34 in W 29.5 in D 2 in
Cubist French Landscape
By Alain Mettais Cartier
Located in Woodbury, CT
Exceptional French Cubist painting from the 1940's. In original condition and with no restoration
Category
1940s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Expression of an Impression
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Boston, MA
house there from 1944 until his death in 1957. Sterne's marine paintings from the 1940s are considered
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Abstract portrait study from the 1940's
By Alain Mettais Cartier
Located in Woodbury, CT
Cartier was a French Abstract painter from the 1940-50 period. He painted Landscapes, Portraits and
Category
1940s Abstract Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
'The Gathering', Berlin School, Initialed 'TZ'
Located in London, GB
request a video may be provided.
About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Android
By STM
Located in London, GB
access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Violinist' by J.G.
Located in London, GB
of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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