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Item Ships From: USA
Period: 1940s
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin, circa 1949
Located in Nantucket, MA
Original Watercolor Ski Poster "Pontresina" by Herbert Leupin (Swiss: 1916 - 1999), a watercolor and gouache painting original for one of Leupin's celeb...
Category
Swiss Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Dutch Midcentury Unsigned Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch 1940s unsigned abstract oil painting. Tempestuous and energetic, with a painterly quality related to Chagall and Der Blaue Reiter. A wonderful e...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Art Deco Tropical Oil Painting, Ruben Kupur
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids.
Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Leonard Maurer Oil Painting, 1948
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming oil painting by noted Washington DC artist Leonard Maurer, ca' 1948. Depicting children climbing trees. Wonderful sense of color and a real m...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Hand Painted $100 REWARD Wooden Sign, 1940s Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage wood sign from the 1940s. Hand-painted. Misspellings and grammatical errors. The owner Samuel Spilk lived in Long Beach in the 1940s. ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Framed Mexican Watercolor on Paper Attributed to Rufino Tamayo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed watercolor and gouache on paper depicting sliced watermelon on a color block background, signed Tamayo and dated 1945 as shown. The work was in keeping with the style of Rufino Tamayo and it retains a paper label from Salon de la Plastica Mexicana, listing the detail info. SPM was formed in 1949 to promote contemporary Mexican artists...
Category
Mexican Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1945 Modernist Portrait Painting of Man
Located in Seguin, TX
Vintage 1945 modernist oil on masonite portrait painting of man. Signed L. Binon dated 1945 lower right corner. Unframed, edge and corner wear.
Category
Unknown Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Le Pont Neuf Painting in Giltwood Frame by Ansaloni, Dated 1944
Located in Dallas, TX
Le Pont Neuf, the oldest existing bridge to span the Seine in Paris, is the subject of this painted board in giltwood frame, signed and dated in the lower left corner by the artist, ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Watercolor of a French Castle by Unknown Artist
Located in Pasadena, CA
Dreamy landscape picturing a view of a castle in France.
Large original frame made of walnut.
I love the soft and delightful pastel colors that are used. The colors add emotion to...
Category
French Romantic Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Walnut, Paper
Portrait of a Blonde Girl in a Red Dress Wearing a White Beanie, Oil on Canvas
Located in Pasadena, CA
This portrait features a blonde lady in a red dress wearing a white beanie. The artwork is an oil painting by an unknown artist. The subject's expression ...
Category
Unknown Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels
Located in Redding, CT
Signed Winter Church Scene by F. Michaels. Nice New England winter scene composition. Framed in a solid wooden frame. Signed lower right.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Walthere Jamar
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique framed oil painting on canvas by Walthere Jamar (1866-1950) is a panoramic landscape that captures the glory of nature in all her splendor! Jamar has used varying brush techn...
Category
Belgian Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Leonard Maurer Oil Painting "Ferry" 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming modernist painting by Leonard Maurer, ca' 1949. Influenced by Matisse, but clearly in his own style with a uniquely American mid-century feel.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original Oil on Canvas Painting After Norman Mills Price
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unsigned Original oil on canvas painting after Norman Mills Price.
Canvas is a bit loose. Frame appears to be original.
Canvas and Frame show age.
See image of illustration of the same image signed in corner by Norman Mills Price
"Norman Mills Price never fully received the popular recognition that his work deserved. Because he was so intently interested in historical subjects, he restricted his work to these almost exclusively.
The dedication and artistry he brought to his work, however, was especially appreciated and respected by a select group – his fellow-illustrators. His painstaking research into every detail made each picture an authentic documentary, but the detail was never allowed to detract from the dramatic concept of the illustration itself. Although Price made effective use of tone and color, his pen-and-ink drawings were especially effective, exhibiting a full range of values and textural effects."
"Price was born in Canada, studied art there and in London and Paris. By 1912, he had established himself in New York and had begun to work for American publications. Some of his most successful illustrations were done for a long series of historical novels by Robert W. Chambers for Liberty magazine. He was a charter member of the Society of Illustrators at the time of his death."
"Illustrator, Norman Mills Price was born in Brampton, Ontario (1877) and began his studies at the Ontario School of Art. Around 1901 he spent time in London, studying at the Goldsmith's Institute; Westminster School of Art; and with Cruikshank. While in London, he was the founder of Carlton Studios.
He later went on to Paris, studying at the Academie Julian, with J.P. Laurens and R.E. Miller. He did freelance work in Paris until an assignment in Belgium for Century brought him to the attention of other American publishers. In 1911, he had a studio in New York City, and worked for such publication as Harper's, Cosmopolitan, and Liberty.
He illustrated the novels: "The Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (1905), The Rogue's Moon (1929), Leif Erikson...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Paintings by 19th C & Contemporary American Artists, the Collection Samuel Shaw
Located in valatie, NY
Paintings by 19th century and Contemporary American Artists, from the Collection of The Late Samuel T. Shaw, NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Nov. 21, 1945. Softcover, 89 pp. 15 b&w plate...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Property of Mrs Dorothy Draper Hamlen, Important Early American Miniatures
Located in valatie, NY
Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York , “An Important Collection of Early American Miniatures and Silver. Property of Mrs Dorothy Draper Hamlen Removed from Her Home in Wayland, Mass...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
1940 Floral Still Life Original Airbrushed Painting by Ted Mundorff, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This set of 2 1940s original airbrush artwork paintings of Hibiscus florals by Ted Mundorff. One is yellow and one is red. Both pieces have in their origi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Carousel Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Mamez
Located in Pasadena, CA
A painting of a woman riding on a carousel horse while holding out her white handkerchief to flow in the wind.
This piece is reminiscent of a week...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Japanese / Asian Oversized Egret Landscape Painting 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Asian influence oversized egret landscape painting
Unframed
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
"Lady on Ottoman". Wood Framed Pinup Painting by Wilma Raffaelli, 1948.
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original watercolor artwork pint on paper featuring a young dressed-up woman on an ottoman with a riding crop in her hand titled "Lady on Ottoman" by Wilma Raffaelli, 1948. This pain...
Category
American 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
Mid-Century Modern Figural Painting of Indigenous People, Oil on Board, c. 1940
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Outstanding 1940's oil on board painting in original custom shadowbox wood frame with distressed finish. The figural painting depicts an indigenous people...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Preparing the Meal" by Sam Uhrdin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This oil on canvas is signed and date in the upper left and measures 38" x 45.25" including the frame.
Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964).
Sam Uhr...
Category
Swedish Beaux Arts Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Van Der Elst, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Joseph Van Der Elst. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1944. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. An in-depth look into art of the Middle Ages. Contents: 1. The Times and the Men who Made Them: Men of Flanders; The Flemish Parade; The Good Black Earth; The Rise of the Towns; The Medieval Guilds; Of Love, the Dream; The Upward Glance; Pt. 2. The Flemish Masters: Jan van Eyck; Petrus Christus...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"The Pool Players" by Vincent Richard Campanella
By Vincent Campanella
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on artist board signed and dated lower right featuring pool players playing a point match in the pool hall. Great WPA feel and texture impasto. Most likely the original frame measuring 15.25" x 19.25" overall.
Born in New York in 1915, Campanella studied at the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School where the curriculum was based on the Naples Academy founded in the 1440s. He took this classical Renaissance training to the streets of New York, then-rural Astoria, Monhegan Island, and Wyoming.
As an easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock Springs, Wyoming. There his style became Abstract and works of Classical Abstraction were recognized in art reviews and exhibitions. He was represented by the Rehn Gallery in New York until the death of Frank Rehn in 1956. His work has been shown at The Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Brooklyn Museum, Corcoran Art Gallery, Denver Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, San Diego Museum, San Francisco Museum, Seattle Museum, Toledo Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Universities of Nebraska, Tennessee and Wyoming. He was a Fellow at the MacDowell Colony in 1968. Retrospective shows of his work have been held at Hunter College (1995) and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art (2007).
Campanella taught at the University of Wyoming (1940), Columbia University (1946-49), the Kansas City Art Institute (1949-52) and Park College (1952-80). Notable students include Robert Morris, Wilbur Niewald...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and handsome, this depiction of a Bedouin in his traditional robe has the color and intensity one would associate with the fierce sun and heat of North Africa. The painting ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Couple with Apples", Swedish Copy of British Masterwork
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and lovely, this quiet depiction of two young lovers sitting under a tree in 1942, while World War II was being waged not far away, was painted by G. Lundgren in Sweden and is a close copy of "Amity" by Bernard Fleetwood Walker, owned by the Walker Art gallery in Liverpool, England. The original is well known and was painted in 1933. The young blond female figure is shown with a basket of apples at her side, in a pale blue dress...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Helen Ratkai Oil on Canvas Nude Woman at Seashore, Circa 1940
By Kuniyoshi
Located in Rochester, NY
Oil painting on stretched canvas of a nude woman at seashore by Helen Ratkai ( American, 1914 - ? ) Well regarded painter who studied at the Art Students League under Yasuo Kuniyoshi. She exhibited in NYC during the 1940's. Appears to be a very faint signature bottom left corner under distressed white gray painted old wood frame...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Vintage Boho Signed 1941 Original Oil Painting of Man in Turban
Located in west palm beach, FL
Incredible vintage 1941 original oil portrait. A chic composition of a handsome man in a red turban. A great dramatic addition to any room. Signed and dated...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Billy Seay Airbrush Cockatoo and Hibiscus Hawaiian Art for Turner
By Bill Seay
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Billy Seay airbrushed parrot lovers (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948, in the original white painted frame. A great exam...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Leonard Maurer Painting, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Important painting by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), titled "Bridge #2", 1949. A great example of American 1940's modernism with clear influences of Jackso...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Albert Serwazi 'American', "Gertrude with Parrot", Oil on Canvas.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albert Serwazi (American 1905-1992) "Gertrude with
Parrot". Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1944
upper right.
Measures: 24" x 31" (Image size without frame)
A painter from Philadelphia, Albert Serwazi was also a designer and illustrator. He was a student at the Pennsylvania School...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco painting illustrates the dramatic moment when the hunter Actaeon, having seen the nude Diana in her bath, is meeting his death. Here Actaeon himself is fully nude, and is being transformed into a deer as he is being pursued by Diana's avengers. The classic myth...
Category
North American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Post Impressionist Village Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming post-impressionist village nestled between forest and lake scene (ca. 1940s, Western Europe).
Appealing colors incorporated to evoke the verdant landscape.
Unsigned.
Measure...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Painting by Robert Wood
Located in Houston, TX
Robert William Wood
(1889-1979)
Robert William Wood was an American landscape painter. He was born in England, emigrated to the United States and rose to prominence in the 1950s wi...
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
Category
French Art Deco 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
Georges Schreiber Circus Scene Painting with Trapeze Artist, 1948, "Mid Air 2"
By Georges Schreiber
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Georges Schreiber (1904-1977) oil on canvas circus scene with Trapeze Artist.
Measures 36"h x 24"w. Frame measures 41 1/4" H x 29" W.
Signed and dated lower left Schreiber '48. Als...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Untitled Oil Painting Depicting a Rural Road
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An untitled oil painting depicting a rural road surrounded by trees.
- Oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated 1940.
- Unframed.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Richard Albitz (German, b. 1876 - d. 1954) "Snowy Creek" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Snowy Creek, creek with snow and trees
- signed lower right
- Unframed.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Zollepx
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique framed oil painting on canvas by Zollepx is a beautiful work that depicts the classic still life of a pewter pitcher filled with colorful flowers and set by an open window. P...
Category
Belgian Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Creation of Man, " Important Painting of Adam in Garden of Eden by Colacicchi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted by Giovanni Colacicchi in rich, verdant colors, this depiction of a nude, youthful Adam figure in the midst of the Garden of Eden, accompanied by God in a hooded,...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Moody scene of the River Thames by 20th-century English artist Gordon Bennett. Oil painting on board. A proud but contemplative piece, the palette of sm...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Robert Heitz Oil Painting Allegorical
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on art board by the French artist Robert Heitz, of two men, one on horseback, walking through a landscape with ancient ruins, painting is fro...
Category
French Romantic Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Orig Pre-War Beach Polynesian Beauty Oil Painting on Velvet, Roger Fowler Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s Polynesian beauty portrait oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's paintings were sold at Don The Beach...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Velvet
Landscape by Leonard Maurer, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and fine abstract painting by Leonard Maurer, signed and dated 1949, titled "Summer Landscape", in original painted frame. Leonard Maurer (19...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Original Pre-War Beach Polynesian Oil Painting on Velvet by Roger Fowler, Tahiti
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original late 1930s/1940s beach Polynesian girl oil painting on velvet signed "Roger Fowler, Tahiti"
Fowler's artwork paintings were sold at Don The Beac...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Velvet
"At the Old Stone Wall" Original Oil by Emmett Watson
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Oil on canvas; 25" x 32." From the archives of the Shaw Barton Calendar Co. used for an early calendar print. Framed. Watson sold most of his freelance pulp covers to the (1893- 1955) Frank A. Munsey Publishing Company for Argosy, Big Chief Western, Detective Fiction Weekly, and Railroad Stories. Emmett...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nude Swimmers and Octopus, " Study for Art Deco Mural in Black, Pink and Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly sophisticated and striking in conception and execution, this study for an Art Deco bathroom mural depicts -- appropriately -- male and female nud...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"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
French 1940s Pastel Drawing of a Woman, Original French Framing
Located in Stamford, CT
French 1940s signed and numbered lithograph of a pastel drawing of a woman Original French framing.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Marcel Dumont, Dated 1943
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-century framed oil painting on canvas by Marcel Dumont ~ dated 1943 is a poignant family portrait of a mother and three daughters in a reflective pose, showing the artist's flair...
Category
Belgian Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1949 Fernand Léger Lithograph "Est elle Aimee"
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1949 Fernand Léger lithograph, pochoir Medium Remarks: black ink
Estelle Aimee (illustration for "Les Illuminations" by Arthur Rimbaud)
Lux...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Gouache Painting of Young Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed gouache painting of a young man by Matthew William Boyhan (unsigned). The subject gazes past the viewer with an air of pensive absorption, his lean torso and ruddy brow aglow...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
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