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Period: 1940s
Vintage Italian Primitive Floral Painting on Reclaimed Wood
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Vintage primitive floral still life on reclaimed wooden panels having a lovely curved top. Found in an antique store in Calabria about 30 years ago.
Category
Italian Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
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
Materials
Paper
Oli Painting Made On Canvas With Gilded Frame By Poul Fureby Blokhus From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil Painting with the motif of the coast, the sand dunes and the sea in the background in windy weather with a dark blue sky. In a gilded frame and signed by Poul Fureby.
Measuremen...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas c.1940's- 50's , "musical" MICHAEL
By Thomas Michael
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas,,, Not dated but my guess c.1940's-early 1950's , "musical themed ,, signed MICHAEL... Amazing use of colors,, space,, extremely well exec...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinate...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Cork
Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards.
Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller.
Oil on canvas.
Very well represented.
fine and pleasant features.
Delicate work.
Signed lower right by M. Callewaert
circa 1940
Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
Category
Belgian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Framed Airbrush on Paper Hibiscus Tropical Floral by Jane Boyd, 1948
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Transform your space with the timeless elegance of 1948 Airbrush Hibiscus Tropical Floral on paper by Jane Boyd.
This exquisite piece captures the lush beauty of tropical hibiscus f...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a bold artistic touch to your space with this Vintage Boho Original Pencil Sketch of Skull. This one-of-a-kind drawing captures intricate details with fine pencil strokes, blendi...
Category
American Bohemian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule c. 1940s / 1950s
Located in Buffalo, NY
An unusual, modernist painting by Hilda Altschule, 1950. Entitled "A portrait of a man at a bar", oil on canvas. A quick note about the artist "Hilda Coates Altschule (New York, Russ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Painting of the Cabin Cruiser Spun Glass III
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed yacht painting by noted illustrator Jan Austin Taylor. This gouache shows the boat cruising through calm seas with her captain at the helm. Vessel is flying a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Signed William Sheldon Horton Impressionist Landscape Painting
By William Sheldon Horton
Located in Redding, CT
Signed William Sheldon Horton impressionist landscape painting. This "Plein Air" artist has majestically captured the purple desert canyons of California. This substantial canvas is ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed F. Rontini Landscape Painting Sunset
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil artwork on pressed wooden board depicting a landscape in Macchiaiolo style, Sunset in the countryside of good pictorial ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Evening Flight Over the Lake — Mid-20th Century Painting After The Field, 1939
Located in Northport, MI
A striking mid-20th century landscape painting titled Evening Flight Over the Lake, inspired by the evocative November 4, 1939 cover of The Field—“The Country Newspaper.” This atmosp...
Category
English Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oli Painting Made On Canvas With Gilded Frame From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil painting framed in a gilded wooden frame with a motif of a little girl holding a bunch of grapes. Painted in warm colors. Signed.
Measurements: L:51.5cm W:41.5cm
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Oli Painting Made On Canvas With A Wooden Frame From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
Oil painting with a motif of a snow-covered spruce forest and a sunset in the background, which creates an atmospheric light over the landscape. The painting is framed in a solid woo...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings
Ecole de Paris, Mid-20th Century, Parisian Scene River Seine Pont
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris, France
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
Signed
Watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed.
Sheet 9.5 x 12.5 inches.
Nicely executed study over the River ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
František Mořic Nágl - Czech 1889-1944. Prayer Service In Theresienstadt Ghetto
Located in New York, NY
A spiritually moving painting by František Mořic Nágl depicting a group of Jewish men gathered in prayer, in the Theresienstadt Ghetto's makeshift sacred space. The men wear traditional prayer shawls...
Category
Czech Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, Back Streets of Paris
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris, France
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
Signed and double sided
Watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed
Measures: Sheet 12.5 x 15.5 inches
Nicely exe...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
Sallie Whistler Marcucci Abstract Painting Titled "Subconscious"
Located in Manhasset, NY
Sallie Whistler Marcucci (American, b. 1940) "Subconscious", mixed media, monogram signed lower left center SWM. Abstract composition. Approx. 22.5" x 27.5" (framed). See photographe...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting on Canvas, "Portrait of a Woman" by Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
Portrait painting of an African American woman with flowers in her hair. Canvas size is 16" x 20". Beautiful colors and rich texture of the brush strokes. The artist, "Miller", is na...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Victor Vasarely, Dolmen 1947-1950 Collage on Cardboard on Wood
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997),
Dolmen 1947-1950 collage on cardboard on wood,
signed lower right,
dated and titled on the reverse,
photo certificate by Pierre Vasarely.
Height: 35 cm, ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
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