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Pirate Ship - Skull-and-Crossbones Seven Seas Illustration in White and Blue
By Jamie Wyeth
Located in Miami, FL
. Jamie Wyeth was hired to produce the original illustration for the Seven Seas series of etched glass
Category
1970s American Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Board
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Antonio
Category
1950s American Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Board
Razorbill Auk, French antique natural history sea bird art illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
right. From a French series of illustrations of birds.
195mm by 265mm (sheet)
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century French Illustration Sketch Of A Mosaic Ship In The Sea Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mosaic Drawing
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on artist paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Watercolor, Oil Pastel
Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
inspector at a crime scene aboard ship. Saturday Evening Post Illustration.
Long affiliated with The
Category
1930s Other Art Style Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Life Magazine Satirical Society Cartoon Illustration
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Society Satirical Cartoon, ca. 1940s. Gouache on heavy illustration
Category
1940s Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Gouache
H 17 in W 14 in D 0.01 in
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren - Attributed
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
Anton Otto Fischer
American 1882 - 1962)
Summer Seas
Oil on canvas
1945, signed 'Anton Otto
Category
1940s Post-War Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil
Jagged Rocks in the Sea - Mid Century Seascape in Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
behind the scene is a turbulent grey-blue, and the sea is a frothy mixture of blue, teal, black, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Laid Paper, Illustration Board, Oil, Postcard
Art Deco Armoire with Decorative Illustrations by Artisan Maker
Located in Waalwijk, NL
(Sagittarius), Amphitrite (daughter of Nereus and sea goddess) and Aquarius (man with the vase). These
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Clipper Ship at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The illustration depicts a clipper ship at sea
Category
1930s Other Art Style Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Life Boat at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Nip Behrmann 1941
Magazine story illustration. Probably published by Saturday Evening Post or
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ciruelo Cabral the Book of the Dragon Illustration Original Art
Located in New York, NY
Ciruelo Cabral The Book of the Dragon Illustration Original Art
This is an original work done by
Category
20th Century Argentine Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
"Mr. Gallup Delivers the Goods", Saturday Evening Post Illustration, Januar
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Illustration for the Saturday
Category
1940s Other Art Style Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sea Horse - Original Drawing - 1935
By Luigi Bartolini
Located in Roma, IT
Sea Horse is an original drawing artwork realized by the Italian artist Luigi Bartolini in 1935
Category
1930s Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Pencil, Ink
Brown Sea Nettles (Chrysaora fuscescens)
By Henry Horenstein
Located in New York, NY
natural history illustration in the realm of photography. In natural history illustration, animals are
Category
1990s Other Art Style Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and Blood Red Sea
By Mort Künstler
Located in Miami, FL
illustration, April 1964
Signed lower left
Signed, titled, dated and inscribed verso
The work looks much better
Category
1960s American Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Gouache
The Trail Ends at the Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Trail Ends at the Sea" c.1980 is a color offset lithograph by renown
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
Original Vintage Travel Poster Slovenia Yugoslavia Sea Fishing Swimming Harbour
Located in London, GB
illustration of a lady in a bikini on a wooden sailing boat, holding onto the ropes and looking at a man in the
Category
1950s Slovenian Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Birchington Kent Beach Sea Wall England Design
Located in London, GB
dry air is invigorating beyond any other on our coasts - featuring a colourful illustration by David
Category
1940s British Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 29.93 in W 20.08 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Middle East Travel Poster Lebanon Liban Mountain Sea Sun Sport
Located in London, GB
Lebanon The Mountain and the Sea with the Sun - featuring two sport illustrations of winter skiing and
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 38.98 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Elaine Lustig Cohen "Sea Machine" - Surrealist Mixed Media Seascape SIGNED
By Elaine Lustig Cohen
Located in Surfside, FL
from the prevailing tradition of pictorial illustration in book-jacket design. Her ability to summarize
Category
20th Century Surrealist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Vintage WWII Poster Soviet Baltic Pilots Fighter Jets Ships Sea Battle
Located in London, GB
enemy warships at sea with an illustration of planes flying through smoke in the sky and bombing the
Category
1940s Russian Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 18.31 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
On a light day by the sea. 1966, paper, watercolor, 32x42.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
On a light day by the sea. 1966, paper, watercolor, 32x42.5 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born
Category
1960s Impressionist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 12.6 in W 16.74 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Burns Philp Line Shipping Poster - Visit The South Sea Islands
By Walter Jardine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster: Visit the South Sea Islands – Burns Philp Line
Category
1930s Australian Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.97 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
Normandie, The Epic of the Giant of the Seas, French Book by Bruno Foucart, 1985
By Modern History
Located in Atlanta, GA
Normandie, L'Epopé du Géant des Mers, (The Normandie, the Epic of the Giant of Seas), French book
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 14.19 in W 11 in D 1 in
Sydney, Australia, from Darling Point
By Brett Hilder
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
three books, Navigator in the South Seas (Percival Marshall), The Heritage of JJ Hilder (Ure Smith) and
Category
1960s Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Trees at the Top of the Big Sur Coastal Bluffs Landscape - Oil on Artists Board
By Kenneth Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
above the gorge and the sea.
"Ken Lucas" #65, 7/94 on verso
From a collection of the artist's works
Category
1990s American Impressionist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Original Vintage Soviet Cold War Era Poster Peace To Indian Ocean Anti USA USSR
Located in London, GB
- featuring an illustration of a large blue wave about to engulf a black and white image of US Navy ships at
Category
1980s Russian Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 25.99 in W 18.9 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Devon GWR Frank Sherwin Great Western Railway UK
By Frank Sherwin
Located in London, GB
great illustration by the notable British poster artist Frank Sherwin (1896-1996) of a beach in Devon
Category
1930s British Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 40.16 in W 24.81 in D 0.04 in
Fishermen Painting, 1940s
Located in Savannah, GA
An oil on canvas of a fishing charter boat at sea with fishermen. Likely an illustration for a
Category
1940s American Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paint
Serenity on the Waves: The Black Scoter Bird Print by Magnus von Wright, 1929
Located in Langweer, NL
This print depicts the Black Scoter, a sea duck scientifically named Oidemia nigra, in a profile
Category
20th Century Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 14.73 in W 10.91 in D 0.02 in
Circa 1950 original travel poster by Albert Brenet for Messageries Maritimes
By Albert Brenet
Located in PARIS, FR
of adventure and exploration, inviting travelers on a journey across the seas to exotic destinations
Category
1950s Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph, Paper, Linen
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Tobak FDB Tobacco Factory Esbjerg Denmark
Located in London, GB
- Tobak - featuring an illustration on two sides of two men smoking whilst leaning on a barrel stamped
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 24.41 in W 38.98 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Beyrouth Liban Beirut Lebanon Middle East Design
Located in London, GB
arrows pointing to a red dot in the centre, the text promoting Maritime exchanges Sea and mountains
Category
1950s Lebanese Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 27.96 in D 0.04 in
Hubert Aicardi, Landscape, tree trunks, 1964, oil on canvas
Located in PARIS, FR
moreover the author of several illustrations of which that of the Ring of the seas of Edouard Peisson
Category
Mid-20th Century Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil
H 18.12 in W 19.69 in
"1775- 167th Anniversary - 1942. Always Advance with the U.S. Marines" Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Anniversary. The poster features a dynamic illustration of an American marine wearing a green helmet with the
Category
1940s North American Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 24.25 in W 30.25 in D 0.75 in
Solitary Serenity: A Juvenile Black Scoter Bird Print by Magnus von Wright, 1929
Located in Langweer, NL
Scoter, a species of sea duck. The illustration captures the subtle coloration and textural details of
Category
20th Century Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 15.36 in W 11.5 in D 0.02 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Winter In Majorca Spain Carlos Puntis Art Deco
By Carlos Puntis Nebot
Located in London, GB
illustration of a lady in a red swimsuit sunbathing with a thermometer showing a warm temperature of over 20'C
Category
1930s Spanish Art Deco Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy
By Roland Davies
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea
Category
1940s British Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 20.08 in W 14.97 in D 0.04 in
“Work Day”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a sailboat with a trailing dory heading out to sea
Category
1980s American Realist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
S. A. Kilbourne "Game Fishes of the United States" 6 Framed Chromolithographs
Located in Morristown, NJ
Weakfish, The Sea Bass, The Striped Bass, The Red Fish.
Dimensions:
13.75"h x 20"w (sight)
21.25"h x 27.5
Category
1970s American American Classical Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
H 21.25 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
The Wave
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Originally executed as a fashion illustration for Harper's Bazaar, The Wave presents an
Category
20th Century Art Deco Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Bronze
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Fly To The Caribbean By BOAC Wootton
By Frank Wootton
Located in London, GB
illustration by the notable British painter and illustrator Frank Wootton (1911-1998) depicting tourists in a
Category
1950s British Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 29.93 in W 19.69 in D 0.4 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Roquebrune Cap Martin Riviera Cote d'Azur France
By Guy Cambier
Located in London, GB
colourful illustration of a smiling lady in a summer hat with a red, white and blue for the French flag tied
Category
1950s Monacan Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 38.98 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Great Buildings Of Communism Map USSR
Located in London, GB
map design with an illustration of the Moscow Kremlin and skyscrapers in the capital city linked by
Category
1950s Russian Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 27.96 in W 37.01 in D 0.04 in
"Day of Sail" - prominent American artist, Marine Art
By Gordon Grant
Located in Rockport, MA
role in creating wartime posters during World War I and contributed illustrations to literary works
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil
1957 Monaco Grand Prix Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster is for the 1957 Monaco Grand Prix, with the brilliant illustration design by B. Minne
Category
1950s Monacan Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Estoril Portugal Holidays In The Sun Beach Design
Located in London, GB
- featuring a colourful illustration of the coast with a lady riding a horse by a palm tree in the foreground
Category
1960s Portuguese Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 39.38 in W 24.41 in D 0.04 in
Eurybia and Eros
By George Braque
Located in Fairlawn, OH
by Ambrose Vollard, Paris
From the suite of 16 illustrations for Hesiod's Theogony engraved in 1932
Category
1930s French School Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Etching
The Lively Lady
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Evening Post and for Kenneth Roberts's serial novels. Fischer painted this work as an illustration for
Category
1930s Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Oil
The Pioneer, The Nonsuch By Montague Dawson
By Montague Dawson
Located in New Orleans, LA
)
Oil on canvas
The dynamism of the seas and the might of the clipper ships that brave their waters are
Category
20th Century Academic Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 46.88 in W 56.75 in D 2.13 in
Original Vintage Travel Poster Puerto De Santa Maria Spain Summer Season Beaches
Located in London, GB
Maria Verano 1957 Playas de Valdelagrana La Puntilla y Fuenterrabia - featuring a great illustration of
Category
1950s Spanish Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 36.23 in W 24.02 in D 0.04 in
Quiet Sentinel: Original Vintage Bird Print of The Female Steller's Eider, 1929
Located in Langweer, NL
distinctive plumage patterns and colors. The Steller's eider is a sea duck known for its beautiful and unique
Category
20th Century Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Paper
H 14.85 in W 10.75 in D 0.02 in
Framed Untitled Oil/ Canvas (Shipyard Workers) Courtney Charles Allen, 1896-1969
Located in San Francisco, CA
is known for Magazine story illustration as well as camouflage art. He lived a very colorful life by
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Canvas, Wood
H 31 in W 46 in D 1.5 in
Le Poisson (Pieces), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Union Printing in Paris for typography; and, in Daniel Jacomet's workshops for the illustrations
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
Le Taureau (Taurus), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Union Printing in Paris for typography; and, in Daniel Jacomet's workshops for the illustrations
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
La Vierge (Virgo), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Union Printing in Paris for typography; and, in Daniel Jacomet's workshops for the illustrations
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
Le Sagitaire (Sagittarius), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Union Printing in Paris for typography; and, in Daniel Jacomet's workshops for the illustrations
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 13 in W 18 in
Le Scorpion (Scorpio), Les Signes du zodiaque, Jean Lurçat
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
the Union Printing in Paris for typography; and, in Daniel Jacomet's workshops for the illustrations
Category
1950s Modern Vintage Sea Illustration
Materials
Lithograph
No Reserve
H 13 in W 18 in
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