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Vanderbilt Sleigh, Original holiday greeting card Christmas illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Vanderbilt Sleigh, Original holiday greeting card Christmas illustration featuring a couple
Category

1950s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Chasing the Sleigh, Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration featuring a snowy scene with dogs chasing a
Category

1950s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Angels Holding Candles, Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Angels Holding Candles, Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration Medium: Watercolor
Category

20th Century Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Watercolor

House at an Angle, Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original Holiday Greeting Card Illustration featuring a snowy scene filled with horse-drawn sleighs
Category

20th Century Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gesso, Egg Tempera, Board

"The Bachelor Girls' Christmas, " Story Illustration
By Edmund Marion Ashe
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Bachelor Girls' Christmas." Illustration for unknown publication. Not dated.
Category

20th Century Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

Christmas Manger Set - A Product Illustration
By George Hinke
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned This piece was produced as the cover art for
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1940s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Christmas Tree in Weathered Niche, Original holiday greeting card illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original holiday greeting card illustration of a Christmas Tree in a Weathered Niche against a
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1960s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Christmas Tree, Original Holiday Greeting Card Illustration
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original holiday greeting card Illustration of a Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and bows
Category

1960s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gesso, Egg Tempera, Panel

Santa Claus Christmas Eve original Southern Air Transport Illustration
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredibly detailed Original illustration of Santa Claus on what I imagine is Christmas Eve. He
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20th Century American Realist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gouache

A Christmas Number, Judge Magazine Cover
By John Holmgren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
December 1933 "Christmas Number" issue. Historical fantasy themes proved a popular escapist subject matter
Category

1930s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

'The Thief from François Villon's Christmas', San Francisco Bay Area Illustrator
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
titled, lower left, ''The Thief' - from Francois Villon's Christmas'. Mat dimensions: 16 x 13 inches
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1960s Realist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

'Sunny Afternoon, Summer Cottages', Louvre, École des Beaux-Arts, Michigan State
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
sites in the area, Christmas cards, advertising illustrations, art fairs, and the occasional group
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Drinking Tiger, Original Etching by Paul Jouve, circa 1930
By Paul Jouve
Located in Paris, FR
. L'Illustration, Christmas 1930.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Paper

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
preparations for a Christmas entertainment.[93] Brockman illustrations for nonfiction articles often focused on
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1930s American Impressionist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Oil

Dawn Greeting.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
, and Robinsons. Her designs included Christmas papers and cards, book illustrations, package design
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Acrylic

Statue of Young Boy in Fountain on the Plaza
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other publications. From 1949 until 1951, as fewer commercial
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1930s American Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Conté

Peeking at the Christmas Tree, Probable Magazine Cover Illustration
By Revere Wistehuff
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration, likely produced as a magazine cover. The image features a child and his dog
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Mid-20th Century Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christmas Florist
By Charlotte Sternberg
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Egg Tempera on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1990s Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

All Wrapped Up in Christmas Saturday Evening Post cover, December 19, 1959
By Richard Dick Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
The iconic illustrations of Richard "Dick" Sargent have become an irreplaceable facet of the
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Mother and Child
By Claude Allin Shepperson
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Dickens, and especially his illustrations to A Christmas Carol and The Haunted Man, in the early twentieth
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20th Century Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Ink

Seven Zodiac Relief Signs, Artificial Stone, C. 1940
Located in Stockholm, SE
journalists' Christmas magazine as well as illustrations for the Saga Children's Library. Östlund was part of
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Cast Stone

Drawing of rural scene with crowd and mules
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, commissioned Nesbitt to create illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other publications. From 1949
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1990s American Realist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Pencil

Blind Beggar (pencil drawing made on streets of Kansas City in Depression)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
Standard Oil, commissioned Nesbitt to create illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other
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1940s American Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Ink, Graphite

"SUNSET ON THE OLD STAGE TRAIL" STAGECOACH SCENE. CALIFORNIA / ARIZONA VIBRANT
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
designing of Christmas cards and with illustrations for the Mickey Mouse Beverage Company, affiliated with
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20th Century Impressionist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Oil

ROUGHY’S CHRISTMAS - Original Illustration 19 1/4" x 14 1/2"
By Diana Thorne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
DIANA THORNE (1895-1963) ROUGHY’S CHRISTMAS c. 1936 Original pen & ink illustration on board
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1930s Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Pen

Three Men Changing a Wheel
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other publications. From 1949 until 1951, as fewer commercial
Category

1930s American Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Ink

Three Trees (original pencil drawing of southern landscape)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other publications. From 1949 until 1951, as fewer commercial
Category

1940s American Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Old Chris (Portrait of a model who came to the Kansas City Art Institute in '41)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
, commissioned Nesbitt to create illustrations for calendars, Christmas cards, and other publications. From 1949
Category

1950s American Modern Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Pencil, Graphite

"WHEN EVENING COMES" NAVAJOS ARIZONA / CALIFORNIA
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
, Walter Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and
Category

20th Century Impressionist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Oil

"HAPPY STAGING" STAGECOACH FRAMED 18.5 X 22.5
By Marjorie Reed
Located in San Antonio, TX
Stephen Reed, a commercial artist, whom she later assisted in the designing of Christmas cards and with
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20th Century Impressionist Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Oil

A Christmas Number
By John Holmgren
Located in Minneapolis, MN
December 1933 "Christmas Number" issue. Historical fantasy themes proved a popular escapist subject matter
Category

1930s Art Deco Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

Michael O'Shaughnessy - A Guinness Christmas
By Michael O'Shaughnessy
Located in Pymble, AU
This is a rare original piece of commercial illustration for a Guinness advertisement by British
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Two Bathers, Oil on Panel, Antoine Calbet
By Antoine Calbet
Located in Paris, FR
perhaps known today, however, for his book illustrations, having taken over the commissions of the Czech
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20th Century French Belle Époque Vintage Christmas Illustrations

Materials

Wood

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Vintage Christmas Illustrations For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of vintage christmas illustrations available on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, Impressionist or contemporary versions of these works for sale today — there are 14 modern, 7 Impressionist, 5 abstract, 2 Pop Art and 1 contemporary 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 20th Century. Vintage christmas illustrations available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes beige, gray, brown, orange and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but G. Harvey, Diana Matthes, Joan Miró, Richard Sargent and Charles Robert Searles produced especially popular works that are worth a look. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, watercolor and paper.

How Much are Vintage Christmas Illustrations?

Prices for pieces in our collection of vintage christmas illustrations start at $28 and top out at $310,000 with the average selling for $3,400.
Questions About Vintage Christmas Illustrations
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Generally, a hanging decoration suitable for decorating a tree is considered a vintage Christmas ornament if it is at least 40 years old. Ornaments made over 100 years ago are usually classified as antiques. You'll find a range of vintage Christmas ornaments on 1stDibs.