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Paintings For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1840s
"Adolescent Parallels, " Midcentury Mural Design with Male Youths, 1949
By George Frederick Hinchcliff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable vision of brotherly utopia, with a hint of homoeroticism, this beautiful study was painted by British artist George Frederick Hinchcliff in preparation for a proposed mu...
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1940s British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Portrait Oil Painting of Veiled and Masked Women by Franz Cižek, Czech, 1946
Located in London, GB
Expressionist mystical portrait of purple veiled and masked women is painted in intense and non-naturalistic colors blue, green and red. She is holding a yellow card in one hand and ...
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1940s Czech Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Ten Nudes Dancing, " Large Art Deco-Surrealist Painting by Bond, 1940s
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of modern dance, William Blake and early 19th century Classicism, Art Deco stylization and Surrealism, this remarkable, brilliantly hued painting by Mil...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Vase of Flowers" by Hobson Pittman
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Hobson Pittman (1899-1972)
Signed upper left. Oil on panel.
Provenance: Boca Raton Museum of Art
Many examples of Pittman's paintings can be found in numerous museum collections, ...
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1940s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
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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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Running Bunny Rabbit, " Charming Book Illustration from the 1930s-1940s
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely winning and full of charm, this book illustration depicts a bunny rabbit running across the land, the hilly landscape rich with browns and greens, and the sky a perfect blue. Painted in gouache on illustration board, the Sphinx mark -- one of the brands of the Weber company -- is visible on the reverse. This would make a perfect addition to the walls of a children's room, or a collection of American illustration art.
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
Unknown Artist, Dated 1946, Landscape with Skerries, Oil on Panel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown artist, dated 1946.
Landscape with skerries, oil on panel.
In perfect condition.
Signed indistinctly Olga R ??, dated 46.
Measures: 33 x 24 ...
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1940s Vintage Paintings
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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1940s Canadian Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Adam in Eden, " Monumental Depiction of Paradise in Wartime
By Wilfred Peter Glud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable statement of hope and resilience, this vivid and colorful depiction of a nude Adam seated amidst a profusion of flora and fauna was painted in the midst of World War II ...
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1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of Denmark Out in the Country by Niels Walseth
By Niels Walseth
Located in Lejre, DK
This oil painting on canvas captures the serene beauty of Denmark's countryside, showcasing the talent of the artist Niels Walseth (1914-2001). Known for his captivating landscapes, ...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
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Gold Leaf
Italian 19C Big Architectural Hand-coloured Print with Black and Gold Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Rare extra-large (cm 59 x 85) antique watercolour of capital from a collection of architectural details of Florence monuments painted in Italy in the middle of 19th Century.
Black ma...
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1840s Italian Neoclassical Antique Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"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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1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Painting "The Music Lesson", French School, Circa 1840
Located in PARIS, FR
Charming pair of paintings representing young women in well-off interiors during their music lesson, one illustrating a singing lesson and the other a Cello lesson.
The theme of the music lesson...
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1840s French Antique Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting from the 1940s, Red, Blue and Yellow Color, MidCentury Art, New Frame
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Red, blue and yellow. Children playing on a bicycle.
Framed in a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
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1940s American Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
Unfinished Portrait of a Young Lady in Violet, circa 1940s
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait of a young, beautiful woman in a 1940s style dress features an unfinished background in varying violet hues. Her thoughtful expression and the unfinished quality make t...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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...
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Paintings
Materials
Wood, Cork
1940s American Abstract Expressionism Painting
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1940s American abstract expressionism painting on board in the style of Richard Poussette-Dart.
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1940s American Expressionist Vintage Paintings
Materials
Board
Hans Ekegardh, Swedish Artist, Oil on Canvas, Seated Nude Model
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Hans Ekegardh (b. 1881, d.1962), Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Seated nude model, landscape in the background. 1940s.
In very good condition.
Signed.
The canvas measures: 34 x 26...
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1940s Swedish Vintage Paintings
Materials
Other
"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
By Milton Bond
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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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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1940s Congolese Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine "Untitled" Abstract Mixed-Media on Paper in Frame, USA 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
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1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
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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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Hayward Veal Australian Nocturne Cityscape Painting
By Hayward Veal
Located in Essex, MA
An oil on board painting by Australian painter W. Hayward Veal (1913-1968), entitled Nocturne No. 4, depicting a night scene of a park and tree in the foreground with a man walking, ...
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1940s Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Pine, Masonite, Wood, Paint
Western European (French) 19th Century Oil Painting of Street Musician
Located in Van Nuys, CA
A small oil painting in excellent condition with canvas remounted. It is framed in a gold leafed frame, perhaps the original. It is signed by the artist on the lower left, however th...
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1840s French Louis Philippe Antique Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
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.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Paintings
Materials
Wood
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Paint
Mid-Century Modern Cubist Artist James Koenig Buffalo NY1948 Titled 'Tangent'
By James Koenig
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Titled 'Tangent' - Buffalo artist James Koenig paintings reflected many phases of American painting Styles including scenes from The WPA period, abstrac...
Category
1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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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1940s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
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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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 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.)
Category
1940s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Paul Lauritz High Sierras Nine Lake Basin Early California Oil Painting
By Paul Lauritz
Located in Tustin, CA
"High Sierras, Nine Lake Basin" painting depicts a rugged, snowy mountain scene in the Sierra Nevada mountains, with large rocks and a lake shore with pine trees in the foreground an...
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1940s American Other Vintage Paintings
Materials
Masonite
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
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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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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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1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Jute, Wood, Paint
Antique Pair of French Pastel and Gouache Portraits, Mid-19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning antique pair of charming oval half-length pastel and gouache portraits of French aristocratic ladies, one bears an indistinct signature to the bottom right and they are circa 1840 in date.
This sensitively constructed antique pair of oval portraits...
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1840s French Antique Paintings
Materials
Other
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage 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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1940s English Vintage Paintings
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Paint
Very Important and Rare Roman Micromosaic Plaque, circa 1840
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very important and rare Roman micromosaic plaque, circa 1840-1850.
circular, "Village People"
in a later giltwood frame
plaque sight size 12 1/2" b...
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1840s Antique Paintings
Materials
Cut Glass
1940s Signed French Collage Cubist Guitar Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
This collage style painting displays great contrasts in color and composition and the French newspaper clippings only add to it's interest.
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1940s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
S. C. Bjulf: Fish Mongers, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
S. C. Bjulf: Fish mongers.
Oil on canvas.
Signed Bjulf.
Measures: 37 cm. x 30 cm. The frame measures 8 cm.
In perfect condition.
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1940s Danish Vintage Paintings
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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1940s American Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid Century Modern Artist James Koenig 1948 Buffalo NY Titled 'Net Work'
By James Koenig
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Titled ‘Net Work’ buffalo artist James Koenig paintings reflected many phases of American painting styles including scenes from the WPA period, abstract...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paint
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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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
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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1940s French Vintage Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painting from the 1940s, Mid-Century Art, Golden, Blue, Chocolate & White Colors
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Painting has a beautiful gold frame with a linen liner.
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1940s American Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Signed M. Coloman Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Titled Venice Italy 1940
By Coloman
Located in Miami, FL
VENICE oil painting, featuring the Doges Palacio, Italian School, circa 1940s in its original 1940s frame.
Signed M. Coloman, 20th century.
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
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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1940s Hungarian Expressionist Vintage Paintings
"Kublai Khan, " Large Art Deco Painting Masterpiece with Male Nudes, 1943
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Inspired by "Kublai Khan," the famed Romantic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and one of a series painted by Milton Bond dating from the 1940s and 1950s, this depiction of a nude youth...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
"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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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Paintings
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Watercolor
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