1930s Paintings

Italian antique Oil pastel painting of a landscape, 1932 Oil pastel painting representing a natural landscape: two trees in the foreground and mountains in the background. In a finely worked dark wood guillochè frame. 1932. Signed and dated lower right. Very good conditions, it has light marks on the frame. Measurements in cm 42 x 5 x 33 H This fantastic painting...

Red chalk drawing of a reclining Female nude Signed and dated by Frank Dobson This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Dimensions whit frame cm 71 x 58.5 Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Frank Owen Dobson (London 1886 – 1963) was a British artist and sculptor. Dobson began as a painter, and his early work was influenced by cubism, vorticism, and futurism. After World War I, however, he turned increasingly toward sculpture in a more or less realist style. Throughout the 1920s and the early 1930s he built a reputation as an outstanding sculptor and was among the first in Britain to prefer direct carving of the material rather than modelling a maquette first. The simplified forms and flowing lines of much of his sculptures, particularly his female nudes, showed the influence of African art. From 1946 to 1953 Dobson was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1953. While Dobson was one of the most esteemed artists of his time, is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Dobson grew up in Clerkenwell where attended school in Forest Gate. After eighteen months in Reynolds-Stephen's studio, Dobson moved to Devon and then to Cornwall where he lived, for two years, by selling landscape paintings. In 1906 he obtained a scholarship to study at the art institute in Hospitalfield House in Arbroath and studied there for four years. From 1910 to 1912 Dobson attended the City and Guilds of London Art School in Kennington, after which he returned to Cornwall. In Newlyn, he met Augustus John who used his influence and contacts and in, or around, 1915 Dobson created his first sculpture, a small piece in wood. In 1915, during the First World War, Dobson enlisted in The Artists Rifles and served in France from October 1916. In April 1918 he married Cordelia Clara Tregurtha. Dobson was formally invalided out of the Army in November 1918 and by then had already submitted several drawings to the British War Memorials Committee. Dobson set up a studio in the Tregurtha family home in Newlyn but towards the end of the war he took a studio in Manresa Road in Chelsea and would live there until the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 1920s Dobson focused increasingly on sculpture, exhibited work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927. He made bronze portraits of several public figures. At the Group X exhibition he exhibited two sculptures and studies of Ben Nicholson and his bronze head of H. H. Asquith was shown at the Leicester Galleries in late 1921. Other subjects included Osbert Sitwell, Lydia Lopokova and Tallulah Bankhead. Dobson exhibited at the Venice Biennale in both 1924 and in 1926, was featured in the 1925 Tri-National Exhibition which visited London, Paris and New York and was also included in the 1926 European artists exhibition that toured America and Canada. In March 1927 he had his first major one-man exhibition when the Leicester Galleries exhibited twenty-three of his sculptures and several bronzes. In 1930 the Tate purchased a larger-than-life sculpture from Dobson and erected it outside the gallery on Millbank. During the early 1930s Dobson continued to receive portrait commissions, most notably for Sir Edward Marsh and the actress Margaret Rawlings. Dobson worked in other media including textiles and silver, as well. His silver gilt cup, Calix Majestatis, to mark the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now in the Royal Collection. During 1933 Dobson fractured his left arm which greatly limited his ability for heavy carving and his last monumental stone carving was to be Pax, which was first shown at the London Group in 1935. At the start of World War Two, Dobson and his second wife [Caroline] Mary Bussell, whom he had married in 1931, moved to Bristol, where a large retrospective of his work was held in March 1940. Dobson lived in the city throughout the Bristol Blitz and like several other artists painted the ruins of churches destroyed in the bombing. Dobson contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee and offered his services as both a painter and sculptor. WAAC were reluctant to offer sculpture commissions but eventually did offer Dobson a short-term contract for two portrait busts of Naval personal. Later WAAC commissioned some paintings, including one of workers arriving for work at a factory that had been relocated to a tunnel. Dobson was appointed head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1946, a post he held until his retirement in 1953. For the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank of the Thames in 1951, Dobson created London Pride. The sculpture was originally exhibited as a plaster cast but was later, after Dobson died, cast as a bronze and placed in front of the Royal National Theatre in 1987. Among his last commissions were a bronze head of Sir Thomas Lipton and the zodiac clock...

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 ...

Italian male nude oil painting on wood panel, circa 1930. Stunning and unusual framed Italian male nude oil painting on a wood panel. This Italian A...

Antique framed oil painting on canvas by G. Hodeige dated 1936 is an exquisitely well preserved impressionist work by a master of light and shadowplay rendered of a waterside citysca...

1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting. Newly framed art floating on linen background. From a large collection of work.

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...

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...

Oil on Canvas of German or Swiss Alps youth circa 1930's. This infectious youth is all smiles and happy to be outside near some mountaintop. Nice clean painting with great artistic t...

Painting of Jesus on the cross, Engraving on Paper, circa 1930 Unknown artist In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use a...

1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting. Newly framed art floating on linen backing. From a large collection of work.

Lazarska Stéfania (1887-1977) – Polish painter from the école de Paris Beautiful portrait representing a smiling woman wearing a hairstyle and hat typical of the 1930s. In its original Montparnasse...

1930s Dutch school of art abstract painting. Signed by artist STM. Newly framed art floating on linen backing. From a large collection of work.

Framed Print of Filomena, engraving on paper, circa 1930 Unknown artist In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina. ...

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...

Bucolic Landscape in Primitive Barnwood frame. Nice square shape with a deep textural feel. The painting really draws you in . Floating clouds and green...

Framed handapinted antique publicity from 'Cafes Tupinamba' Monkey with antique wood frame. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1930. In original condition with minor wear consistent ...

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...

Portrait of a woman, Art Deco, 1930 Portrait of a woman, painting on wood panel with its original frame, unsigned, Art Deco, 1930. Painting - h: 59 cm, w: 42 cm Frame - h: 70 cm, ...

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...

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...

Art Deco cubist painting of guitar player by Bela De Kristo. Strong cubist style and colors, original and of the period. The image representing a solo g...

Bouquet of roses by Hermine David, oil on cardboard linen, signed. Framed. Hermine Lionette Cartan David (19 April 1886 in Paris – 1 December 1970 in ...

Maria Lagorio, who studied under the "World of Art" members Bilibin and Lanceray, fled Russia after the revolution, and spent most of her working life in France. Her early graphic wo...

One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relaxed and conversational, as they hold their oars and await the next round of competition. The figures are shown with flushed, ruddy complexions, contrasting with the fresh green of the grass and trees surrounding them. The artist, James Stroudley, presents his rowers as consummate modern British men...

Oil painting on canvas depicting a mountain landscape in Divisionist technique, 1920s. It is unsigned; in style and subject it is close to the works of Brescian painter Edoardo Togni...

Bilston Golf Club Watercolour, H.E. Lewis Driving. A charming golf watercolour of H. Lewis (the club professional at Bilston Golf Club) driving from th...

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...

This dramatic depiction of two boxers in the ring, with the winning boxer standing over his opponent after a knockout, was painted by Paul Daxhelet in 1936, possibly at the Berlin Olympics...

Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.

Dipinto Olio su Tavola Artista L.Bencini Descrizione: Dipinto olio su tavola del pittore italiano del XX secolo L.Bencini, il dipinto raffigura una Mamma con in braccio un bambin...

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...

Painting "In the forest" Dimensions with frame: 35 x 25 cm Dimensions without frame: 27 x 17 cm.

Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated lower right corner....

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...

This Luigi Cagliani (1910-1987) oil on canvas of a Parisian Street Scene is in impressive condition. With a romantic movement, almost 19th Century sense, Cagliani presents a whimsical oil painting...

This Impressionist painting, shows a landscape with a lake in Austria. On the lake are boats and in the background you can see the snow-covered mountains. A very beautiful and coher...

Art Deco pastel painting nudes in a landscape by Georges Lavergne. Signed and dated 1936. Ink, crayon and pastel on paper. France. Contemporary frame. Size: H. 68 cm. x L. 89.5 c...

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...

Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated upper right corner....

Small vintage 1930's gouache on paper abstract painting by Lewis J. Miller (1912-2007) New York/Florida. Signed and dated upper left corner....

In a white Frame, an original oil Painting. Representing a child's bust. It has been made in France circa 1930. Art deco period.

Coastal landscape, Oil on canvas painting, circa 1930s, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel was an Austrian painter and...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas 1910s. A splendid italian mountain landscape with river. Signed by Cesare Bentivoglio important italian artist. Per...

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–...

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...

Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.

Steam locomotive with coal car and coaches. Signed R Wilson McCoy (1902-1961) lower right. McCoy was most famously known for his illustration work. Circa 1920-30. A nice bit of local down county Westchester, New York Central railroad...

This sensitive depiction of St. Sebastian, pierced by a myriad of arrows but not yet expired, was painted by Porter Woodruff in a gorgeous combination of watercolor, gouache and ink. The saint is shown against an Ionic column, with a dark and turbulent sky behind that is punctuated by a row of poplars pointing skyward. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. Woodruff was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra...

Corrado Mezzana (Italian 1890-1952) well known painter Oil in canvas, museum quality piece Title: "Georgica" (official archive) Artwork dimensions: 132 x 102cm Period: 1931 Signed: C. Mezzana (Lower left corner) Decipting a late 1800s country scene (Sardegna) with 5 figures in the period fashion induments. The boy is playing his "Zampogna" (Tipical Sardinia ancient instrument as a Highlands pipe - Uilleann Bag pipe) meantime the four "georgica's" carefully are lessoning him Conditions: Absolutely beatiful with extensive conservative work done including; deep cleaning (old varnish/dirt removed), wax method partial (border) relining, minor retouching and a fresh coat of Damar Offered unframed I will consider fair offers from serious buyers only. Note: Available circa 45 high-resolution images regarding this gorgeous piece. Feel free to message me if you wanna see even more details and other frames of it. Provenance - Mezzana archive Last ownership (Monti Family - Milano) bought in 1953 Original title and production year (1931) received directly from his grandson which after attested his originality, send me a picture of a antique previous "study" regarding a left couple of "Georgiche" (or Contadine Aka: countrygirls) before this original painting were produced - SEE LAST PICTURE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Research and Sources The Sacred Heart of CM, in Christian Art , XI (1923), 6, pp. 161 s .; CM, in Revue moderne , 15 apr. 1925, pp. 13 s .; Il Glauco by C. M. , In Corriere d'Italia , 28 May 1927; The new chapel of the relics in S. Croce, in L'Osservatore Romano, 18th apr. 1930; M. Mirabella, The Virgil stamps , in Fiamma viva , XI (1931), pp. 229-235; P. Scarpa, The monumental crypt to the military chaplains in the church of S. Caterina in Magnanapoli , in Il Messaggero , 1st November. 1933; N. Pende, Art and Typological Science in the Sacred Heart of CM , in Roman Rassegna , IX (1937), pp. 31-35; MG Franci, The Vatican issues of the war years , in the philatelic yearbook , Rome 1945, pp. 29-34; E. Diena, Parla CM, the artist of our stamps , in Italy philatelic , IV (1946), 22-23, pp. 245-251; Est-ce vraiment possible ?, in L'Observateur de Genève , XX (1951), 1, p. 6; Artisan candidates in Rome. C. M. , In Italian Craftsmanship , V (1952), 9, p. 4; E. Amadei, Memory of CM The man and the artist , in Il Quotidiano , 24 w. 1952; L. Palermo, Philately. Memory of CM , in Il Giornale , Oct. 17. 1952; R. Michetti, E. Martire and C. M., Rome 1953, pp. 11-15; CM Exhibition postuma (catal.), Rome 1953 (with extensive bibliography); R. Michetti, C. M. , In Faith and Art , 1953, n. 4, pp. 107-114; Vice, C. M. , In Il Giornale d'Italia , 12 April 1953; F. Zeri, Italian stamps ... , History of Italian art , IX, 1, Torino 1980, pp. 315-318; O. Orsini, The stamp in history and art , Rome 1981, pp. 117, 142, 144, 147, 150; F. Filanci - L. Mezzana Zilli, The art of the stamp: CM , Bologna 1990; H. Waga, Known and Unknown Life of the Virtues at the Pantheon, Rome 1992, pp. 51, 80; P. Mezzana, The Popes in the stamps of C. M. , In Il Dialogo , II (2005), 4, p. 18. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Buy with confidence. Your experience is really important to me. Please note: To maintain the integrity of these valuable pieces this lot will be shipped fully insured, professionally boxed, and offered with a traceable shipping freight worldwide WHICH is already included in the freight cost presented for your location. 100% satisfaction guaranteed or your money back Have a look for more original art pieces in my shop. Photographs in this listing are image quotations from the work that is offered for sale. © Copyright holder. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BIO He was born in Rome on 7 June 1890 by Giuseppe, an official of the Post Office, and Rosa Morelli. In 1906, at the same time as his high school studies, he attended the studio of the landscape painter P. Joris. The training then continued at the free school of the nude at the Institute of Fine Arts (1908-10) and at the University of Rome, where he graduated in jurisprudence in 1912 with the thesis Legislation of Fine Arts and Antiquities published the following year in Rome. Starting from 1906, the first charcoal portraits are also documented ( CM , 1953, p.11) and from 1911 the works with a social subject such as Port unloaders ( ibid. , Table 1). In 1914 Mezzana got in touch with G. Giovannoni and F. Hermanin, through which he developed a keen interest in architecture. In the same year he participated with naked Man in the painting competition of the Regia Accademia di S. Luca (Rome, Accademia di S. Luca, inv. 957) and obtained the qualification to teach drawing in technical schools and artistic institutes. Moreover, he exhibited the oil painting Rinascita at the exhibition of the Society of amateurs and lovers of fine arts in Rome, which saw him annually present until 1928 with the Consecration of Chinese bishops (1927, reprinted in CM ... , 1983, pl. 9). In the same period, in tune with the widespread taste in the capital of those years, Mezzana matured a predilection for the crepuscular atmospheres ( Dante al Monastero del Corvo , 1914, Rome, Mezzana collection), represented with a connatural sentimental vein and a spelling dry and sharp. In 1915 he was invited to the San Francisco International Exposition, where he presented the Antoninian Baths and began to teach drawing in the Michelangelo Buonarroti circle and in the ornamental arts school of the Municipality of Rome. During the war period Mezzana suspended the activity of scholar and artist to devote himself to the organization of the military hospital De Merode of Rome (1916-17) and was then an artillery officer (1917-18). In 1919 he married Albertina Giorelli, with whom he had six children, and began working as a production designer in the production company Tespi film in Rome (1919-22). In 1922 he created the first framework of social engagement, Glauco (1922; Rome, Mezzana collection), with a clear symbolist imprint, in the wake of the masonry works of A. De Carolis and A. Calcagnodoro. The evocative and didactic approach is characteristic of the works of Mezzana, especially in this period ( Elegi abiectus esse in Domo Dei , 1926, CM ... , 1953, plate 7), with the exception of landscapes, where he expressed his best artistic qualities, painting with scrupulous respect for the truth ( Dogliani , 1928, ibid ., plate 11). In the same years, he carried on the work of a publicist and from the pages of the Catholic magazine Gioventù nuova (1914-24) he came to the heart of the issues of historical-artistic philology. He also continued his exhibition activity by participating in the second and third Rome Biennial in 1923 and 1925. In the latter he exhibited a collection of decorations and the sketch for the altarpiece, Christ between s. Catherine of Siena and s. Margherita Alaquoque (1922), realized for the chapel of the Sacred Heart in the Basilica of S. Maria sopra Minerva. At the same climate and in the same period belong the tempera dedicated to the life of s. Giovanni Bosco (1929, Turin, Institute of the Salesians) and the cartoons for the stained glass and mosaics of the chapel of the relics in S. Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome ( CM ... , 1953, plate 13), pervaded by a pictorialism and expressive sentimentality pathetic tones. From the beginning of the Thirties, the main focus of interest was the commitment to artistic issues as a scholar and conservative. Designed, assisted by A. Muñoz, the crypt under the church of S. Caterina Magnanapoli (1933) and obtained the setting up of the hall of industry and craftsmanship at the Augustan Show of Rome (Rome, 1937). Especially after 1930 Mezzana devoted himself to the study of a series of great figures: Leonardo da Vinci, GL Bernini, Giotto di Bondone...

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...

Mane-Katz (Israeli 1894-1962) oil portrait painting of rabbinical student. An oil on masonite painting by Ukraine/French artist, Emmanuel Mane Katz. Titled, "Yemenite" (Yeshiva Bu...

Monument valley oil on canvas, circa 1930. Signed J. J. Moreno.

Beautiful oil painting on board dated 1937s. A splendid italian mountain landscape signed by italian artist Cino Bozzetti (1876s, 1949s). Perfect for collectors who love mountain lan...

Mineral pigments on gilded silk with gilded bronze hardware. Signature reads: Shunkan.

Sumptuous cascading Art Deco Era floral watercolor. Brilliant blue background with an amazing floral arrangement displayed in a Art Deco period handl...

Beautiful oil painting on canvas 1930s. A splendid italian farmhouse. Signed, not recognized artist. Perfect for collectors who love italian landscap...

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...