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Period: 1940s
Place of Origin: American
Large American Abstract Modernist Painting - Zoute, 1949
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
Large American abstract modernist impressionist oil painting on masonite board in the great original artist hand painted sgraffito combed decorated wood frame by Zoute ( born Leon Sa...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
James Kirk Merrick (1905-1985), Watercolor on Paper
Located in Morristown, NJ
James Kirk Merrick (American, 1905-1985), Stormy Seascape, watercolor on paper, signed "James Kirk Merrick" at lower right, loose and unframed.
About:
Merrick studied at Philadelphi...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Portrait of a Young Jockey", Vivid, Superb Portrait Painting by Peter Hurd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest portrait we have ever offered, this depiction of a young jockey in 1941, his complexion warm and glowing and his blue eyes echoing the color of his shirt, was pain...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"State Fair Scene with Horses & Merry-Go-Round", American Scene Painting, 1947
By Edmund Brucker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and dynamic, this 1947-vintage painting depicts a shirtless man handling a high-spirited Percheron horse that won a blue ribbon at the Indiana state fair. The young men watch...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Primitive Figural Abstract Painting - Zoute 1942
By Jean Dubuffet, Karel Appel, Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
Primitive abstract modernist oil painting on homosote board by Zoute ( born Leon Salter 1903 - 1976 - North Rose NY ) two figures - signed bottom right Z. '42. This painting is remin...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
1940's Surrealist Oil Painting on Board - Female Figures in Landscape
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Rochester, NY
1940's Surrealist oil painting on masonite board by Thelma Salter - deceased 1954 - North Rose, NY ( beloved wife of Leon Salter - aka Zoute ) mysterious female figures in landscape...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
4 Large Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Gracie Wall Screen Panels
By Gracie
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A set of 4 vintage large hand-painted framed Gracie wall panels. These vintage panels are unique in the sense that they are not only wide but tall as wel...
Category
1940s Chinoiserie Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
1948 Cheyenne Mountain Forest Fire Watercolor Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Watercolor on paper, signed JM lower right corner. Description on backing, Cheyenne Mountain Fire, 1948. Unframed, age toning, adhesive residue on backing.
Category
1940s Rustic Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
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.
Category
1940s Expressionist Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Board
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Flora Crockett (1892-1979)
By Flora Crockett
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Attributed to Flora Crockett (American, 1892-1979), Untitled Abstraction.
Flora Crockett is a newly discovered American abstractionist whose career spanned the middle decades of th...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Paul Meltsner, Portrait of a Youth, American Modernist Realism O/C, c. 1940
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco
Modernist Social Realism
Paul Raphael Meltsner
Portrait of a Youth
Oil on canvas
Circa 1940
DIMENSIONS
CANVAS: 26 x 20 inches
FRAMED: 30 .5 x 24.5 inches
DETAIL...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Impressionist Painting by Zoute - Portrait of Wife Thelma, 1946
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
American abstract impressionist oil painting on maisonite by Zoute' ( born Leon Salter, 1903 - 1976 / North Rose, NY ) a portrait of his beloved wife Thelma sitting on a tall back ch...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Offered for sale is a stunning 1940s realist WPA oil painting oil on board. The painting is signed a...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Antique Oil Painting
Located in Nashville, TN
This stunning still life oil painting is a great way to add a bit of brightness to the walls of your kitchen or dining space. Fruit and vegetables have been a primary focus of some o...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
By Doris Beer
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of the Nantucket narrow gauge "Dummy...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Girl Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian girl on beach oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beachcombers...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Velvet
"The Meeting" Modern Oil Painting by Ron Childers
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ron Childer's "The Meeting" is an oil painting on thick paper . The painting offers a highly graphic work, borrowing some influences from cubism and semi-...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
1940's Cubist Art Painting of New York City Skyline by Artist Theodore Hancock
By Theodore Hancock
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rare Mid-Century Modern signed 1949 cubist gouache painting of skyscrapers, rooftops and skyline of the City of New York including The Chrysler building by painter Theodore "Theo" Ha...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Industrial Landscape Painting, signed Duff, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Nice, Old, Painting of Industrial Landscape Scene
signed Duff, 1942
couple small repairs as seen on canvas back
small "puncture" along the left side of the painting
small "crea...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Carlo of Hollywood Arizona Desert Midcentury Painting
By Carlo of Hollywood
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1950s painting of the California desert in custom frame signed by Carlo of Hollywood. Needs professional restoration, due to a small tear on the canvas. The price has been l...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dancing Angel", Classic 1940s Tempera Painting with Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of the work of Jared French in its material (tempera), its color palette and its approach to the male figure, this lovely depiction of two dancing angels, one in the fore...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Coca-Cola and Coffee", Important Industrial Design for 1949 Vending Machine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An astonishing and important example of Moderne-Mid Century Modern industrial design, this original watercolor rendering of a short-lived Coca-Cola/coffee vending machine was painted...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Provincetown Ice House, 1940s" by Bruce McKain
Located in New York, NY
"Provincetown Ice House, 1940s"
Bruce McKain (American, 1900-1990)
C. 1940s
Oil on Canvas
Canvas Dimensions:
41.5 in. Width
31.5 in Height
Frame Dimension...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Jeremiah Goodman Original Painting Signed and Dated
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Jeremiah Goodman original painting signed and dated.
Art dimensions: 16..25”W x 26.5"H
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Tafl...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period painting of an open-air market under the Market-Frankford elevated train line ("the El") in Philadelphia was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Modernist Acrylic On Board Painting By Zoute’ C.1948
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Bernville, PA
Beautiful American modernist abstract acrylic painting on board in a beautiful new silver wood frame By Zoute’. Bold graphic imagery and vibrant colors. Signed lower right corner Z...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vintage Realist Signed Original Oil Portrait Painting of a Handsome Solider 1945
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous vintage Boho Original oil painting on canvas. A chic 1945 portrait of a young solider. Signed and dated by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fishermen Painting, 1940s
Located in Savannah, GA
An oil on canvas of a fishing charter boat at sea with fishermen. Likely an illustration for a publication circa 1940s.
canvas: 27 by 21 inches
frame: 31 by 25 inches
Fair overall...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Doris and Richard Beer Watercolor of "Old North Slip, Nantucket" circa 1940
By Doris Beer, Richard Beer (American)
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of "Old North Slip" on Nantucket, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of mooring slips along the end of Old North Wharf, signed in pencil lower right, titled on the reverse.
Doris and Richard Beer (1898-1967 and 1893-1959 respectively) produced a well-known series of watercolor miniatures featuring popular Nantucket scenes. Working at their Wharf Head Studio on Old North Wharf for 18 years, the couple worked together on these copyrighted creations, photo-duplicating Doris's line sketch and Doris and Richard completing the watercolor.
A native New Yorker, Doris studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union, and with Arthur Dow at Columbia University. She developed a successful career designing theatrical scenery and costumes in New York, Newport, and later for the Straight Wharf Theater on Nantucket. Richard spent the summers of his childhood in ’Sconset. A graduate of Hamilton College, he served for ten years as American consul in posts in Budapest, England, Havana, and Canada. A self taught painter, he also was a talented writer who contributed to the Saturday Evening Post, Yankee Magazine, and Art News...
Category
1940s Other Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Surrealist Abstract Painting Late 1940s
Located in Oakland, CA
Surrealist abstract oil on linen painting dated 1945 with an image size of 8.75” x 12.25”. Having a softer more organic form to its abstraction. Signed and dated.
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Linen, Paint
Hawaiian Airbrush Nude on Paper by Mundorff Honolulu in Bamboo Frame, 1945
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early Mid-century WWII wartime Hawaiian airbrush artwork nude featuring young topless women on an island beach with a palm tree overhead. The airbrush was done on Paper signed by the...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nantucket Watercolor of Old North Wharf, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of shell lane down center of ol...
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
1940’s Still-Life Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Oil on Canvas Still-Life of Bottles, Vases and Teapot. Nice Colors! Original Frame shows Gesso Loss to left side but has a great look!
Category
1940s American Classical Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Impressionist Floral Still Life
Located in Riverdale, NY
Art Deco Impressionist Floral Still Life in muted, moody tones by a talented artist. Signed but illegible, 1930's USA.
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Abstract Modern Nude Oil Painting on Canvas, Zoute' 1940
By Zoute' (Leon Salter)
Located in Rochester, NY
Abstract modernist oil painting on canvas female nude ( his wife Thelma ) signed lower left corner Zoute '40. A great example of his earliest work. Zoute' - born Leon Salter 1903-197...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Story of Pennsylvania", Large Art Deco Masterpiece for Finance Bldg, PA Capitol
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and remarkable masterpiece from the heyday of Art Deco mural painting, this colorful and detailed study was made by Eugene Savage in preparation for an enormous ceiling mural...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Antique oil painting "Ballerina" signed Pal Fried
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stunning oil painting "Ballerina" executed by Fried Pal in the 1940s,this painting is exemplary of the pictorial style of the author,whose portraiture combines a soft naturakistic re...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Large Colorful Mid 20th Century Oil Painting - Still Life of Greenhouse Flowers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large oil painting, signed and dated lower right: "CK Nelson 1945."
Image Size: 32.5" X 22.5"
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Chickens" by Clifford Jones
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Clifford Edgar Jones 1915-1975 American
Chickens, 1948. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches unframed and 34" x 27.5" inches including the frame. Signed at lower right Clifford Jones ‘48’. ...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nudes with Fruit Bowl", French-Influenced 1940s Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin and Hollywood set designs, this striking depiction of two nude female figures around a table with a bowl of fruit was painted in 194...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Young Woman in Blue Dress", Stunning 1940s Portrait of Blonde Female
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This fresh and vibrant portrait of a young woman with glowing blond hair and a blue 1940s frock is one of the finest World War II vintage portraits we have ever offered. Her complex...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Restored Post-War Hawaiian Bird and Botanical Airbrush Painting, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Billy Seay Airbrushed Parrot Lovers artwork (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948, in the original white painted frame. This a great example of the post-WWII Hawaiian and tropical art/decorating boom. Great for vintage Art Deco dwellings and rattan-inspired rooms. The print is new old stock and has never been displayed until now.
Bill Seay (1922-2012) started his working life as Billy Seay, a child actor, in the late silents and early talkies (“Kid Millions” with Eddie Cantor, “Topaze” with John Barrymore, and “The Unknown” with Lon Chaney and the young Joan Crawford, are the most noted of these films), then followed in his father’s footsteps as an artist, joining the designer Sacha Brastoff in his studio from 1952 to 1959, remaining a life-long friend and co...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Hands Off the Americas", 1942 Study by Hansen for MOMA Poster Competition
By Ejnar Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and important, this vivid study was painted by Ejnar Hansen for a poster competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York entitled "Hands Off the Americas" in 1942,...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Landscape by Martin Friedman
By Martin Friedman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous landscape abstract by Martin Friedman. He has shown at the Whitney and other NYC Galleries. Dramatic use of deep blues indicative of the time period. Well balanced , very en...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
1940s Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Stamford, CT
American artist, E L Young, painted this landscape in the 1940s. The frame is original to the painting circa 1940s. A bucolic country scene.
Category
1940s American Classical Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Justice Triumphant", Mural Study for Queens, Ny Courthouse, circa 1941-1942
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New Y...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Elaine Plishker Auchmoody Still Life with Duck Oil on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Still life oil painting ca. 1940s depicting a 'duck' figurine amid vessels by Elaine Plishker Auchmoody (b. NYC 1910 - d. Massachusetts 1976).
Auchmoody was a highly-regarded lecture...
Category
1940s Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Abstract "the Pilgrimage" by Martin Friedman, C1948 Framed
By Martin Friedman
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Wonderful abstract by Martin Friedman, The Pilgrimage which showed at the Whitney Museum and still bears the tag. Fantastic deep blues which suggest a large monolithic mass with two ...
Category
1940s Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
Pair of Framed 1940s Domestic Interior Watercolor Renderings
Located in Stamford, CT
These are two stunning watercolor renderings of quintessential 1940s interiors.
One is a beautiful teal and cream living room. The other is a cha...
Category
1940s American Classical Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
American Impressionist Painting Signed E. T. Grigware, Newcomb Macklin Frame
Located in Vero Beach, FL
American Impressionist Landscape Painting Signed Edmund T. Grigware in
Newcomb Macklin Frame.
Beautiful, sunny autumn landscape painted in oi...
Category
1940s Other Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Waiting at the Station" Superb 1943 American Scene Painting, Indianapolis
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and winning, this American Scene painting of three young men waiting for the next train in downtown Indianapolis -- perhaps...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Benjamin Jorj Harris for Newman Decor, Galloping Horses
Located in Hanover, MA
Galloping Horses, airbrushed watercolor by Benjamin Jorj Harris (American, 1904-1957) for Newman Decor.
Dimensions shown are for frame. Sight: 35...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
Paul Wightman Williams, Midcentury Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century).
This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Paintings
Materials
Paper
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