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WW11 Pilots
WW11 Pilots

WW11 Pilots

By William Dring

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Denis William Dring R.A. 1904 - 1990, was an English artist who served in the second World War as an official War Artist recording portraits of serving soldiers.

Category

1940s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Pastel

End of the Day, Marilyn Monroe, "Something's Got to Give"

End of the Day, Marilyn Monroe, "Something's Got to Give"

By Lawrence Schiller

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A silver gelatin print by Post War artist Lawrence Schiller. "End of the Day, Marilyn Monroe, "Something's Got to Give"" is a black and white photographic print of Marilyn Monroe, he...

Category

1960s Post-War Nude Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

9000 and 9 Nights - Bright Colorful Abstract Painting, 11981
9000 and 9 Nights - Bright Colorful Abstract Painting, 11981

9000 and 9 Nights - Bright Colorful Abstract Painting, 11981

By Hassel Smith

Located in Palm Desert, CA

A painting by Hassel Smith. "9000 and 9 Nights" is an abstract, acrylic and graphite on canvas executed in a bright palette primarily of yellow, sky blues, greens and deep salmon and...

Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Zoo Viserty - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
Zoo Viserty - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

Zoo Viserty - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "Zoo Viserty," is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Daniel Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature is visibl...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Who's Who - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
Who's Who - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

Who's Who - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "Who's Who," is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Daniel Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature is visible ...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Tusk
Tusk

Tusk

By Tim Hawkinson

Located in Palm Desert, CA

An abstract sculpture of 132 Jello molds on an iron plate by Post War artist Tim Hawkinson. Signed verso, "88, Tim Hawkinson."

Category

1980s Post-War Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Brewer Street, Soho - 1930s British London Scene by Randolph Schwabe
Brewer Street, Soho - 1930s British London Scene by Randolph Schwabe

Brewer Street, Soho - 1930s British London Scene by Randolph Schwabe

By Randolph Schwabe

Located in London, GB

Unable to enlist due to poor health he was an official War Artist during World War I. After the war he initially worked as a theatrical designer and book illustrator he began teachi...

Category

1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Forgotten Journey, 20th Century British Artist, Signed and Dated 1939
Forgotten Journey, 20th Century British Artist, Signed and Dated 1939

Forgotten Journey, 20th Century British Artist, Signed and Dated 1939

By Harold Yates

Located in London, GB

His career was interrupted by service in the army during the Second World War when he did documentary work, which was purchased by the War Artists' Advisory Committee and is now in t...

Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Metropolitan Peace — Police Arm Band
Metropolitan Peace — Police Arm Band

Metropolitan Peace — Police Arm Band

Located in Draper, UT

WAR BOUTIQUE (Scottish, b. 1965) Metropolitan Peace — Armband Sold Out Made from Recycled Police Body Armour Straps Offering A sold-out Metropolitan Peace armband by War Boutique —...

Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Metropolitan Peace — Jacquard Woven Patch
Metropolitan Peace — Jacquard Woven Patch

Metropolitan Peace — Jacquard Woven Patch

Located in Draper, UT

WAR BOUTIQUE (Scottish, b. 1965) Metropolitan Peace — Jacquard Woven Patch Sold Out Edition Jacquard Woven Textile Offering A sold-out Metropolitan Peace patch by War Boutique — th...

Category

2010s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Screen

Rural Mountain Scene with Sheep in Ireland by Post War Modern Irish Artist
Rural Mountain Scene with Sheep in Ireland by Post War Modern Irish Artist

Rural Mountain Scene with Sheep in Ireland by Post War Modern Irish Artist

By David Overend

Located in Preston, GB

Rural Mountain Scene with Sheep in Ireland by Post War Modern Irish Artist, David Overend. Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 25 x 21 inches David Anthony Overend was bor...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summit of Montmartre

Summit of Montmartre

By Ogden Minton Pleissner

Located in Fairfield, CT

Growing up, Pleissner spent summers in Wyoming where he developed a life-long love of the outdoors and drawing landscape. At the start of World War II, commissioned as a captain in t...

Category

1940s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Waiting for the World - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars
Waiting for the World - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars

Waiting for the World - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "Waiting for the World" is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Daniel Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature ...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Giant's Head Farm, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British drawing by Randolph Schwabe
Giant's Head Farm, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British drawing by Randolph Schwabe

Giant's Head Farm, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British drawing by Randolph Schwabe

Located in London, GB

Unable to enlist due to poor health he was an official War Artist during World War I. After the war he initially worked as a theatrical designer and book illustrator he began teachi...

Category

1830s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Franco-Del #1 & #3
Franco-Del #1 & #3

Franco-Del #1 & #3

By Ed Moses

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Franco-Del #1 & #3" is a triptych executed in earth tones of browns, grey, black, rust and pine green by Post War artist Ed Moses. Ed Moses has been a prominent figure in the Los ...

Category

Early 2000s Post-War Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Formulation: Articulation
Formulation: Articulation

Formulation: Articulation

By Josef Albers

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a gray and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.2.12 and is editioned 5...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Service Vehicles, 20th Century Art Deco Style Artwork
Service Vehicles, 20th Century Art Deco Style Artwork

Service Vehicles, 20th Century Art Deco Style Artwork

By Reginald Shuffrey

Located in London, GB

Coloured inks on paper Image size: 18 x 14 inches (45.75 x 35.5 cm) Modern handmade frame Shuffrey was an important pre-war artist who did advertisements and worked for The Motor a...

Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Formulation: Articulation - Modern Geometric Abstract Screenprint, 1972
Formulation: Articulation - Modern Geometric Abstract Screenprint, 1972

Formulation: Articulation - Modern Geometric Abstract Screenprint, 1972

By Josef Albers

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a green and yellow palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.2.17 and taken from a...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Britain Delivers the Goods original vintage poster by Frank Wootton
Britain Delivers the Goods original vintage poster by Frank Wootton

Britain Delivers the Goods original vintage poster by Frank Wootton

By Frank Wootton

Located in London, GB

He studied at the Eastbourne School of Art and created the bestselling book How to Draw Aircraft in 1939. He became a war artist for the RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force, painting RA...

Category

1940s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

When it is All Forever - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars
When it is All Forever - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars

When it is All Forever - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "When it is All Forever" is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Daniel Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Rainy Night in Rome
Rainy Night in Rome

Rainy Night in Rome

By Sir Muirhead Bone

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Bone was an active member of both the British War Memorials Committee in the First World War and the War Artists' Advisory Committee in the Second World War He promoted the work of m...

Category

1910s English School Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint

Untitled from Formulation: Articulation
Untitled from Formulation: Articulation

Untitled from Formulation: Articulation

By Josef Albers

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a black and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is from an edition of 1000.

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Westminster Abbey 20th century linocut print by Edward Bawden
Westminster Abbey 20th century linocut print by Edward Bawden

Westminster Abbey 20th century linocut print by Edward Bawden

By Edward Bawden

Located in London, GB

Bawden taught at the Royal College of Art, where he had been a student, worked as a commercial artist, and served as a war artist in World War II.

Category

1960s Modern Prints and Multiples

Materials

Linocut

Le Releve - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1915
Le Releve - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1915

Le Releve - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1915

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exp...

Category

1910s Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

On Tire - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917
On Tire - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

On Tire - Original Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exp...

Category

1910s Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Alpino - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917
Alpino - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

Alpino - Etching by Anselmo Bucci - 1917

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exp...

Category

1910s Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Formulation: Articulation
Formulation: Articulation

Formulation: Articulation

By Josef Albers

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in an orange palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.1.31 and is editioned 528 of 1...

Category

Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Reihenbilder Spieltafeln (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Constructivism)
Reihenbilder Spieltafeln (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Constructivism)

Reihenbilder Spieltafeln (Geometric Abstraction, Minimalism, Constructivism)

By Klaus Basset

Located in Kansas City, MO

Klaus Basset is a post-war artist born in Berlin, Germany, in 1926. His first exhibition was "Biennale Nürnberg 1969 - Konstruktive Kunst: Elemente und Prinzipien" in Nuremberg, and ...

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Caffè Greco Lithograph Print, Futurist Style, Signed, 1918, Unframed

Caffè Greco Lithograph Print, Futurist Style, Signed, 1918, Unframed

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with many of the Futurism exponents.

Category

1910s Futurist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pula 1918 - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

Pula 1918 - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with many of the Futurism exponents.

Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Militaries - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

Militaries - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with many of the Futurism exponents.

Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Militaries in Station - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

Militaries in Station - Lithograph on Paper - 1918

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with many of the Futurism exponents.

Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Autumn at the lake, plywood, oil, 40.5 x 48.5 cm
Autumn at the lake, plywood, oil, 40.5 x 48.5 cm

Autumn at the lake, plywood, oil, 40.5 x 48.5 cm

By Oto Plader

Located in Riga, LV

After the Second World War artist was a pedagogue in J. Rozentals Riga School of art.

Category

1920s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Plywood

Composition Drawing in Ink on Paper, Modern Style, Circa 1910s

Composition Drawing in Ink on Paper, Modern Style, Circa 1910s

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exp...

Category

1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

The Watchman Drawing, Ink on Paper, Modern Style, Circa 1910

The Watchman Drawing, Ink on Paper, Modern Style, Circa 1910

By Anselmo Bucci

Located in Roma, IT

He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war artists. He lives the war experience with a lot of the Futurism movement's exp...

Category

1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Chickens, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British watercolour by Randolph Schwabe
Chickens, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British watercolour by Randolph Schwabe

Chickens, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British watercolour by Randolph Schwabe

By Randolph Schwabe

Located in London, GB

Unable to enlist due to poor health he was an official War Artist during World War I. After the war he initially worked as a theatrical designer and book illustrator before teaching...

Category

1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Pitchmarket, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British watercolour drawing by Schwabe

The Pitchmarket, Cerne Abbas - 1930s British watercolour drawing by Schwabe

By Randolph Schwabe

Located in London, GB

Unable to enlist due to poor health he was an official War Artist during World War I. After the war he initially worked as a theatrical designer and book illustrator he began teachi...

Category

1930s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled, from Formulation: Articulation
Untitled, from Formulation: Articulation

Untitled, from Formulation: Articulation

By Josef Albers

Located in Palm Desert, CA

"Formulation: Articulation" is a geometric abstract screen print in a black and white palette by Post War artist Josef Albers. The artwork is numbered 1981.524.1.9 and is editioned 5...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

I Don't Know What to Say - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series
I Don't Know What to Say - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

I Don't Know What to Say - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Artist, Duck Wars Series

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "I Don't Know What to Say," is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature is ...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

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War Artists For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of war artists for sale on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Post-War, Contemporary and Abstract styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a war artists that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, black, brown, red and more. Many versions of these artworks are appealing in their rich colors and composition, but William Blake, Robert Dumont-Smith, Georges Charles Robin, Hananiah Harari and Wesley Kimler 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, oil paint and fabric. Some war artists are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 9.75 inches across, are available.

How Much are War Artists?

The average selling price for war artists we offer is $3,027, while they’re typically $950 on the low end and $19,500 for the highest priced.