Herndon Davis was an American artist, journalist, illustrator and painter who wasn’t recognized in his lifetime and not until recently. He was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma of rancher parents. At fourteen, Davis moved himself to Kansas City, Missouri to take art lessons. He supported himself with unskilled labor jobs. From there, he went to Chicago and apprenticed as an engraver and commercial artist. In 1920, he joined the army and was stationed in Denver. Davis’ love for Colorado and Denver must have begun at that time. But first, he lived and worked in Washington, D.C., where he worked at the National War Collaege creating maps of China and Japan, and New York City, where he attended the National Academy of Design and Art Students League of New York while working at the New York Herald Tribune, Washington Times-Herald and Washington Daily News. In 1936, he moved to Denver, where he began to capture in paint and pencil notable people and landmarks of Denver and the west. Included in his subject matter were the notorious and the famous whether people or places. Davis is best known for his painting of the face of his wife on the barroom floor in Central City, Colorado. It was inspired by the poem The Face on the Barroom Floor and so it is titled. It wasn’t until after his death that friends were allowed to tell his beloved wife, Nita, was his model.
1940s Painting by Colorado Artist Herndon Davis of Industrial Interior
By Herndon Davis
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible 1940s painting by Colorado artist Herndon Davis depicting an industrial interior and workers. It is in wonderful vintage condition, but you...
Wood, Paint
WPA Style Portrait Painting of a Gentleman, American, 1930s-1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Portrait painting of Walter Levin, oil on canvas, unframed. Signed Haughton College Bickerton in upper right corner, and having the original gallery label on the back. California Bay...
Canvas
California Plein Air Landscape Painting by Esther Smee 1930's-1940s
By Esther Smee
Located in San Francisco, CA
Southern California landscape Plein Air style painting in original period carved and gilded wood frame. Signed, Esther Smee. Recently professionally cleaned. In excellent condition. Esther B...
Canvas
$1,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 25.625 in W 35.5 in D 2 in
WPA Style Industrial Landscape Oil on Board, Signed By Artist
Located in Atlanta, GA
Industrial Landscape in WPA Style by Isaacson, Mid-20th Century. Oil on Board, Measures: 35.5" w x 25.625" h. This WPA style landscape signed Isaacson, is a striking example of the...
Paint
$1,015
H 19.1 in W 15.56 in D 1.78 in
Signed Oil painting of a Landscape in Giltwood Frame, Belgium 1940s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
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...
Canvas, Wood
$334Sale Price|20% Off
H 32.29 in W 42.92 in D 1.97 in
Painting "Winter landscape", Scandinavia, 1940s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
The picture is painted with oil paints on canvas. Dimensions: Frame: height 82 cm / width 109 cm Image: height 71 cm / width 96 cm
Canvas
$7,500
H 26.5 in W 31 in D 2 in
"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia artist Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This is the fi...
Paint
$410
H 14.18 in W 17.33 in D 1.58 in
20th century Osv. Rasmussen interior painting from Denmark, 1940s
Located in Ebberup, DK
A quiet interior scene by Osvald Rasmussen (1885–1972), rendered with a restrained, earthy palette and confident, textured brushwork. The composition draws the viewer into a modest r...
Paint
$1,911 / set
H 18.12 in W 15.75 in D 0.79 in
Birger Ekman Surrealistic Watercolor Paintings, 1940s, Sweden
By Birger Ekman
Located in Værløse, DK
Set of Surrealistic Watercolor Paintings in Golden Frames made by Birger Ekman, estimately in the 1940s. * Set (2) of watercolor paintings with surrealistic and dream-like motives ...
Paper
1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz
Located in Miami, FL
1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz Offered for sale is a large 1940s WPA school oil painting on canvas of a playful wi...
Canvas, Linen, Wood, Paint
$1,150
H 11.5 in W 10 in D 0.5 in
Modernist Abstract Painting Titled "Santos #4" by Norman Daly, Circa 1940s
Located in Peabody, MA
A late 1940s oil on panel by the highly regarded American artist Norman Daly. As an art student at the University of Colorado in the 1930s, Daly developed an artistic fascination wit...
Paint
1940s Landscape Painting
Located in New York, NY
Created in the 1940s, this painting has an air of nostalgia and foreboding. It depicts a house set against the backdrop of not-so-distant skyscrapers. The city fades into gray in con...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$850
H 18.75 in W 25.5 in D 1.75 in
Signed Oil Painting of Amsterdam's Red Light District, 1940s, Canvas
Located in Stamford, CT
1940s oil painting of Amsterdam's red light district.
Canvas, Wood