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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Period: 1930s
"Mermaids in the Depth of the Sea, " Art Deco Painting with Brilliant Color, 1931
By Elaine Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most brilliantly painted, high style Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this vivid depiction of three nude mermaids, amidst a tangle of seaweed, rising bubbles and f...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Three Doves, " Art Deco Painting with Surrealistic Edge by Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful example of Art Deco painting by William Hentschel, this piece also reflects the influence of Surrealism in the stylized arch that seems to be made of fabric, and the plat...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Landscape with Willow Tree by Frances Roberts Nugent, circa 1930
Located in Stockton, NJ
Landscape with willow tree by Frances Roberts Nugent, circa 1930. Oil on canvas of a summer California bungalow set beside a pond and flanked by a mature willow tree. Signed lower le...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Bucolic Lakeside with Swans, " Metropolitan Opera Backdrop Design, 1930
By George Stimmel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and bucolic, this view of an idyllic lakeside landscape, complete with classical sculpture, a pair of swans, and brilliantly-colored flowering trees, was painted by George Stimmel for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, either as a set piece or to suggest the backdrop for an opera production in 1930. Stimmel's work was exhibited at the Knoedler Gallery in New York, but his opera paintings...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Board
"Federal Building, Century of Progress Exposition, " Brilliant Art Deco Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
S. C. Bjulf 'Fishermen's Wives, ' Well Listed Danish Artist, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
S. C. Bjulf: Fishermen's wives, The old dock, Copenhagen.
Well listed Danish artist.
Signed Bjulf, 1930s.
Oil on canvas.
Measures: 40 cm. x 46 cm.
Category
Danish Vintage 1930s Paintings
Portrait of a Man, Oil on Canvas, Signed by the Author, circa 1937
Located in Opole, PL
An oil painting on canvas with the half-length portrayal of a man.
The painting is signed by the pre-war painter of Lviv, Adam Krotochwila.
This fine piece of art is in very good...
Category
Polish Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Farmer with Scythe, " Depiction of American Worker by U.S. Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched with sun and full of optimism, this depiction of a shirtless farm worker, with scythe in hand, is a high-spirited paean to the American laborer, at a time when the Works Progress Administration and other institutions were commissioning murals that celebrated industry, agriculture and commerce. Here, the worker is lean and strong, and his face shows signs of sunburn from his hours in the open. The painter was Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly executed in deep tones of cobalt blue, burnt sienna, oxblood and jet black, this depiction of a partially nude male youth standing at an open window at sunset was painted ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, 'Times Square, New York', C. 1930
By Marguerite Clawson Burgess
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, American Modernist Painter
Marguerite Clawson Burgess, 'Times Square, New York', C. 1930
Titled verso "New York, New York"
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Rare 1930s NYC...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Dance by the Sea, " Stunning, Sun-Drenched French Art Deco Painting
By Louis Rigal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
E. C. Ulnitz, Pink and Purple Stocks, Well Listed Danish Artist, Oil on Canvas
Located in Copenhagen, DK
E. C. Ulnitz: Pink and purple stocks. Well listed Danish artist.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated E. C. Ulnitz, 1930.
Measures: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
In perfect condition.
Category
Danish Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Pioneers and Indians in Battle, " Large, Extraordinary Art Deco Mural
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold, high-energy and striking, this Art Deco mural depicts a battle in 19th century America, with an Indian chief on horseback in full battl...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco French Oil Painting
By L. Gache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
painting sign L.Gache
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Untitled 'Woman with Dress' Signed Hugo Scheiber
Located in New York, NY
Guache painting signed Hugo Scheiber: Budapest 1873-1950.
Hugo Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vienna. There,...
Category
Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
French Delahaye Automobile Huge Original Oil Painting, c1930's Over 6' x 7'
Located in Chicago, IL
Huge French Oil on Canvas, circa late 1930s of a Delahaye Automobile. We cannot decide if this was painted in a large-scale, only to be reduced for an ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
French Oil on Canvas, Reclining Nude, Second Quarter of the 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
The oil painting depicting a nude female in a state of relaxation, her hair styled in the fashion of the Art Deco period, in period molded and ebonized frame with gilt rabbet.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Hardwood
Young Women in Bathing Oil on Canvas 1930 Signed Thioll
Located in Marseille, FR
Oil painting on canvas 1930 signed Thioll of two young naked women frolicking at the water's edge and the third was wearing a jersey.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Sailors and Mermaids, " Stunning, Unique Screen, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning assemblage of 12 Art Deco paintings, depicting mythological and 1930s contemporary themes, all in oil on canvas, have been set into a walnut folding screen...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The painter Iver Rose is best known for his work which brought attention to the plight of workers in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusett...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Green, Navy and Blue Abstract Painting, Italy, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930's Italian abstract tempura painting.
Multiple colors include green, navy, medium blue, red and cream.
Part of a collection of tempura paintings,...
Category
Italian Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Other
Witold Gordon Gouache, Jesus Saves, Vanity Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Orpheus Over the Globe, " Important Mural Study for 1939-1940 NY World's Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's finest muralists in the 1930s and 1940s, this classic example of Art Deco stylized allegorical painting served as a study for a series of mur...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Nude with Bowl of Fruit, " Art Deco Painting in Shades of Purple and Orange
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely lovely, almost translucent in its use of color -- as if painted on glass or silk -- this very rare gouache painting was created by William Hentschel, one of the master art...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Nude Bather, Dominican Republic, " 1930s Tropical Scene Watercolor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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 ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of Fascinating Framed Hand-Painted Collection of Circus Animals
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A pair of framed small paintings cleverly mounted as collections of four between two pieces of transparent glass. This enables the wall, whether painted or wall papered, to show thro...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Tiger Lilies, " Brilliant Still Life in Oranges and Blues by Wachtel
By Simon Wachtel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliantly-hued and vivid painting of tiger lilies from the 1930s, this impressionist painting was executed by Simon Maurice Wachtel, a Pennsylvania painter whose works are rare. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fantastic Painting, Oil on Canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo Dated, 1934
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo (1908-1978), signed lower right and dated 1934, in excellent condition.
This painting can form a pair with the second one posted.
Category
Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life Oil Painting by Arthur Chaplin
By Arthur Chaplin
Located in Marseille, FR
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...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Paintings
Madonna Art Deco Oil Painting on Cardboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Madonna oil painting on cardboard . Wonderful patina.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Attack of the Cobra, " Large Art Deco Painting, France, 1930s
By René Mendes-France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reflecting France’s fascination with Africans and Black Americans, and perhaps inspired by the Exposition Colonial Internationale held in Paris in 1931, this canvas shows an African ...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Walker Evans is world-renowned for his Depression-era photographs of ordinary men and women across America, many of them taken while serving as “information specialist” in t...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Haywagon, " Charming Art Deco-WPA Era Painting with Folk Art Influence
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable oil painting, clearly influenced by American Folk Art, Art Deco stylization and the idealization of rural workers promoted by the WPA, depicts a farm family and a han...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Diana Running with Deer, " Fabulous, Large Art Deco Mythological Mural, Square
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of large, Art Deco decorative painting in 1930s Europe, this oil-on-board work depicts the goddess Diana running with two deer from the woods into a field. The col...
Category
Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " Vivid WPA-Era Painting with Semi-Nude Performer
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman, this vivid painting, glowing with the colors of red clay, slate and dusty pink, ca...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Nudes with Arched Bridge, " WPA Period Painting by Rodda, 1930s
By Larry Rodda
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the rich, subdued colors of the WPA period, this painting by Maryland artist Larry Rodda depicts a male and female nude couple sitting on a grassy spot overlooking an a...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Christiansen, Niels Peter, Denmark, View from the Royal Deer Park
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Christiansen, Niels Peter (1873-1960) Denmark.
View from the Royal Deer Park, Copenhagen. Oil on canvas.
Signed in monogram.
Measures: (ex. the...
Category
Danish Vintage 1930s Paintings
Painting of Nude and Seminude Figures by Sylvia Bernstein, 1939
By Sylvia Bernstein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fluidly and confidently painted, this vivid depiction of a group of figures surrounding a leafless tree may have been a study for a mural by Sylvia Bernstein...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Gathering Storm, Dominican Republic, " Large, Color-Saturated Painting, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and drama and boldly demonstrating his mastery of watercolor this painting by Wilmot Heitland of a shirtless Dominican on the beach next to a wood hut is the finest we ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Slaying the Dragon, " Art Deco Watercolor Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Masterfully painted, this scene of an exotic knight fighting a fearsome dragon is full of energy, and the artist has used a vivid palette of greens, corals and ivories. No doubt pai...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exhibited at the Thirteenth Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a classical setting, complete with columned temple front, scroll and Greek urn. The artist includes a cluster of column elements to one side, including an Ionic column capita and a fluted column shaft, as well as an arched Roman facade, and a Greek pedimented...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Art Deco Painting By H.Stephany / Ruhlmann, circa 1930
By Henri Stephany
Located in Encino, CA
Henri Stephany (1880-1934) was an artist that frequently collaborated with Jacques Emile Ruhlmann.
Title: "Geometrical Figures", circa 1930
Gouache on...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Painting, Oil, 'Street Scene' Signed Bela Kadar
By Bela Kadar
Located in New York, NY
Painting, Street Scene, Signed Bela Kadar, (Hungary 1877-1955), un-framed, oil on board.
Bela Kadar was born in Hungary in 1877. Amongst his early interests was mural painting. Li...
Category
Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Nude with Basket, " Striking Art Deco Gouache Painting by Hentschel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by William Hentschel, one of Rookwood Pottery's most celebrated artisans in the Art Deco era, this very rare gouache depicts a half-nude female figure carrying a basket fille...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Fantastic Painting, Oil on Canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo, Dated 1934
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Oil on canvas by Viktor Maria Cortezo (1908-1978), signed lower right and dated 1934, in excellent condition.
Category
Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"First Bloom, " Large, Important Art Deco-Magical Realist Ptg. by Calif. Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and extraordinary and clearly influenced by Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo and the Mexican muralists, this large painting by John Greathead depicts a nude American Indian woman...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"Feeding the Squirrel, " Large, Elegant Art Deco Illustration Art, 2-Page Spread
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An elegant and gracious example of illustration art at its height in 1930, this charming scene depicts an elegant couple in a city park, the female figure feeding a squirrel, and her...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
20h Century Los Angeles Oil on Canvas Painting by R. Platt, circa 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
20h century Los Angeles oil on canvas painting by R. Platt. A landscape of buildings with figures in the foreground. Original canvas and frame. Cleaned and in excellent condition. Pa...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Nude Oil on Canvas Painting by Savignol, circa 1930
By Savignol
Located in Napa, CA
Oil on canvas painting depicting a seated nude woman with red hair. Areas of unfinished canvas; signed by Savignol. Please see images for condition details.
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Waiting for the Barge, " Fabulous & Vivid Art Deco Painting of Bejewelled Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly painted in tones of carmen, ivory and sapphire, and depicting a turbaned woman with fashionably short hair and bedecked with strands of diamonds, sapphires and rubies, this p...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Witold Gordon Gouache "Park Row Theater - Vanity Fair"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gouache by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See”...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Exotic Figure with Bird of Paradise, " Fabulous Art Deco Watercolor by Forbes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vivid and striking, this Classic Art Deco watercolor of an exotic female figure in harem pants and geometric-patterned blouse, balancing a bird of paradise on...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Bathing by the River, " Large, Atmospheric Painting by Felix Meseck, 1938
By Felix Meseck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sunny and melancholy at the same time, this highly atmospheric painting depicts a family happily ensconced along a river bank, though at the centr...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Carved Three Dimensional Burmese Buddha Story
Located in New York, NY
A very unusual and rarely seen three dimensional carved and painted Buddha story. This piece is part of a larger series of panels which together told one complete story. The piece co...
Category
Burmese Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Female Nude with Deer, " Arresting Art Deco Painting by WPA Artist
By Frederick Massa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and important work of Frederick Massa, who is best known for his murals for the Fort Ticonderoga Post Office and the Pacific Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, this fair...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
20th Century Painting by Joseph Tilleux
Located in Casteren, NL
20th century painting presenting a Belgium town scene.
Oil on canvas with original frame made by Belgium artist Joseph Tilleux (1896-1978)
Originates Belgium, dating circa 1930.
Category
Belgian Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Bringer of Light, " Large, Art Deco Nocturnal Triptych with Nude Figures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mystical and beautiful, this three-part watercolor painting depicts a central nude male figure holding a faceted crystal emanating shafts of light, surrounded by clusters of other nu...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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