Paintings From The 1940s

Decorative painting from the 1940s. Painting has a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.

Decorative painting from the 1940s. Red, blue and yellow. Children playing on a bicycle.

Belgium / 1940 / Painting / Canvas and wood / Rustic / France Provincial This evocative signed Belgian landscape painting from the 1940s captures the quiet poetry of the countryside...

The scene feels both observed and interpreted, capturing not just a place but a mood: quiet, introspective, and timeless. The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and comes wi...

About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany.

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...

This original vintage oil painting from the 1940s shows a forest landscape with tall trees, water, and a blue sky.

This original vintage floral oil painting, from the 1940s, shows a colorful bouquet of flowers arranged in a blue and white ceramic vase.

Eugène Martin painting, Eugene Martin Swiss artist, Geneva cityscape painting, Old Town Geneva view, Swiss city painting, 1940s Swiss art, mid-century European painting, figurative m...

This mural preparatory drawing by Fely-Mouttet, best known for his abstract paintings from the 1940s and 1950s, is a fine example of Art Deco figural design.

The brushwork and palette suggest a traditional, realistic style. The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and is signed in the bottom left corner.

About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany.

Vintage Oil Painting "Dutch Harbor" by Bertus de Meij/Bertus de Mey (1915-1994) Though undated, this impressionist oil painting appears to be from the 1940's, possibly earlier.

The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and is framed in a black and gold painted wooden frame.

Historical Significance Conrad Buff’s work represents a pivotal bridge between California Impressionism and mid-20th-century modernist abstraction. His mature paintings from the 1940...

The brush strokes are broad but controlled, and the colours are kept in the cool scale. The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s. It is in good vintage condition with a littl...

About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany.

About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany.

Gruppe helped found the Rockport Art Association in 1921, but he is most closely linked to Gloucester where he lived from about 1940 until his death. He operated the Gloucester Schoo...

Provincetown Landscape (Ptown Landscape), 1942, oil on canvas board, signed lower left, 20 x 24 inches, titled and dated verso, labels verso read 1) “Provincetown Landscape / oil pai...

About this Artwork: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany.

Gruppe helped found the Rockport Art Association in 1921, but he is most closely linked to Gloucester where he lived from about 1940 until his death. He operated the Gloucester Schoo...

Brilliantly executed in jewel tones of sapphire, garnet and emerald, this superb enamel painting, though executed in 1963, is strongly reminiscent of WPA paintings from the 1930s and...

The color palette is earthly warm with brown, ochres and olive greens. The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and is signed "CK" in the bottom left corner.

The painting is estimated to be from the 1940s and in good vintage condition with a little wear and fading in paint according to age (please see close up photos).

This original vintage seascape oil painting, dating from around the 1940s, shows a small beachside cabin near the sea.

This original vintage oil painting from around the 1940s shows a bouquet of roses arranged in a dark blue vase.

This original vintage seascape oil painting, from the early 1940s, shows a sailing ship moving through dark waves under a cloudy sky.

Known for his colorful abstract geometrical paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibite works at National Museum and Liljevalchs among others. 

Original label from Contemporary Arts on E 57th in NYC on stretcher. This painting probably dates from the 1940s. Louise Pershing (May 24, 1904- October 14, 1986) was an American...

Known for his colorful abstract geometrical paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibited at National Museum and Liljevalchs among others. 

Known for his colorful abstract geometrical paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibited at National Museum and Liljevalchs among others. 

Working for the newspaper provided a steady source of income during the Depression years of the 1930s, and allowed the artist to pursue his passion for painting. From 1920s through t...

Braque’s still life paintings from the late 1920s to the 1940s are characterized by their decorative and sensual qualities, with an emphasis on color, pattern, ornament, and sometime...

Since then, his life’s work of nearly a hundred finished paintings has been in hiding for four decades. Reflecting the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abs...

Johannes Schütz was a German-Swiss landscape painter, believed to have been born in either Düsseldorf or Dresden in 1886 and died in 1953. His earliest known paintings are from aroun...

Since then, his life’s work of nearly a hundred finished paintings has been in hiding for four decades. Reflecting the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abs...

In 1987, the Museum of the City of New York acquired twelve of Barr’s paintings from the 1930s and 1940s, underscoring his significance in capturing the city’s social fabric during a...

Original label from Contemporary Arts on E 57th in NYC on stretcher. This painting probably dates from the 1940s

Leonard Nelson's art was always ahead of its time. Several of his paintings and drawings from the late 1940s show an experimental style of Color field painting.

Since then, his life’s work of nearly a hundred finished paintings has been in hiding for four decades. Reflecting the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abs...

Since then, his life’s work of nearly a hundred finished paintings has been in hiding for four decades. Reflecting the dynamic evolution of American Mid-Century painting from the Abs...

Leonard Nelson's art was always ahead of its time. Several of his paintings and drawings from the late 1940s show an experimental style of Color field painting.

Braque’s still life paintings from the late 1920s to the 1940s are characterized by their decorative and sensual qualities, with an emphasis on color, pattern, ornament, and sometime...

He quickly integrated into the radical Martín Fierro group (also known as the Florida group), an intellectual movement looking to throw out conservative academicism. His paintings f...

The son's collection spans the entirety of Ruvolo’s career and includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1940s through the 1980s. 

Delving further into abstraction, his paintings flourished throughout the remainder of 1940s, leading to innovations that set the stage for his ensuing Color-field paintings (1949–70...