1940s Paintings
Period: 1940s
Color: Beige
Pair of Bas-Reliefs in Scagliola with Figures of Women, England, 1940
Located in Napoli, IT
Pair of bas-reliefs in scagliola with figures of women, England, 1940.
Category
English Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Brass
Theatre decor drawing, 1940s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Theatre decor drawing, 1940s.
Category
French Space Age Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Composition of Attilio Salemme
By Attilio Salemme
Located in PARIS, FR
Attilio Salemme famous Composition, in his notorious style of geometric abstract figure.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Paul Wightman Williams, Midcentury Abstract Mixed Media on Paper, 1944
Located in Norwalk, CT
Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century).
This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage French Still Life Oil Depicting a Skate on a Kitchen Table
Located in Bristol, GB
Vintage Original Oil Painting Depicting a Fish
Depicting a slumped skate on the kitchen worktop ready for the chop with a slightly anthropomorphic smi...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Crested Bird with Pomegranate, " Rare Pencil and Gouache Painting by Parzinger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his handsome, beautifully-crafted furniture designs, much in demand today, Tommi Parzinger also painted over the span of his career. His rare, early works -- such as t...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting by Unknown Artist, Oil on Canvas, circa 1940
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940.
Oil on canvas. Ilegible signature.
In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1947 Crest Painting
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Painting of crest on paper dated 1947.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article
Located in valatie, NY
Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated volume XXXVII, number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine Abstract Ink Drawing on Paper, USA, 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine Abstract Gouache, Pen and Ink Drawing on Paper, USA, 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Young Man in Striped Shirt, " Portrait with Harbor Scene by Cuban Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Cuba's most important figural painter in the mid-20th century, this portrait by Victor Manuel depicts a young man with a bicycle cap and a white and red striped shirt, loo...
Category
Cuban Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Post War Hawaiian Airbrush Zebra in Original Frame w/ large Mat, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post-War Hawaiian Airbrush zebra in original period white painted wood frame with large mat border, Pair.
Art: 21" X 26"
Frame: 25.25" X 28.25"
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Nell Blaine "Untitled" Abstract Mixed-Media on Paper in Frame, USA 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Time and Civilization, " Newly Discovered Art Deco Mural Studies, Schreckengost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famed for his product designs in the 1940s and 1950s, and his Jazz Bowl commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt, Victor Schreckengost was also a painter...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Yellow Swimsuit, " Ghostly Casein Painting of a Man at the Beach, in 1943
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This pale, almost ghostly painting by John Winters depicts a tall, lithe young man with a yellow swimsuit and towel on the beach along Lake Michigan in...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Zoute, 1941
Located in Rochester, NY
Primitive modernist oil painting on homasote board of a male and female figure ( a self portrait of Leon and his wife Thelma ) by Zoute (Leon Salter 1903-1976 North Rose, NY) Brillia...
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Ten Nudes Dancing, " Large Art Deco-Surrealist Painting by Bond, 1940s
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of modern dance, William Blake and early 19th century Classicism, Art Deco stylization and Surrealism, this remarkable, brilliantly hued painting by Mil...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Running Bunny Rabbit, " Charming Book Illustration from the 1930s-1940s
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Absolutely winning and full of charm, this book illustration depicts a bunny rabbit running across the land, the hilly landscape rich with browns and greens, and the sky a perfect blue. Painted in gouache on illustration board, the Sphinx mark -- one of the brands of the Weber company -- is visible on the reverse. This would make a perfect addition to the walls of a children's room, or a collection of American illustration art.
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Colette Gueden Signed Watercolor Painting, circa 1948-1949
Located in Encino, CA
Colette Gueden (1905-2000).
"Leaves and fruits."
Extremely rare signed watercolor on paper. Collette Gueden was a very famous and popular French artist and designer in the 1950s....
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid Century Black Art Watercolor “Friends Fishing off a Bridge” by Marcia, 1949
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
Nice black art watercolor depicting a family or friends fishing off a bridge, signed by the artist, Marcia, 1949.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Irina Shtenberg, Portrait of a Young Woman, Watercolor on Paper, circa 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Unsigned.
Attributed to Irina Valeryanovna Shtenberg.
Period frame.
Dimensions (unframed): Height: 13”, width: 11”
Dimensions (framed): Height: 15”, width: 12-7/8”
All the w...
Category
Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Utopian Motif, " Lovely Art Deco Painting with Frieze of Agrarian Labors, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and ethereal, reminiscent of the pale, ideal compositions of Puvis de Chavannes in France and America, this utopian vista depicts a series of figures gathering fruit and grain, all in formal classical poses like an ancient, early Renaissance painting...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Monumental Axel Salto Budding Vase Watercolor Paper Vintage Mid-Century Danish
By Axel Salto
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Rearing Horses, " High Style Pair of Art Deco, Mixed-Media Pieces by Von Liski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary pair of Art Deco pieces, each depicting a pair of horses, one with its head up and one down, was executed in ink, colored pencil and gouache by Robert Reinhardt Von Liski, a Prussian-American artist. Von Liski worked in Chicago as a commercial artist in advertising agencies and elsewhere, and did work for RCA Victor and Arrow Shirts...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Reaching for the Stars, " Rare, Stunning Male Nude by Alexander Cañedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo pain...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
1948 Oil on Canvas by Raymond J. Wendell Titled, "My Girl Friend"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism, and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Ernest Wagner Japanese Landscape Scene Gouache 1949
By Ernest Wagner
Located in Encino, CA
Ernest Wagner
Gouache on paper depicting a Japanese scene, dated 1949-1950 and wears the artist's stamp on the back.
H.20" x W.18"1/2 ( drawing ) - H.22"1/2 x W.18"1/2 ( sheet )....
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
French 1940's Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 40's Gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "I Know What I Did"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1948 Raymond J. Wendell Oil on Canvas, "Lonely Sister"
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Raymond J Wendell (American, 1917 - ?) was a prolific artist, adept at portraits, commercial art, surrealism and figure studies, in oils and watercolors. Wendell served in the U.S. N...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
"Hawaiiana, " Extraordinary Art Deco Cubist Surreal Painting after Pearl Harbor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Saturated with the brilliant hues of earth and sea, and filled with symbols and signs of Hawaii's spectacular landscape and rich history -- including an angry Hawaiian king with his traditional feathered headdress or "mahiole" -- this watercolor was painted in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Tropical Fish, " Brilliant Art Deco Undersea Painting, Hawaii, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The American public was fascinated with all things exotic in the 1930s and 1940s, including aquatic and seaside themes and Art Deco hotels and residential interiors often featured pa...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Headlock, " Art Deco Painting with Wrestling Theme by Littlefield, 1941
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fascinated with high-energy scenes of men engaged in sporting activities, most often boxing but in this case wrestling, William Littlefield painted this pair of wrestlers in 1941, using black gouache highlighted with white on green paper. Although fairly obscure now, during his heyday Littlefield's paintings and drawings were collected by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Mrs. Paul Mellon and Victor Mature, among others, and he painted a large and important portrait of Lincoln Kirstein...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Two Female Nudes, " Mid-Century Masterpiece by Alexander Cañedo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo painted this remarkable scene of two female...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Colette Gueden Signed Watercolor Painting circa 1948-1949
Located in Encino, CA
Colette Gueden (1905-2000).
"Leaves and fruits."
Extremely rare signed watercolor on paper. Collette Gueden was a very famous and popular French artist and designer in the 1950s....
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Fresh New World, " 1944 Masterpiece Depicting Early Suburban Life in America
By Allan Dudley Jones
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A true masterpiece of genre painting, with its depiction of idyllic World War II-era suburban life filled with children playing and adults attending to their homes and chores, this piece was created by Allan Jones in 1944. It is a stunningly beautiful spring day, and the view is looking through an open window with a blackbird sitting on the sill, into the backyards of a half dozen tidy brick and wood houses. The homeowners are attending to their Victory Gardens...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Tempera
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