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"Music with Conch and Lyre, " Study for White House Piano by Dunbar Beck, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most important embellishments to the White House during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration was the gift of an important grand piano by the Steinway company, embellished with painted scenes by Dunbar Beck. Beck is best known for his WPA work...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Jesse Crawford at the Paramount Theater Organ, " Illustration Painting by Boyd
By Jack Boyd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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 ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not signed, this brilliant scene of a nude black male figure, marvelling at a vision of angels in the heaven from his position on the ground...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Painting Autumn Leaves Bouquet by Emil Fiala, Vienna, 1930s
By Emil Fiala
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Oil on carton painting by Emil Fiala (1869-1960) with the motif
Autumn Leaves Bouquet signed, 1930.
Emil Fiala provided an excellent understanding of transmitting the mood of the autumn time. He had many exhibitions and the membership of the Künstlerbund (formerly the Hagenbund).
This painting is set in a golden authentic Biedermeier...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"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
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
Oil on Board of Talmudic Scholar attributed to Cydney Grossman
By Elias S. Mandel Grossman
Located in Redding, CT
Oil on Board of Talmudic Scholar attributed to Cydney Grossman (1909-1982). He is known for his figures, portraits, and clown paintings. Also signed on the back. Uncle C. Grossman 88...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"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
"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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
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
Art Deco Oil on Canvas by Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair
By Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pierre Mitiffiot De Bélair (1892-1956).
"Woman with Parrot" oil on canvas, circa 1930.
Signed lower right, 21 ¾ x 18.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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
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
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
Bathing Nudes, 1938
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Mixed-media on canvas composition with bathing nudes, signed initialed lower left MV and dated 1938. Measures: 22 ½ x 30 ½ in.
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
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
"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
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
"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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
"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
"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
"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...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
Monument Valley Oil on Canvas, Circa 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monument Valley Oil on Canvas, Circa 1930. Signed J. J. Moreno.
Category
American Rustic Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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
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
"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
"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
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
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
French Abstract Seascape Painting, Circa 1930
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s French oil painting. Depicting a beautiful abstracted shipyard scene, the piece enhanced by a deft use of impasto technique. With its moody yet vibrant palette, the artist’s in...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"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
"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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"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
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
"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
"Father and Son, " Glowing Depiction of Sleeping Figures, 1930s, Czech Republic
By Svatopluk Machal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Glowing with tenderness, love and warmth, this depiction of a sleeping father, his arm protectively embracing his baby son, was painted by Svatopluk Machal, a Czech painter, in the 1...
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Czech Art Deco 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
French Drawing in Pen and Gouache by André Arbus, Paris, 1938
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and pen work by André Arbus (1903-1969). Signed Andre Arbus.
Origin: Drawing of dining table by Andre Arbus for the apartment of Mme Pedersen, Paris, 1938.
Literature:...
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French Mid-Century Modern 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
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
"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...
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Spanish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
"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
"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...
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German Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
20th Century Painting by Gustav Ohm
Located in Belmont, MA
20th century painting by Gustav Ohm, German painter, "The Court Jester", oil on cardboard, size with frame: 18.89 x 24.4 inches (52 x 42 cm), signed.
Category
German Expressionist Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Sailing the Old Florida Coast, " Jewel-Toned Painting with Spanish Ship & Egret
By Peter Koch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Comparable to the best of N. C. Wyeth's great illustration paintings, this color-saturated and highly atmospheric depiction of an old Spanish ship along the Florida coast...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
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
"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
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”...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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