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Period: 1930s
Place of Origin: North American
"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and crayon depicts a stagecoach being loaded with mail and passengers for the journey from ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Chinese Noblewoman w/ Lotus Flowers & Orchids", Art Deco Painting, Pink & Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in deep pink, sky blue and ivory tones, this 1936-vintage oil painting depicts a Chinese noblewoman in an embroidered gown and elaborate headpiece, flanked by sym...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Edwin C. Siegfried (American 1889-1955), “Marsh At Sunset”, Pastel On Paper.
By Edwin C. Siegfried
Located in Chicago, IL
Edwin Siegfried (American, 1889-1955), Marsh at Sunset, pastel on paper, signed lower right, sight: 21"h x 35.5"w, overall (with frame): 28.5"h x 39.5"...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts i...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
1932 Watercolor Contemporary Abstract Still Life Flower Can Unknown Artist
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Wonderful contemporary feeling watercolor. Framed in Baltimore, not sure if this is the original frame for the work. Signed and dated 1932, Unknown artist. Procured in US.
W 19.5 ...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paper
Edwin C. Siegfried (Am. 1889 - 1955) Pastel On Paper Titled “Moonlit Marsh”
By Edwin C. Siegfried
Located in Chicago, IL
Moody pastel on paper by Edwin C. Siegfried, one of the top Pastelists of this period. This piece is titled “Moonlit Marsh”. Framed in a walnut stained wood with parcel gilt details....
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Storm Brewing Oil Painting B. Bradbury
Located in Norwell, MA
Storm Brewing Oil Painting. Seascape by Bennet Bradbury. Born 1914 Wrentham MA. Died Carmel California 1991/ From a musical family, mother Elfrida Scroder opera star of Boston Opera ...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Timur 'Imu, " Exotic Asian Fantasy, Art Deco Painting with Male Nudes
By H. J. "Dooley" Dionysius 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious, jewel-toned and sensuous at the same time, this gorgeous gouache painting by Dooley Dionysius depicts a circle of nude men on a sculpted platform, linked together arm in ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mule Deer in Ferns Illustration WPA Poster Silkscreen Artist Proof Unknown
By Charley Harper
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unknown origin, unknown artist. Amazing piece of work. Possibly a WPA Poster, Artist Proof. Appears to be in the original frame, do not see any damage on ...
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, " Superb Art Deco Ink & Watercolor
By Maurice Greenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly executed in watercolor and ink, this charming and lovely depiction of Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters -- including Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Three Little Pigs and Old King Cole -- was created by Maurice Greenberg...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Portrait of a Woman on board, signed, dated 1935
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very nice Portrait of a Lady on mohagony board
signed, dated 1935
new frameless Swiss Corner clip hanging system - ready to hang
A nice resemblence to Emilia Earhart.
Category
1930s Bohemian Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Large Oil On Canvas Painting By William Lester Stevens
Located in Essex, MA
Large seascape with cove and ship. Either Gloucester Mass or coastal Maine. Well rendered and showing a rocky cove with trees ,ocean etc. Lester Stevens 1888-1969 is a well noted
Am...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
By Anne Walker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Pinned Down", Wrestling Scene from Late 1920s by William L'Engle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a small series of paintings by William L'Engle dating to the late 1920s, this striking watercolor depicts a pair of wrestlers -- one Black and one lighter-skinned -- in the throes of a match, with one gripping the other in a scissors hold around his opponent's waist. L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected to America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
David Garcia Steadfast
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Contemporary mixed media painting on paper, Steadfast, U.S., David Garcia born 1936.
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Dipinto Art Deco a Pastello "Nudo Femminile" firmato Fried Pal 1930
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Sensuale Dipinto a pastello eseguito da Fried Pal negli anni 30 in puro stile Art Deco.
L'autore riesce in maniera egregia a unire due motivi ricorrenti del periodo,il nudo e il dina...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This quintessential Depression-era scene depicts a series of men at a tavern, slouching or leaning against the bar's edge and quaffing shots of hard liquor. The bar's occupants seem...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco pastel painting "Nude of a Woman" signed Fried Pal, 1930s
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendous pastel painting designed by Fried Pal in the 1930s,the theme of the nude in the Art Deco period was of important relevance,the author in this painting demonstrates great s...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
"Young Man in Taxco", Portrait of Shirtless Mexican Youth, 1930s oil on canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in glowing, deep ruddy and brown tones, this sensitive portrait of a young man in Taxco was painted by Ralph Dwight Ayer in the ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Roland Hinton Perry Portrait of a Lady in Red, 1931
By Roland Hinton Perry
Located in Hanover, MA
Large stunning portrait of a beautiful seated woman in a red dress framed in a period carved giiltwood frame.
Signed upper right R. Hinton Perry. Dated indistinctly 1931 or 1939.
Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941) was a sculptor and painter committed to the Beaux-Arts tradition. Born in New York, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Henri Chapu and Denys Puech...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Painting by Louis Krupp “Harbor Ships”
Located in Summerland, CA
Louis Krupp. Signed right lower corner, L Krupp ‘39 in red. Oil on canvas.
Louis Krupp was born 1888-1978 in Bavaria. He came to United States, studied ...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Eduard Buk Ulreich Black Runner 1933
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas by American artist Eduard Buk Ulreich. Signed and dated 1933. Retaining the original artists frame. Few of his oil paintings survive as most of what you find are water ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins", Study for Queens Supreme Courthouse Mosaic
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Entitled "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" and teeming with allegory, this Art Deco study for a major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Ninth Symphony", Art Deco Paean to Beethoven's Masterpiece by Renowned Muralist
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with Sturm und Drang and packed with allegory and higher meaning, this remarkable Art Deco painting by Eugene Savage celebrates and interprets B...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Zodiac w/ Helios and Cornucopia", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Eugene Savage -- arguably, America's most successful and prolific muralist in the Art Deco style, with important surviving paintings dating from the 1920s to the 1950s -- ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nobel Prize for Peace", Pair of Mural Paintings by Savage, "Trust Law Labor"
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and remarkable, this pair of mural paintings -- perhaps serving as studies for much larger paintings -- were made in connection with the Nobel Prize for Peace by Eugene Savage,...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"To the Fifth Symphony", Art Deco Masterpiece, Ode to Beethoven by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and vivid Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this dramatization of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was made by Eugene Savage, probably in the 1930s at the h...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a traditional headdress featuring a red and whit...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Floral Study
Located in Riverdale, NY
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.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Boho Original Oil Portrait on Board Signed and Dated 1938
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage Boho Original Oil Portrait on Board Signed and Dated 1938.
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting -- perhaps a boiler room or plumbing closet -- was executed by Dorothy Van Loan...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Industry, " Art Deco Painting with Stylized Gears and Structure for Fortune Mag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Art Deco-era painting which celebrated American manufacturing with stylized images of gears and Industrial architecture, this gouache painting by Paolo Garrett...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Maternal Love, " Gorgeous 1930s Art Deco Painting with Mother and Two Sons
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
By Rollin Crampton 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA mural -- perhaps never executed -- in the 1930s, when he was s...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
California Landscape Impressionist Painting by Esther Smee
By Esther Smee
Located in San Francisco, CA
California landscape painting in original period carved and gilded wood frame. Signed, Esther Smee ( b.1917 )
Esther B. Smee was born in Pennsylvania in 1917....
Category
1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
C1930 Impressionist Ashcan Original Painting of a Cafe Scene Oil on Canvas
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Impressionist view of a interior cafe with a chef and patrons. Colorful palette with a Ashcan style in the Painting created about 1930. Unsigned. Framed in what appears to be the ori...
Category
1930s Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Hardwood, Paint
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
WPA Painting Featuring Visitors to the Zoo
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Great WPA period painting featuring visitors to the zoo with aviaries in the background, possibly NYC. Some of the visitors have a very Botero feel. Oil on canvas, unframed measuring...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Small Vintage 1930's Colorful Abstract Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated upper right corner....
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Small Vintage 1930's Abstract Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated upper left corner....
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Monument Valley Oil on Canvas, circa 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monument valley oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed J. J. Moreno.
Category
1930s Rustic Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1934 New England Landscape Watercolor Painting by Egbert Cadmus
Located in Seguin, TX
Watercolor on paper by Egbert Cadmus (American, 1868-1939) of New England landscape. An accomplished watercolorist, best known as the father of artist Paul Cadmus. Became a member of...
Category
1930s Rustic Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts by Maurice Sterne depicts ...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Impressionist New England Harbor Scene Painting "Sails Up" by A. Thieme
By Anthony Thieme 1
Located in Savannah, GA
This striking American impressionist oil on canvas harbor scene entitled “Sails Up” features colorful boats and figures by well-known Dutch / American artist Anthony Thieme. Signed in lower lefthand corner.
“Anthony Thieme 1888 –1954 was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport, MA School of American regional art. Born in Rotterdam, Thieme studied there at the Academie of Fine Arts for two years and then, briefly, at the Royal Academy, the Hague. He traveled widely in Europe, frequently finding work as a stage designer.
Thieme traveled to the United States at the age of 22. He quickly found work as a stage designer at the Century Theater in New York, designing sets for the Russian...
Category
1930s Other Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Small Vintage 1930's Pink White Orange Abstract Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated lower right corner....
Category
1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage 1934 Woman in Red & Laundry Portrait Painting
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1934 Modernist oil on paper portrait painting of woman with laundry and brick building in background by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated upper r...
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1930s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sumptuous Cascading 1930s Floral Watercolor
Located in Garnerville, NY
Sumptuous cascading Art Deco Era floral watercolor. Brilliant blue background with an amazing floral arrangement displayed in a Art Deco period handl...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the 1930s, probably for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago....
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1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
View of Central Park Watercolor by John Vander Bilt C1935
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Nice original watercolor of a footbridge over a pond in Central Park NYC. Skyscrapers of the day in the background. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, needs a new mat....
Category
1930s Modern Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Glass, Hardwood
Monument Valley Oil on Canvas, Circa 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monument Valley oil on canvas, Circa 1930. Signed J. J. Moreno.
Category
1930s Rustic Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Naval Recruitment, " Classic and Charming View into 1930s Military Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Providing a charming and insightful depiction of the induction of young men into the U.S. Navy, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago -- includes eight scenes that show new, incoming sailors being transformed for military life. The men are shown arriving in their civvies, but are soon undergoing physicals, hair cuts...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Carolina Rice Plantation of the 50's Signed by the Illustrator, Publisher's Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES: Narrative By Herbert Ravenel Sass, With Chapters From The Unpublished Memoirs Of D.E. Huger Smith.
Publisher, New York: William Morrow, 1936. Signed 1st Ed hardcover with book plate of Ellen Doubleday, publishers personal copy. Illustrated with reproductions of 30 paintings in watercolor by and signed by Alice R. Huger Smith. The magic of the Low Country, the rice coast of South Carolina and Georgia has been captured with rare beauty and fidelity in the paintings of Alice R. Huger Smith. Her water-colors of sea-island beaches, of sea marshes, of black waters in cypress swamps...
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1930s Vintage North American Paintings
Materials
Paper
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