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Kneeling Nude
Kneeling Nude

Kneeling Nude

By Mortimer Menpes

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

It was a great commercial success and it inspired him to travel further afield where he visited , India, Burma, China, Italy, Spain, and many other countries, and during the Boer War...

Category

20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

Seated Nude
Seated Nude

Seated Nude

By Mortimer Menpes

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

It was a great commercial success and it inspired him to travel further afield where he visited , India, Burma, China, Italy, Spain, and many other countries, and during the Boer War...

Category

20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) by Raoul Dufy
Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) by Raoul Dufy

Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) by Raoul Dufy

By Raoul Dufy

Located in New Orleans, LA

Thus, the government turned to one of the most famous French artists of the day - Raoul Dufy - to create this gouache on paper as an advertisement for the country's war bonds.

Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Eugene Galien Laloue Large Landscape Oil painting
Eugene Galien Laloue Large Landscape Oil painting

Eugene Galien Laloue Large Landscape Oil painting

By Eugene Galien-Laloue

Located in Dallas, TX

The Republic of France selected Galien-Laloue to work as a 'war artist,' both during the Franco-Prussian War and World War I, chiefly in watercolor.

Category

1880s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Bridge
The Bridge

The Bridge

By Carel Weight

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

At the recommendation of Kenneth Clark, the influential chairman of the War Artists' Advisory Committee, Weight was appointed an Official War Artist.

Category

Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT
DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT

DAWN, THE CAMEL PATROL SETTING OUT

By James McBey

Located in Portland, ME

McBey served as an Official War Artist during World War I. At one point he was attached to an Australian unit in Egypt, the Australian Camel Patrol, and in July, 1917, he accompanied...

Category

1910s Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Storm over the Water Abstract
Storm over the Water Abstract

Storm over the Water Abstract

By Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe

Located in New York, NY

Della-Volpe was a Post War artist who then moved on to being a colorist like Milton Avery.

Category

2010s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Great War no. 5 by Paul Renouard original lithograph

The Great War no. 5 by Paul Renouard original lithograph

By Charles Paul Renouard

Located in Paonia, CO

The Great War no.5 by French artist Paul Renouard shows the interior of a church with pigeons flying and roosting in the abandoned interior.

Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Title Page: Samson Agonistes, a Dramatic Poem. The Author, John Milton
Title Page: Samson Agonistes, a Dramatic Poem. The Author, John Milton

Title Page: Samson Agonistes, a Dramatic Poem. The Author, John Milton

Located in Bournemouth, Dorset

Medley served in the Middle East during the Second World War and became an Official War Artist. He enjoyed a long career in fine art education, teaching at many London art schools.

Category

1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

The Circus Dressing Room
The Circus Dressing Room

The Circus Dressing Room

By Dame Laura Knight

Located in Missouri, MO

In 1929, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1936, she became the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy. She was a war artist during Wo...

Category

1920s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Aquatint

The Circus Dressing Room
The Circus Dressing Room

The Circus Dressing Room

By Dame Laura Knight

Located in Missouri, MO

In 1929, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1936, she became the first woman to be elected to the Royal Academy. She was a war artist during Wo...

Category

1920s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Rabbis Singing
Rabbis Singing

Rabbis Singing

By Jacob Steinhardt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Steinhardt enlisted in the army during WWI as a war artist, depicting scenes from the front. Jakob Steinhardt is most known for his woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects.

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Seated nude study.
Seated nude study.

Seated nude study.

By Frank Dobson

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

Dobson both served as Official War Artist during WWII; Dobson focused on the Home Front and dockyards.

Category

1940s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Countryside landscape, watercolor signed
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Countryside landscape, watercolor signed

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Countryside landscape, watercolor signed

By Maurice Asselin

Located in Paris, FR

A close friend of Walter Sickert in London (1914–16) and of writer Pierre Mac Orlan, he was commissioned as a war artist for the Musée de l’Armée in 1917 and made Officier de la Légi...

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Flower Vendors by La Madeleine" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
"Flower Vendors by La Madeleine" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

"Flower Vendors by La Madeleine" Post War Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas

By Jacques Deveau

Located in New York, NY

Art measures 24 x 30 inches Frame measures 31 x 37 inches Jacques Deveau was a French post-war contemporary artist born in 1937 and was active in France during the 20th Century.

Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

War and Peace, Mid-Century Surrealist Oil on Board, Signed, 1954
War and Peace, Mid-Century Surrealist Oil on Board, Signed, 1954

War and Peace, Mid-Century Surrealist Oil on Board, Signed, 1954

Located in Cotignac, FR

Mid-century Surrealist oil on board depicting War and Peace by Belgian Artist, Willy Smitz. Signed and dated bottom right with his recognisable triangular motif ( initialed WS ), in ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

60x45 Yoda  Star Wars, Toy, Photography Art Pop Art Kenner Toys Photograph
60x45 Yoda  Star Wars, Toy, Photography Art Pop Art Kenner Toys Photograph

60x45 Yoda Star Wars, Toy, Photography Art Pop Art Kenner Toys Photograph

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This is a pop art print of the original Yoda toy from Kenner "The Toys" by LA based Pop Artists DESTRO. Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi They encapsulate an era...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Ink, Color, Archival Pigment

Bronze Portrait of a Lady
Bronze Portrait of a Lady

Bronze Portrait of a Lady

By Adrian Paul Allinson

Located in London, GB

He was predominantly employed by London Transport, British Railways, and the Empire Marketing Board producing stylised travel posters for a variety of national and global destination...

Category

20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter
Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter

Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter

Located in Marco Island, FL

He had his first solo exhibition at the Downtown Gallery in New York in 1937 at age 23, and many others after that, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1947. He was a Wa...

Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR
FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR

FINE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY BRITISH OIL PAINTING MAN O WAR

Located in Ferndown, GB

Fine Original Antique 18th Century British OIL PAINTING Romantic Scene GOLD GILT FRAME ( late 18th century ) Title: Man o War scene Artist: unknown Provenance: john Castagno a...

Category

Mid-18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Submarine with Supply Ships by Montague Dawson
Submarine with Supply Ships by Montague Dawson

Submarine with Supply Ships by Montague Dawson

By Montague Dawson

Located in New Orleans, LA

Although best known as one of the greatest marine painters of the 20th century, Montague Dawson was also a skilled and perceptive war artist. During both World Wars, he contributed e...

Category

1940s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Stormtrooper   24x30 Star Wars, 70's toys, Photography Art Pop Toys Photograph
Stormtrooper   24x30 Star Wars, 70's toys, Photography Art Pop Toys Photograph

Stormtrooper 24x30 Star Wars, 70's toys, Photography Art Pop Toys Photograph

By Destro

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Signed and numbered by Pop Artists Destro Star Wars "An artist is someone who looks at what everyone else has seen and thinks what no one else has thought."

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Ink, Color, Archival Pigment

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones, Signed oil  painting
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones, Signed oil  painting

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of anemones, Signed oil painting

By Maurice Asselin

Located in Paris, FR

A close friend of Walter Sickert in London (1914–16) and of writer Pierre Mac Orlan, he was commissioned as a war artist for the Musée de l’Armée in 1917 and made Officier de la Légi...

Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany,  watercolor signed
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany,  watercolor signed

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany, watercolor signed

By Maurice Asselin

Located in Paris, FR

A close friend of Walter Sickert in London (1914–16) and of writer Pierre Mac Orlan, he was commissioned as a war artist for the Musée de l’Armée in 1917 and made Officier de la Légi...

Category

1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Oxford Street - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art
Oxford Street - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art

Oxford Street - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art

By Michael Alford

Located in London, Chelsea

He has twice been appointed war artist to the British Military, accompanying troops to Helmand Province in 2011 and again in 2013.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Bloomsbury - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art
Bloomsbury - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art

Bloomsbury - original impressionism oil painting-contemporary Art

By Michael Alford

Located in London, Chelsea

He has twice been appointed war artist to the British Military, accompanying troops to Helmand Province in 2011 and again in 2013.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Clifford Hall Teignmouth Pier and Beach oil painting Modern British Art seaside
Clifford Hall Teignmouth Pier and Beach oil painting Modern British Art seaside

Clifford Hall Teignmouth Pier and Beach oil painting Modern British Art seaside

By Clifford Hall

Located in London, GB

During the Second World War he was a member of a stretcher party near Lots Road and captured the scenes he saw, making submissions independently to the War Artists Advisory Committee...

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, oil on canvas signed
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, oil on canvas signed

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, oil on canvas signed

By Maurice Asselin

Located in Paris, FR

A close friend of Walter Sickert in London (1914–16) and of writer Pierre Mac Orlan, he was commissioned as a war artist for the Musée de l’Armée in 1917 and made Officier de la Légi...

Category

1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Walter Hoyle Gate of Honour Caius linocut print

Walter Hoyle Gate of Honour Caius linocut print

By Walter Hoyle

Located in London, GB

Hoyle moved to Great Bardfield in Essex, becoming a part of the Great Bardfield group of artists of whom in the post war era probably Bawden and Kenneth Rowntree are the most famous.

Category

1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Make Every Minute Count for Pershiping original World War 1 vintage poster
Make Every Minute Count for Pershiping original World War 1 vintage poster

Make Every Minute Count for Pershiping original World War 1 vintage poster

By Adolph Treidler

Located in Spokane, WA

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation Original 1917 World War 1 vintage poster. Artist: Adolph Treidler Original linen backed World War I vintage poster.

Category

1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Our Journey is Income Pleate - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Art, Duck Wars
Our Journey is Income Pleate - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Art, Duck Wars

Our Journey is Income Pleate - Figure Ink Drawing, Outsider Art, Duck Wars

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

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

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

No Offence! - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
No Offence! - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series

No Offence! - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature is visible on the front of the work.

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Nothing Wrong - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series
Nothing Wrong - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series

Nothing Wrong - Figure Ink Drawing on Paper, Outsider Art, Duck Wars Series

By Daniel Johnston 1

Located in Houston, TX

This ink on paper drawing titled "Nothing Wrong," is one of thirty-two unique artworks belonging to Johnston's "Duck Wars," series. The artist's hand-signed signature is visible on ...

Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Rabbis Studying the Thorah
Rabbis Studying the Thorah

Rabbis Studying the Thorah

By Jacob Steinhardt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Steinhardt enlisted in the army during WWI as a war artist, depicting scenes from the front. Jakob Steinhardt is most known for his woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects.

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Rabbi's Communion With God
Rabbi's Communion With God

Rabbi's Communion With God

By Jacob Steinhardt

Located in San Francisco, CA

Steinhardt enlisted in the army during WWI as a war artist, depicting scenes from the front. Jakob Steinhardt is most known for his woodcuts depicting biblical and Jewish subjects.

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Weekend Rest" Setting the lines Original California Watercolor of Fishing Boats
"Weekend Rest" Setting the lines Original California Watercolor of Fishing Boats

"Weekend Rest" Setting the lines Original California Watercolor of Fishing Boats

Located in Soquel, CA

Naval Reserve and began creating watercolors of ships and other naval scenes. During World War II, he worked as a war artist, documenting naval battles which were later published by ...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Barbara Kruger - War Platter LtEd hand made ceramic in bespoke box political art
Barbara Kruger - War Platter LtEd hand made ceramic in bespoke box political art

Barbara Kruger - War Platter LtEd hand made ceramic in bespoke box political art

By Barbara Kruger

Located in New York, NY

Barbara Kruger War Platter, 2018 Glazed Earthenware Artists name fired on the underside which is considered her authorized signature as she officially does not sign her works Hand nu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Mixed Media, Screen

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Still life with lobsters and fish, signed painting
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Still life with lobsters and fish, signed painting

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Still life with lobsters and fish, signed painting

By Maurice Asselin

Located in Paris, FR

A close friend of Walter Sickert in London (1914–16) and of writer Pierre Mac Orlan, he was commissioned as a war artist for the Musée de l’Armée in 1917 and made Officier de la Légi...

Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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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.