Paintings

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Women in Western Dress, Nihonga style painting of two young women in Western style summer clothing, sitting at water's edge and cooling off by putting their feet in the water. Showa period painting...

Lovely Art Deco impressionistic, interior still life study of a vase of vivid dahlias, circa 1930. Elegant matching 2 toned limed washed frame. 1930s USA.

Stunning collage with constructivist motifs by Camille Bryen (1907-1977) on a black and white nude photograph print by Rémy Duval. Dated 1937, monogrammed CB bottom left. This work is an early work by famous artist Camille Bryen. Camille Bryen is the artist name of Camille Briand, he was born in Nantes...

This original watercolor by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper relates to two of Gropper's most important Depression Era prints: “Refugees” and “Uprooted.” Signed lower right and dedicated to: Bob & Helen Garelick. Garelick was Gropper’s Detroit dealer in the 1960's and ‘70's. Painting measures: 21 1/2" H x 15" W. Frame measures: 28" H x 21" W In excellent condition. Created circa 1932. New-York born artist William Gropper (1897-1977) was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns. During the 1930s, working as a part of the Federal Arts Project, he produced some of the most gripping social protest works of the Great Depression. He was born to a poor immigrant family on the Lower East Side fueling his subject interest in the downtrodden. His subjects included industrial strikes, especially in the coal mining and steel-production centers. He did much illustration-cartoon work for the New York Tribune newspaper, Vanity Fair magazine and the politically 'left-wing' publication, "New Masses." Some of his other pieces focused on the hypocrisy of government figures, especially members of the United States Senate...

Jean Charlot Fresco style painting in plaster on board in the original artist made frame. Titled on a label on the verso: "Bed Time.” In excelle...

Rayograph He´liogravure by Man Ray for Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricite´, 1931. Printed in Heliogravure and signed in the negative 500 copies. Man Ray (1890–...

A colorful oil painting signed and dated by the Munich painter J.F. Bender. The intimate embrace of Mary with your son Jesus is characterized by great love and care for the little son. The two are sitting on a bench in the midst of special and impressive nature in South Tyrol...

Clearly showing the influence of German Expressionism and American film noir, this deeply atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation...

Flower still life with dahlias, in beautiful, vibrant colors. Oil on canvas. The round format is very unusual. Frame and canvas are an original whole. The painting is signed in the paint on the lower right and dated, 1934. The painting is framed behind anti-reflective glass, which means that the colors are beautifully preserved. The frame is subtly carved in Art Deco style. A similar painting by the same painter is depicted in an old exhibition book by this painter. See picture. His work work has also been purchased by various museums. The book about Gaston Geleyn is beautifully illustrated, 170 pages and it is about the life and work of the artist. The book was published in 1933. Book is supplied with the painting. More information about the Gaston Geleyn follows below. Source: Paul Piron 'Art in Belgium'. GELEYN, Gaston (Brussels, 1892 - Grimbergen 1949). Painter. Stayed with a great uncle in Paris until he was 16 years old. After a short stay in Brussels, he returned to Paris and attended classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts led by Roll and Flaming. After the First World War he traveled the world and stayed in America, India and North Africa, among other places. He was under contract from 1919 to 1929 by a Dutch art dealer. His first exhibition was at the 'Giroux' Gallery in Brussels in 1933. Geleyn painted landscapes, marines, figure still lifes and flowers. He also painted the portrait of King Albert I. He had studios in Grimbergen and in Ostend. In Ostend, he painted the sea in all its forms, from the sleeping silver-gray sea...

This extraordinary painting brings together two remarkable talents -- John Rutherford Boyd, the superb painter and illustrator, who captures this scene -- and Jesse Crawford, one of ...

One of the most vivid and compelling accounts of the famed Century of Progress Exposition, which opened in Chicago in 1933, this view of the iconic Federal Building was painted in the second year of the fair by a Pennsylvania artist. The brilliantly-lit Art Deco...

Colorful oil paint on academy board depicting a peep hole composition of a factory/street scene. Unsigned, but influenced in the manner of the great American Social Realist, Stuart D...

Fine nature morte painting, signed and dated '31, oil on canvas.

Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.

Brilliantly conceived and executed by Trew Hocker, an important muralist who was strongly influenced by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, this portrait of a young African American m...

1930's Italian abstract painting. Tempura painting in a slightly weathered black vintage frame. Dominant color is red with cream, black and blue. M...

Painted by Wilmot Heitland, one of America's great watercolorists in the 1930s, this sun-drenched depiction of a native Dominican, nude and stepping toward a pool of water, captures ...

Still Life of Arthur Chaplin French painter born in Jouy-en-Josas in 1869, died in 1935, son of the painter Charles Chaplin. Abandoning the vaporous undressed often represented by his father, Arthur Chaplin draws inspiration beauties, most chaste, botany. Pupil of Leon Bonnat and of Bernier, his interest in the Dutch still life is confirmed on a trip to the Netherlands. He is a very talented imitator of Nature Dutch-mortistes 17th century as Rachel Ruysch...

Lovely period grand scale portrait of a young lady in equestrienne attire by Arthur Johnson. A landscape, portrait, genre painter and caricaturist, Arthur Johnson was born in Cinc...

Madonna oil painting on cardboard . Wonderful patina.

Large Arte Povera painting. Original frame, as shown in the photos.

ROBERT WILLIAM WOOD(1889-1979) Robert William Wood was an American landscape painter. He was born in England, emigrated to the United States and rose to ...

A fine and large oil on canvas of a harbor scene by George Pearse Ennis (American 1884-1936), a prominent American artist, signed lower left Ennis ...

A magnificent example of her work, this portrait of a Navajo woman and her child has all the hallmarks of Martha Walter's mature work, confident and bold ...