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Period: 1940s
"Adolescent Parallels, " Midcentury Mural Design with Male Youths, 1949
By George Frederick Hinchcliff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable vision of brotherly utopia, with a hint of homoeroticism, this beautiful study was painted by British artist George Frederick Hinchcliff in preparation for a proposed mu...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid c20th Scandinavian framed oil on panel of flower vase
By Alfhild Elvstedt
Located in London, GB
Striking framed Scandinavian mid C20th oil painting on a wooden panel.
The still life is of a colourful large display of flowers set in a vase including Gladioli and wild daisy type flowers on top of a small round green topped side table.
Category
Norwegian French Provincial Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
"Pan Playing His Pipes, " Charming Mural Sketch for Liberty Music Shop, NYC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of verdant greens and suffused with a lovely quiet spirit, this depiction of Pan resting against a tree and playing his pipes was a perfect image for the famous Liberty Music Shop in New York. This sketch for a mural at the Shop was painted by Donald Forbes, who worked for the Federal Art Project in the 1930s where he would have learned from the work of other muralists supported by federal programs. Liberty Music Shop was famous for its collection of sophisticated jazz recordings from around the world; in the 1930s it created its own label, producing a series of records for Lee Wiley, Beatrice Lillie, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Merman...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Unknown Artist, Dated 1946, Landscape with Skerries, Oil on Panel
Located in København, Copenhagen
Unknown artist, dated 1946.
Landscape with skerries, oil on panel.
In perfect condition.
Signed indistinctly Olga R ??, dated 46.
Measures: 33 x 24 ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
$448 Sale Price
20% Off
"Carrying Water, " Striking Scene of Women in Italian Hill Town by Wachtmeister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and atmospheric depiction of women fetching water in jugs and urns, descending into a lovely, picturesque hill town in Italy, this painting was made in 1942 by Sophie-Loui...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
James Kirk Merrick (1905-1985), Watercolor on Paper
Located in Morristown, NJ
James Kirk Merrick (American, 1905-1985), Stormy Seascape, watercolor on paper, signed "James Kirk Merrick" at lower right, loose and unframed.
About:
Merrick studied at Philadelphi...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Pierre Lardin French Mid-Century Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French mid-century (1940s) oak framed horizontal wall mirror with reverse glass painted Neoclassic scenes. (attributed to Pierre Lardin).
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oak, Mirror
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
Joshua Felise Ziro Brevio 'American, 1900-xxx' "Market in Milan"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Market In Milan" on verso, signed and dated lower right '48, unframed.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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
"Table with Fruit, " Vivid Cubist Still Live in Oranges and Greens
By Helen Manchester
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of American Cubism, this vividly-hued still life depicts an autumnal array of fruit, green and red grapes, lemons, figs and persimm...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
S. C. Bjulf: Fish Mongers, Oil on Canvas
Located in København, Copenhagen
S. C. Bjulf: Fish mongers.
Oil on canvas.
Signed Bjulf.
Measures: 37 cm. x 30 cm. The frame measures 8 cm.
In perfect condition.
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Paintings
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
"Dockside with Seagull, " Important Painting by WPA Artist Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in rich hues of cerulean, purple, deep pink and burnt siena, this abstracted view of a dockside scene was painted by John De Forest ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Terrace, " Brilliant, Cubist-Expressionist Masterpiece by Virginia True, 1946
By Virginia True
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for her depictions of New Mexico and the Southwest, here Virginia True painted a brilliantly-hued Cubist scene reflecting her years in New York. Showing the influence of P...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Offered for sale is a stunning 1940s realist WPA oil painting oil on board. The painting is signed a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
By George Samerjan
Located in St. Louis, MO
Artist George Samerjan's (1915-2005) WPA style watercolor titled "Roller at Van Nuys" 1941, in its original artist selected and hand painted frame, but re-fra...
Category
American Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Painting "Landscape" Scandinavia early XX century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting painted on canvas.
Dimensions:
Frame: height 74 cm / width 99 cm
Painting: height 48 cm / ser. 73 cm
Category
Scandinavian Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$519 Sale Price
20% Off
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
$481 Sale Price / set
44% Off
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
Oil Painting of Ivo Patcevitch-Conde Nast Founder, Attributed to Renee Bouche
By René R. Bouché
Located in Water Mill, NY
Oil on board of Ivo Patcevitch founder of Conde Nast attributed to Renee Bouche.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas
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
$120 Sale Price
57% Off
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
United States Battalion "300th Engineers by Michael Marsden
Located in Pomona, CA
United States Combat Battalion "300th Engineers". Artist Michael Marsden 1902-1994 is known for painting flowers this painting was painted during the war or veteran reunion.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
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
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
S. W. Brooks, Pastel Portrait, Miami Beach, 1947
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
S. W. Brooks, pastel portrait on cardboard, Miami Beach, 1947
Dimension: 68 x 82 cm
Without frame: 60 x 44 cm.
Category
North American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Oil on canvas "Country house" by Carlo Dalla Zorza - 1945, Italy
Located in Vicenza, VI
An oil on canvas, applied on cardboard, made by Carlo Dalla Zorza in 1945 measuring 40x50 cm.
The artist is known for his ability to capture the natural light and colors of the Venet...
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
The painting "Forest landscape" ref. August Jacobsen, oil on canvas.
Located in Chorzów, PL
The painting "Forest landscape" ref. August Jacobsen, oil on canvas.
dimensions 47cm x 61cm
Category
Scandinavian Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$472 Sale Price
20% Off
Jean Thomas (1923-2019) "monkey with camembert" large oil on canvas 1949
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean Thomas (1923-2019) "monkey with camembert" large oil on canvas signed and dated 1949
origin: "sale of Workshop"
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
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
Paper, Walnut
$200 Sale Price
55% Off
Naughty Girls at the Lake 1915 and 1950
Located in Ferndale, MI
Naughty girls at the lake 1915 and 1950, Signed Ornold, 1940.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
$2,300 Sale Price / set
39% Off
Original French Oil Painting
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a gorgeous French still life! The countertop with cookware and ingredients waiting to be used makes it easy to imagine a morning cooking in the kitchen. Light colors pair tog...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oil Painting of Denmark Out in the Country by Niels Walseth
Located in Lejre, DK
This oil painting on canvas captures the serene beauty of Denmark's countryside, showcasing the talent of the artist Niels Walseth (1914-2001). Known for his captivating landscapes, ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Signed Oil Painting of Amsterdam
Located in Stamford, CT
1940s oil painting of Amsterdam's red light district.
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Surrealist Landscape Watercolor Signed R. E. Schwelke and Dated 1947
By R.E. Schwelke
Located in Pasadena, CA
Framed colorful surrealist watercolor, signed by artist R.E. Schwelke in 1947. Titled "Landscape #1".
Dark stained frame.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
$220 Sale Price
47% Off
Symbolic and Metaphysical Inspiration, Oil on Wood
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Oil on panel of symbolist and metaphysical inspiration depicting a young man inserted in a strong context of almost geometric composition. The portrait is not meant to be decorative ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
$1,417 Sale Price
57% Off
Portrait Oil Painting of Masked Women by Franz Cižek, Czech, 1946
Located in London, GB
Expressionist mystical portrait of purple veiled and masked women is painted in intense and non-naturalistic colors blue, green and red. She is holding a yellow card in one hand and ...
Category
Czech Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
$874 Sale Price
41% Off
French sanguine Art work
Located in Bronx, NY
French sanguine Art work representing a detail of a Parisian Park.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
$3,000 Sale Price
45% Off
1940's Moroccan Oil Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
1940's Moroccan Oil Painting
Category
Moroccan Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Impressionism Woodstock NY Artist "Chicken and Eggs" Oil on Canvas
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Stunning 1940s impressionist oil on canvas by Francis Stein. Well done oil. Depicting chickens and eggs. Would fit well in a mid-century environment as well as a Country. Be sure to ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
George Schwacha "New Jersey Bathers" Painting
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Westport, CT
Painting title "New Jersey Bathers" circa 1949 (1908-1986) works represented in over 30 Museums. Was president of the American Artists league and past president Audubon Artists and a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Lennart Lilja, Oil on Board, 1945
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Lennart Lilja, 1945
Oil on the board
Work dated and signed by the artist
Dimensions 46/38
Unframed work
Lennart Lilja (1924-2008). He was a Swedish artist. Student of Isaac Gründewald and Otte Sköld. In the 1950s he wrote plays and tried his hand as an actor. This resulted in a role in The Seventh...
Category
Swedish Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
$685 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Oil Painting of Young Woman by G. Gianmarco
Located in London, GB
A very attractive Italian oil painting of the head of a young woman. Signed and dated by G. Gianmarco, 1945. Set in French ebonized frame.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vintage French Art
Located in Nashville, TN
This is beautiful antique oil painting! The colors on this piece as so vibrant and appealing! Lots of green and blue and terracotta hues that pair with the stone work excellently. Th...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,150
Borge Bokkenhauser, Model Atelier, Oil On Linen, 1943
By Børge Bokkenheuser 1
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Expressionist nude by Borge Bokkenheuser of Denmark.
Strong emotion is presented in this work that maintains an impasto paint technique that is automatic as a drawing would be made....
Category
Danish Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Linen, 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
"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
Study of A Boy by Louis Bastin etching on paper
By Louis Bastin
Located in Neuss, NW
Louis BASTIN Study of a boy. This Etching shows the Portrait Study of a little boy. Handsigned and dated on 1948. Ready to hang. Framed with a passepartout in a handcrafted ash wood ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ash, Paper
Gouache Painting of Young Man
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This evocative gouache portrait by Matthew William Boyhan captures a young man in a moment of deep contemplation. The artist’s use of muted yet warm colors highlights the subject's y...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Champoluc Valley - Pilaz by Licinio Campagnari - Oil on canvas
Located in Vicenza, VI
The painting for sale is an oil on canvas by Licinio Campagnari, born in Mestre in 1920 and died in Andora in 1981. His favorite subjects are the mountains of the Aosta Valley, ofte...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Fir
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
Continental Painting
Located in Tampa, FL
A lovely continental painting with sailboats. Painted in the 1940s in a period frame. Has name on the reverse as well as on the nameplate, L. ...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1940 "Young Shepherdess Orientalist" Oil On Masonite
Located in Marseille, FR
1940 young orientalist shepherdess with her sheep, oil on Masonite in the style of Jacques Majorelle.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Masonite
The painting "Cliff", Scandinavia, early XXcentury
Located in Chorzów, PL
The painting "Cliff".
Dimensions:
Frame: height 53 cm / width 68 cm
Image: height 40 cm / width 55 cm
Category
Scandinavian Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$283 Sale Price
20% Off
Allan Gwynne-Jones '1892-1982' "H M The Queen When Princess Elizabeth" Study
Located in Pewsey, GB
ALLAN GWYNNE-JONES (1892-1982) "H M The Queen when Princess Elizabeth" study for No. 47 depicting the Princess in Windsor Great Park, oil on board, ...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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
Landscape Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil painting by English artist Gordon Bennett captures a somber River Thames, its reflective surface juxtaposing the bustling industrial backdrop. ...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$1,975
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