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Period: 1940s
1940s Abstract French Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Cubist oil painting on canvas from 1940s France. Moody and dynamic, the image depicts the beginnings of a town. A smoky gray sky gives the scene an industrial feeling, while...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Mid Century Black Art Watercolor “Friends Fishing off a Bridge” by Marcia, 1949
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Nice black art watercolor depicting a family or friends fishing off a bridge, signed by the artist, Marcia, 1949.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Italian Oil Painting of Young Woman by G. Gianmarco
Located in London, GB
A very attractive Italian oil painting of the head of a young woman. Signed and dated by G. Gianmarco, 1945. Set in French ebonized frame.
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Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood

Watercolor of a Semi Nude Woman by Adam Sherriff Scott
By Adam Sherriff Scott 1
Located in Montreal, QC
Provenance from Estate of the son of Thomas Garside, who was a very closed friend of Sherriff-Scott. .  
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

Standing Nude Woman By Robert Philipp (1885-1981)
By Robert Philipp
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Robert Philipp is a well estabished listed artist from New York and worked in Paris from the 20' to 60's. Recognition came quickly to Philipp, and his early works exhibit an eclectic range of artistic sources: Vermeer, Rembrandt, Renoir, Bonnard, Sargent and Fantin-Latour.

His teachers at the League included George Bridgeman and Frank DuMond, and at the National Academy he studied with Douglas Volk...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Paper

Marcello Boccacci Natura Morta ‘1914-1996’ Still Life with Woman Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
Oil painting on board. Boccacci was a contemporary of Morandi and was a proponent of Natura Morta (still life painting) and portrait painting, circa 1950. Boccacci has rendered a Cha...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint, Paper

Mid-Century Robert Broner Oil Painting with with 3 Figures
By Robert Broner
Located in New York, NY
1948 3 figure oil painting by the artist Robert Broner (1922-2010). Broner has pieces in the collections of the MOMA, Guggenheim, Metropolitian Musuem of...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood

Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

Marjorie Bishop "New York Sunset" Painting with Sand on Canvas 1940s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Mixed-media painting with sand on canvas titled "New York Sunset" by Marjorie Bishop, American, 1940s (signed on front, title on sticker on back). This...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the crystal paintings made by Milton Bond in the 1940s, this depiction of beautiful nude figures, male and female, forming a symmetrical circle aro...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Rabbinical Judaica Expressionist Portrait Painting Attributed to Hugo Scheiber
Located in New York, NY
Hungarian modernist rabbinical Judaica Expressionist oil and tempera portrait painting, attributed to Hugo Scheiber. Scheiber, born 29 September 1873 in Budapest, died 7 March 1950, ...
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Hungarian Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings

Simone Colombier Abstract Gouache, Bordeaux School, France, 1947
By Simone Colombier
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Framed abstract gouache on paper by French painter Simone Colombier. Signed and dated 1947. Simone Colombier took part of the abstract movement in Bordeaux, France in the mid-1940s...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

"Tony, " Superb 1940s Portrait of Male Youth by Marion Huse, Hawthorne Pupil
By Marion Huse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking in conception and execution, this half-portrait of a handsome, blue-eyed young man -- his back to a mirror and his arm folded over a chair -- was painted by Marion Huse, who...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

Montague J Dawson, ‘Valetta Harbour’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Montague J Dawson (1895-1973), ‘Valetta Harbour’, oil on board, painted in a grisaille palette with a British Hunt Class Type II destroyer in Valetta Harbour, Malta, signed ‘Montague Dawson’, English, 1940. Footnote: Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy...
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English Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Depisis Style Midcentury Oil Panting Vase Rose Flowers 1940s Classic Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Depisis style midcentury oil panting vase rose flowers signed T.Rossi 1940s classic frame. Elegant and refined as a picture of Depisis.
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Jute, Wood, Paint

Søren Christian Bjulf, Fishwives at the Old Dock, Copenhagen, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Søren Christian Bjulf. Fishwives at the Old Dock, Copenhagen. Fishwives at Old Dock are waiting for today's catch, by Søren Christian Bjulf (1890-1958) Oil on canvas. Signed Bjulf...
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Danish Vintage 1940s Paintings

Rolph Scarlett Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1945
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Abstract expressionist gouache and watercolor on paper by noted artist Rolph Scarlett - Signed and dated lower right. Archivally matted, unframed. Image size: 11" H x 15" W. In excellent condition. Rolph Scarlett was a painter of geometric abstraction during the American avant-garde movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada in 1889, he left Canada at the age of 18 to go to New York City and returned to Canada during the years of World War I. However, by 1924 he had established New York City as his home. While he was beginning his career as an abstract painter, he was designing stage scenery for George Bernard Shaw...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

C.P. Initials, Portait of African Girl, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
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Congolese Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Irina Shtenberg, Portrait of a Young Woman, Watercolor on Paper, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned. Attributed to Irina Valeryanovna Shtenberg. Period frame. Dimensions (unframed): Height: 13”, width: 11” Dimensions (framed): Height: 15”, width: 12-7/8” All the w...
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Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Maurice Savin Painting, Oil on canvas "Les Baigneuses, " circa 1940
By Maurice Savin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Maurice Savin (French 1894-1973). "Les baigneuses." Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. More images available upon request.
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French Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

"Music, " High Accomplished Painting with Multiple Nudes by Conner, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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"New Mexico Scene, " Large and Rare Landscape with Adobe Church
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In 1943, when the Second World War still raged a continent away, Eleanor Reed painted this beautiful and haunting view of the New Mexico landscape, featuring a rosy-toned adobe churc...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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"Pan Playing His Pipes, " Charming Mural Sketch for Liberty Music Shop, NYC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of verdant greens and suffused with a lovely quiet spirit, this depiction of Pan resting against a tree and playing his pipes was a perfect image for the famous Liberty Music Shop in New York. This sketch for a mural at the Shop was painted by Donald Forbes, who worked for the Federal Art Project in the 1930s where he would have learned from the work of other muralists supported by federal programs. Liberty Music Shop was famous for its collection of sophisticated jazz recordings from around the world; in the 1930s it created its own label, producing a series of records for Lee Wiley, Beatrice Lillie, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Merman...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

Louis Wolchonok Painting "Reclining Woman"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s oil on canvas painting of reclining woman signed by Louis Wolchonok. (American/New York 1893-1973) Please note: Two small repairs see details pictures. Louis Wolchonok stud...
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

"Redhead, " Striking 1940s Portrait of Young Man by John Menihan
By John C. Menihan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a young man with vivid red hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion was painted by John C. Menihan, one of the most renowned portraitists and watercolorists of his day...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

Oil Painting on Canvas in Simpel Frame by Ejner Johansen, 1948
Located in Lejre, DK
The oil painting on canvas by Ejner Johansen from 1948 sounds like a delightful piece of art. Ejner Johansen was a Danish artist known for his paintings, often featuring still life c...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

"Snowy Egrets and Cypress, " Large Art Deco Painting by Harcombe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly capturing the exotic and beautiful landscape of the cypress swamps of South Florida, this painting of a pair of snowy egrets is a superb example of Art Deco scene painting. The turquoise hue of the water and the cerulean of the sky contrast with the smooth limbs of the cypress tree and the white and purple-greys of the birds. This painting was made by Renee Harcombe...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Oil Painting by Ernst Rasmussen
By Ernst Rasmussen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil painting by well listed artist Ernst Rasmussen(1912-1964) The painting is painted on canvas and dated "46". Store formerly known as ARTFUL DODGE...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

'Touareg in Hoggar' Gouache by Monique Cras, Art Deco, 1942
By Monique Cras
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache depicting a seated Touareg (also called blue man of the desert because of their indigo dyed clothing). The painting is signed Monique Cras, dated 1942 and titled 'Chasseur de...
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French Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Monumental Axel Salto Budding Vase Watercolor Paper Vintage Mid-Century Danish
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Paul Zimmerman "Tobacco Workers", 1948
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful oil on canvas by the noted American artist Paul Zimmerman. It is titled and dated 1948 on the back and signed in red on the left front bottom. In a strip frame. Biography: Paul Zimmerman was an internationally known artist and Professor Emeritus of the Hartford Art School. Born in Toledo, OH, he graduated from Kokomo, IN High School in 1941 with a full scholarship to John Herron Art School, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1946. At graduation he received the Mary Milliken Memorial Fund Scholarship, which provided funds for him to relocate to NYC. Professor Zimmerman came to Hartford at the invitation of his former teacher, Heinrich Mayer, then Director of the Hartford Art School. He accepted his faculty post in 1947. Paul remained on the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford faculty until his retirement from full-time teaching in 1986. Though retired, he continued to paint in his studio, and to teach part-time at the Hartford Art School and at the West Hartford Art League until the year before his death. A prolific landscape painter, his oils and watercolors are found in numerous museums, corporate and private collections, including the following: The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the Wadsworth Anthenium; the Slater Museum; the University of Notre Dame; Lehigh University; First New Haven National Bank and United Technologies Corporation. His work is included in the private collections of actress Dina Merrill...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

Oil on Cardboard Boats on the Sea in 1940 with Lacquered Frame
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Oil on cardboard boats on the sea in 1940 with lacquered frame.
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood

"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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"Walking the Cows" Important Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
By Charlotte Joan Sternberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A cross between Grant Wood and Paul Cadmus, this remarkable American regional scene painting depicts a young man in a white t-shirt walking a group of cows down a country lane with p...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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"Reaching for the Stars, " Rare, Stunning Male Nude by Alexander Cañedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo pain...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

"Rearing Horses, " High Style Pair of Art Deco, Mixed-Media Pieces by Von Liski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary pair of Art Deco pieces, each depicting a pair of horses, one with its head up and one down, was executed in ink, colored pencil and gouache by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski, a Prussian-American artist. Von Liski worked in Chicago as a commercial artist in advertising agencies and elsewhere, and did work for RCA Victor and Arrow Shirts...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Gouache

Naughty Girls at the Lake 1915 and 1950
Located in Ferndale, MI
Naughty girls at the lake 1915 and 1950, Signed Ornold, 1940.
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

20th Century Expressionism Oil on Canvas by Alphonse Vermeir
Located in Casteren, NL
20th century oil on canvas painted and signed by the Belgium artist Alphonse Vermeir (1905-1994.) Depicting a Belgium townview. Originates Belgium, dating, circa 1940.
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

Wilton Motley Oil Painting
Located in Vienna, AT
Wilton Motley coastal motif, signed, oil on canvas. Dimensions: 50 x 75 cm.
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British Vintage 1940s Paintings

Marcel Vertes Poodle with Flowers Painting
Located in Water Mill, NY
Impressionistic tempera painting of a still life with dog and flowers in a vintage giltwood frame by listed artist Marcel Vertes (1895-1961.)
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French Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Watercolor

1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "I Can't Take It Anymore"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

"Terrace, " Brilliant, Cubist-Expressionist Masterpiece by Virginia True, 1946
By Virginia True
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for her depictions of New Mexico and the Southwest, here Virginia True painted a brilliantly-hued Cubist scene reflecting her years in New York. Showing the influence of P...
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Rollin Crampton Early Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board
Located in Sharon, CT
An early "over-all painting". Oil and graphite on 'beaver board'. This painting is illustrated in "The Art of the Artist" Arthur Zaidenberg, Crown Publishers NY 1951. Signed on back....
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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George Schwacha "New Jersey Bathers" Painting
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Westport, CT
Painting title "New Jersey Bathers" circa 1949 (1908-1986) works represented in over 30 Museums. Was president of the American Artists league and past president Audubon Artists and a...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint, Wood

Ernest Wagner Japanese Landscape Scene Gouache 1949
By Ernest Wagner
Located in Encino, CA
Ernest Wagner Gouache on paper depicting a Japanese scene, dated 1949-1950 and wears the artist's stamp on the back. H.20" x W.18"1/2 ( drawing ) - H.22"1/2 x W.18"1/2 ( sheet )....
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French Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

"Actaeon, " Large Art Deco-Mid Century Painting by Hollywood Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

1948 Oil on Canvas by Raymond J. Wendell Titled, "My Girl Friend"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "What Do I Want in Life"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood, Canvas

S. W. Brooks, Pastel Portrait, Miami Beach, 1947
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
S. W. Brooks, pastel portrait on cardboard, Miami Beach, 1947 Dimension: 68 x 82 cm Without frame: 44 x 60 cm.
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

1948 Raymond Wendell Oil on Canvas Titled "Mother"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "I Know What I Did"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "Lonely Sister"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "My Very Rich Gramps"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917-?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. Na...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Wood

"Hawaiiana, " Extraordinary Art Deco Cubist Surreal Painting after Pearl Harbor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Saturated with the brilliant hues of earth and sea, and filled with symbols and signs of Hawaii's spectacular landscape and rich history -- including an angry Hawaiian king with his traditional feathered headdress or "mahiole" -- this watercolor was painted in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Watercolor

"Architecture & Construction, " Allegorical Mural Study for Rhode Island Capitol
By Robert Charles Haun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint

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