1940s Wall Decorations

A beautiful unsigned oil on canvas in the School of Paris Cubist style of Jacques Villon.

Wonderful photograph taken while shooting the Holywood movie " Can't help singing " 1944 Photographer unknown Good condition Free shipping

Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Marquetry Figure wall plaque. Hand executed..Art Deco , African influenced.Several mixed species of exotic woods.

Wonderful photograph taken while shooting the Holywood movie " Can't help singing " 1944 Photographer unknown Good condition Free shipping

Large Chamois Trophy on Carved Plaque, Austria 1947 A antique chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) trophy mounted on a wooden carved plaque which features acorns, oak leaves and a handwrit...

Original vintage World War Two poster - Back Them Up! In the Mediterranean, British submarines have caused great havoc to Axis shipping - featuring a dramatic naval image of a Royal ...

20th century oil on canvas painted and signed by the Belgium artist Alphonse Vermeir (1905-1994.) Depicting a Belgium townview. Originates Belgium, dating, circa 1940.

Manhattan's historic Orchard street in the lower east side photographed circa late 1940s Vintage original gelatin silver print, printed circa late-1950s Dimensions: 16 x 20 inche...

1940s Art Deco period , plate rack or kitchen shelf , dresser with 5 drawers, all solid pine polished with wax. Excellent patina Measures cm: H 50, W 1...

Wonderful photograph taken while shooting the Holywood movie " Can't help singing " 1944 The image shows Leonid Kinsky and Akim Tamiroff Photographer unknown Good condition / som...

Wonderful photograph taken while shooting the Holywood movie " Can't help singing " 1944 Photographer unknown This image shows Deanna Durbin, Akim Tamiroff and Leonid Kinsky Good...

Large impressive antique Chinese landscape painting, signed and framed under glass. Mixed media on paper, watercolor, ink and gouache.

Step into the world of Fauvism with this vivid color cliché print by Maurice de Vlaminck, meticulously edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 1948. Encased in a solid wood ...

Original US trade advertisement from the first release of this Hitchcock Classic, 1946 thriller Notorious. The film starred Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. Th...

Original British Trade Advertisement for the 1942 comedy romance starring Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland and Arthur Hunnicutt. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon.

Decorative painting by Decarli of French alp

Original US lobby card for the 1942 Western The Outlaw. This film was produced and directed by Howard Hughes, and stars Jack Buetel, Thomas Mitchell and Jane Russell. It tells the story of Pat Garrett, Doc Holliday...

Project coming from the archives of Uffa Fox and never entered the commercial circuit depicting Northele, a sloop 14 m long, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 accordi...

Embrace the captivating beauty of nature with this iconic Karl Blossfeldt Black & White Flower Photogravure, a striking piece of botanic photography from 1942. Renowned for his groun...

This is a rare original British film poster for the 1948 Ealing Studios drama film Saraband for Dead Lovers. This film was starring directed by Basil Dearden and starred Stewart Gra...

Original vintage travel poster - USA The Orient Europe by DC-6 sleeper PAL Philippine Airlines Speed Comfort Dependability - featuring a great desi...

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...

French faience oyster plate with Bird Moustiers style signed Martres Tolosane, circa 1940.  

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...

Abstract modernist oil painting on canvas female nude ( his wife Thelma ) signed lower left corner Zoute '40. A great example of his earliest work. Zoute' - born Leon Salter 1903-197...

Black Forest Red Deer Trophy on Carved Plaque An antique 5 pointer red deer (Cervus elaphus) trophy from the Black Forest mounted on a carved plaque with dark finish. The trophy was...

Original post-war midcentury tropical print featuring a group of cranes in a tropical lagoon. This print comes in its original white painted frame. Size: 26" tall x 32" wide.

Billy Seay Airbrushed Parrot Lovers artwork (original airbrushed over a print) for the Turner Company, circa 1948, in the original white painted frame. This a great example of the post-WWII Hawaiian and tropical art/decorating boom. Great for vintage Art Deco dwellings and rattan-inspired rooms. The print is new old stock and has never been displayed until now. Bill Seay (1922-2012) started his working life as Billy Seay, a child actor, in the late silents and early talkies (“Kid Millions” with Eddie Cantor, “Topaze” with John Barrymore, and “The Unknown” with Lon Chaney and the young Joan Crawford, are the most noted of these films), then followed in his father’s footsteps as an artist, joining the designer Sacha Brastoff in his studio from 1952 to 1959, remaining a life-long friend and co...

3-398 Handwoven tapestry set in a giltwood frame.

A modernist figurative oil painting on canvas titled “Stillness in the Nude” by Harold Cohn. Signed and dated 1941 on the lower right as well as verso. This evocative painting by Har...

Original vintage world war two recruitment poster - Guide the fighter planes Join the Army Air Forces Ground Observer Corps Volunteer at your local Civilian D...

Brassai's Insight: Photogravure of Picasso's Sculpture, circa 1948 From 1948 Photography by Brassai Photogravure From 'The Sculptures of Picasso' by Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Printed ...

Important set of 5 ceramic wall sconces. Really elegant set with 2 brown ceramic glaze and 3 orange ceramic glaze. This set comes from an important house in ouest of france. ...

Original vintage British propaganda poster - Are you with us in National Service? Colourful image showing smiling men and women in uniform looking up to the viewer with their arms li...

Beautiful American modernist abstract acrylic painting on board in a beautiful new silver wood frame By Zoute’. Bold graphic imagery and vibrant colors. Signed lower right corner Z...

Original Italian film poster for the 1940 musical comedy second chorus. This Hollywood musical stars Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and features Artie Shaw...

Belgium / 1940 / Painting / canvas, wood / Rococo / Baroque A Belgium oil painting signed Jos Pas, 1944 of a vase with orange flowers, grapes and a painting in the background. The ...

Painting by unknown artist, circa 1940. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. In original condition, with some visible signs of previous use and age, preserving a beautiful patina. Unfra...

Sven Rybin (1914 - 2012), Swedish artist. Oil on board. Modernist landscape. Dated 1949. The board measures: 37 x 28 cm. The frame measures: 6.5 cm. In excellent condition. S...

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure from the edition of the book 'Wunder in der Natur' in 1942. Photography number 111. 'Impatiens glanduligera. Balsamine, Springkraut. Stengel mit Verzweigung, natürlich Größe.' In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Karl Blossfeldt (June 13, 1865 – December 9, 1932) was a German photographer...

Original photographic production still for the 1947 Film Noir Johnny O'clock starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb and John Kellogg. This film was directed by Robert Rosse...

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure from the edition of the book 'Wunder in der Natur' in 1942. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful...

Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...

3302 Hunting dog oil on canvas applied to board displayed in a wood frame Signed Geyer Image size 10.25x13.5"

Vintage photo gravure by the photographer René Jacques, circa 1940. Wood frame with passe-partout and high quality museum's glass. In original condition, with minor wear consiste...

Brassai Framed Heliogravure Photography (1949) - Black and White Artist: Brassai Type: Framed heliogravure photograph Color: Black and white Dimensions: H 29.5 x W 24.5 x D 3.5 cm S...

Painted during the heyday of American Surrealism, this watercolor depicts a sleeping nude female figure holding a laurel wreath, seemingly disconnected from a pair of male nudes saun...

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Original vintage workplace safety poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ROSPA - Roll Them Up ...

A lovely vintage French Quimper style blue and white faience oyster platter with floral design, circa 1940. DIMENSIONS 13.3ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 13.3ʺH

Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of this framed black and white heliogravure of Michelangelo's iconic sculpture, David, dating back to around 1940. This artwork captures the r...

A very interesting and unusual Pfoutz Original Farm Scene Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The Pfoutz Original Farm Scene Oil Painting is signed on the front by the artist and appears to be dated 1948 on the rear. Known for his unusual subjects Pfoutz outdid himself with this effort, capturing the essence of a Lancaster County farm but with the startling twist of portraying a large turkey vulture in the foreground. Definitely unique. Overall frame Size approximately 33″ wide x 3″ deep x 26″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn College and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, Manhattan, was the guest speaker. In January of 1953, thirty-five Pfoutz oils were exhibited at the Old Custom House in Philadelphia, PA under the sponsorship of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation. Several Lancaster County landscapes and covered bridges were included as well as Katy, a Pennsylvania Dutch scene. Symbolic paintings included End of the Second Day, the artist’s visualization of the second coming of Christ, and Twilight, typifying the grief of mothers of all lands for sons lost in battle. In June of 1953, a Pfoutz oil made history in Lancaster. From the Lancaster New Era: “For the first in local art history, a painting has been withdrawn from an exhibition because of objections from viewers and hostesses serving at the show. The painting, Jeune Fille, a standing nude done by Pfoutz, was one of the paintings in the annual spring exhibition of the Art Association and had become the center of the controversy. Pfoutz said he took the painting down… ‘graciously but reluctantly.’ ‘From an artistic standpoint, there is nothing offensive about the painting,’ Pfoutz said. ‘This community just wants its nudes with clothes on.’ “It is most brilliant in color, and because it is so brilliant I thought it would make a nice lively spot for the show. This is the first time I’ve had to take a picture off the walls. I substituted a seascape for it.’ Pfoutz said he felt the painting brought a lot of viewers to the show because it was so controversial. It had never been exhibited before. ‘If this had been shown in a metropolitan city,’ he commented, ‘people wouldn’t have given it a second glance. But the viewpoint here is more conservative, even though I don’t think moderns would have minded.’ He said he felt the painting was neither ‘objectionable nor pornographic,’ but had complied with the wishes of fellow members of the Art Association who telephoned him to relay the protests they had received. The art controversy was the first to arise here publicly since the showing of Amish Grandmother, an oil by William Gropper which was part of the Gimbel Pennsylvania exhibit at the Griest Building several years ago. — Numerous viewers of Amish Grandmother, [a painting showing an Amish woman holding a white goose], expressed themselves quite vocally, calling it an affront to the Plain Folk. But it stayed on exhibit throughout the length of the Gimbel show. Pfoutz expressed no rancor, implying that if Gropper could take it so could he.” After his death, there were several shows of Pfoutz’ work organized by his son J. Earle, Jr. J. Earle, Jr. also saw to it that President Eisenhower would receive an oil called The Cow’s Path. The president first saw the painting in 1950 when, as president of Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College. After his address was over, the then Gen. Eisenhower stopped at the Fackenthal Library on the campus to view an exhibition of Pfoutz’s paintings. The Cow’s Path intrigued him. For some time, as his aides fumed to get him back on his time schedule, Eisenhower and Pfoutz talked, as artist to artist. Prior to his death, Pfoutz requested that The Cow’s Path be given to the President if he wanted it. The painting was presented to Ike at the White House in November of 1959. Mrs. Eisenhower owned a Pfoutz painting titled, In the Manor. Though house painting was his livelihood, he worked for Millersville State Teachers College (now a university) for a time during World War II, and called himself “the Chimney Sweep of MSTC.” During that period he knocked out a dizzying canvas in the surrealist style (he thought it was terrible) and got into the campus newspaper when one of the students spotted it. Earle Pfoutz was not the humble, downtrodden artist, not the Douanier Rousseau type at all. As he developed his skill and style through the years, he also fashioned a resilient confidence in himself as an artist. Whether he was building his own home (he built two) or painting one for somebody else, he never lost faith in his ultimate recognition—though he was never sure he would live to see it. Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old Safe...

Original vintage illustrated map poster for the Union of South Africa Her Natural and Industrial Resources featuring colourful images of the main cities including Cape Town, Pretoria...

Black And White Photography of Madeleine Carroll Madeleine Carroll plays music for American soldiers in a "U.S. Army" medical train during World War II, 1944. In original conditio...

Original Italian film poster for the 1949 crime, adventure movie staring Robert Lowery and Anne Gwynne. The atmospheric design used on this piece is unique to Italian poster.

A framed drawing of a dog on paper. This piece depicts the bust of a Collie in brown pencil. The piece is on brown or yellow paper and framed in the original wood frame with glass. T...

The oil painting on canvas by Ejner Johansen from 1948 sounds like a delightful piece of art. Ejner Johansen was a Danish artist known for his paintings, often featuring still life c...

Step into the timeless brilliance of Henri Matisse with this extraordinary color cliché, expertly edited by Editions du Chêne in Paris, France, in 19...

Candido PORTINARI (1903-1962), Original Drypoint 1940's - Three Mulatto Women Signed and dedicated to Francis Brennan (1910-1992). Numbered 15/18. Illustrated in the Catalogue rais...

Signed French framed artwork resting nude woman hand carved bleached oak frame.