1930s Paintings

Antique Peruvian impressionist oil painting on board by folk artist Sr. Manual Vera depicting a street scene from Cusco Peru in 1936. The scene features a narrow stucco street lined with buildings and figures. It is painted on a ply wood tea box...

Wonderful naïve Jack Russell terrier painting oil on canvas. Charming pose and intricate floral detail to his cushion. France Signed "Sineta J" and da...

Exhibited at The Birchfield Penny Museum, original frame. Joseph R. Eger (American, 1919-2012) noted Western New York artist, painter, miniaturist and teacher primarily known for his impressionist landscape and cityscape paintings in oils and watercolors. Joseph was born August 29, 1919 in Buffalo, NY, to father Joseph A. (circa 1888-) and Mary J. Eger (circa 1890-) and two brothers; the late Albert L. Eger (1921-1987) and Wilbert D. Eger (1925-). The family resided on Buffalo’s East Side and Joseph began drawing as a child and attended art classes at the Buffalo Museum of Science. He continued to refine his skills at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute College-Preparatory High School and upon graduation in 1938 he began art studies for two years at the Art Institute of Buffalo. Artist Edwin Walter Dickenson (American, 1891-1978), and William ‘Bill’ Bentley Rowe (American, 1910-1955) instructed drawing and painting respectively. At that same time period, the well known Buffalo artist Charles E. Burchfield (American, 1893-1967) was known to critique Eger’s work. From 1946-50, Joseph studied privately with Richard G. Sigafoos (American, 20th century-) and from 1952-54 with Laszlo Szabo...

Signed and dated 1935 lower right corner. Oil on artist board. Slight creasing in the lower right, does not detract from the painting. The great depression was as hard on circuses...

Huge Primitive folk painting of Historic cider mill. This is an unsigned oil on Masonite board. It is a very large piece measuring 53 wide x 52 3/4 high. This rustic piece would be a great statement in any Primitive or country home. The Geoppler Cider Mill still stands on the border of Ridgefield and Redding CT...

Signed lower right Francisco Cornejo. A painter and archaeologist, Francisco Cornejo was born in La Paz, Mexico in 1892. Cornejo moved to Los Angeles in 1911 where he executed several interior and exterior mural decorations for the Mayan Theatre in Los Angeles designed by the noted architectural firm of Morgan Wells and Clements. He was a resident of Los Angeles from 1911-1932 except during 1919-1924 when he was in San Francisco, where he lectured on ancient American art to San Francisco public school teachers. He exhibited his work in Mexico City, at Stanford University and at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. He was most known for reviving Pre-Colombian art specializing in Mayan and Aztec themes and the California Missions. In 1919 he designed Mayan and Toltec sets and costumes for Ted Shawn...