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Period: 1940s
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF WWII Australia Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - How proud they'll be to pass ar...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Salute The Soldier WWII National Savings Home Front
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two National Savings home front poster - Keep on Saving Salute the Soldier - featuring an image of soldiers in uniform marching w...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Fill That Gap WWII Armament Work Training
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster Fill That Gap featuring an image of gentlemen walking alongside a blank silhouette with an illustration of a worker holding a wrench in front of...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Holland River Canal Dutch Houses Netherlands Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Holland featuring a bright and colourful illustration depicting boats on a tree lined canal in front of traditional Dutch houses...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Dartmouth College Winter Carnival 1941 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 7-8 February 1941 featuring a dynamic design by Stanley Samuelson Pratt Institute depicting a skier wearing a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Verzend Per Spoor Express Goods By Rail Wine Den Haag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Send By Rail / Verzend Per Spoor - featuring an image by the Dutch artist Fedde Weidema (1915-2000) of a wine basket labelled Express Goods Den Haag in fron...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Splashing in the Waves, " Art Deco Seaside Painting by Texas Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in vivid, glowing colors by Robin Artine Smith, this depiction of a 1940-era blonde in a tangerine-hued swimsuit striding into the surf is a...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Painted Backdrop with Ballet Theme for Residential Theatre
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Art deco gold ceramic
By Alfred Auguste Janniot
Located in PAU, FR
Wonderful art deco ceramic wall sculpture.
Gold earthglazed
Attributed to Alfred Auguste Janniot.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware
Maj Hemberg, Swedish artist. Oil on board. Abstract composition.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Maj Hemberg, Swedish artist.
Oil on board. Abstract composition. Painted with thick brushstrokes.
”Bombning av Dresden” - ("Bombing of Dresden").
1945-1952.
Signed on the back.
In ex...
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Work 8 Hours Strengthen Motherland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front industry propaganda poster - Work 8 Hours and Strengthen the Power of Our Motherland / Работать 8 Часові Крепить Мощь Нашей Родины! Dynamic photomontage artwork by the notable Soviet political poster designer...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Navy Upholds Victory Torch WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Navy Upholds the Victory Torch You can uphold the Navy by depositing your savings in the Glasgow Savings Bank A trustee savings...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Letter S in Solid Brass, Sweden ca 1940's
Located in Örebro, SE
Vintage letter S in solid brass, covered with old paint (red & gold), Sweden ca 1940's.
Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Paint loss as see...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Vintage Persian Baktiari Oriental Rug, in Small Room size, w/ Medallion
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Baktiari oriental rug, size 8'0" x 5'6", circa 1940. This brilliant handwoven wool carpet features a dynamic diamond-shaped medallion at center, surrounded by a var...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Original Vintage Travel Poster BOAC World Air Routes Western Hemisphere Design
By E.O. Seymour
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for BOAC World Air Routes Western Hemisphere featuring a pictorial map with colourful illustrations of people in national dress, places of ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
French Oval Faience Platter With Flowers Moustiers Style
Located in Austin, TX
French Oval Faience Platter With Flowers Moustiers Style.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-...
Category
British Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Soviet Air Force Pilot Hero Pride USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster issued just a month before the attack of Germany on the Soviet Union in the World War Two - I'm Proud Of My Son! / Горжусь Сыном! The image ...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair of Spoons Dish HB Quimper, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
Pair of Spoons Dish HB Quimper, circa 1940.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Whitehall Taylor
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Whitehall featuring artwork by the notable British artist Fred Taylor (1875-1963) showing a street view with people walking along the pavements and London buses and cars driving by the statue of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge on a horse leading to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben clock...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage London County Council Poster Freedom Vote Conservative Election
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London County Council poster - LCC Election Thursday 7 March You fought for freedom Break that link Vote Conservative - featur...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Poster Fino Quinta Osborne Sherry Spain Map Bull Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for Fino Quinta Osborne Puerto de Santa Maria Espana featuring a great design depicting a bull above a bottle of wine next to glass on an ou...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Winter, " Brilliant Silkscreen Art Deco Print by Szoeke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Admired in his day as one of the great graphic artists of America, Andrew Szoeke put his mastery of form and silhouette to work in furniture, type design, graphic design and fine art...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ink, Paper
1940s Pastel Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Signed Dorothy Dwin
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Pastel Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Signed Dorothy Dwin
Illustration
Wood Frame and glass
Colors: pink, blue, white
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Spellbound
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1945 Thriller was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. Dr. Edwardes (played by Gr...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940s Watercolor Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Wearing Hat - Dorothy Dwin
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Watercolor Painting On Paper Of Asian Woman Wearing Hat
Wearing a Nón Lá (traditional Vietnamese hat)
Signed Dorothy Dwin
Illustration
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Oil on Canvas Parisian Portrait of a Friend by Jeanne Kostich
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Colorful and impressionist depiction of a woman with hat and scarf. A friend of the artist in Paris. Unframed.
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Painting "Winter landscape", Scandinavia, 1940s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
The picture is painted with oil paints on canvas.
Dimensions:
Frame: height 82 cm / width 109 cm
Image: height 71 cm / width 96 cm
Category
Scandinavian Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - South Wales Docks For Quick Despatch - featuring a busy scene at the docks with cranes hauling crates and boxes from a ship named the Cymric Enterprise moored alongside, dock workers...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940's Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Nashville, TN
This captivating landscape oil painting captures the essence of nature with a logger seated in a lush green meadow. The vivid hues and intricate details bring the scene to life, invi...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Sailing Poster "Come to Britain for Yachting" by Arthur Burgess
By Arthur Burgess
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sailing poster: Come to Britain for Yachting. Great scenic image of sailing boats on the water with hills in the background an...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain's Sea Power Maintain Savings WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Britain's Sea Power Maintain it with your Savings - featuring a dynamic image of Royal Navy warsh...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Robert Falcucci Oil on Board
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Falcucci Robert (1900-1989).
A large oil on board depicting a nude bathing female figure, circa 1940s,
signed lower left Falcucci.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Board
"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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Poster Collective Farms Enemy Paratroopers WWII USSR Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Turn Collective Farms into an Impregnable Fortress for the Enemy - featuring great artwork in black and white shades depicti...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Railway Travel Poster Weymouth GWR SR Railway Map Express Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway travel poster advertising Weymouth and District Frequent Express Trains and Cheap Fares GWR Great Western Railway SR Southern Railway featuring a pictorial map of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with significant locations and historical events marked on the map including illustrations in Weymouth Bay of sailing boats near the shore, navy battle ships, fishing boats and an angling description, the Shambles light ship, and the captions Weymouth ships captured two galleons from the Spanish Armada / Weymouth furnished 20 ships and 265 mariners for the Siege of Calais in 1345, as well as places of interest and sporting activities on land such as Roman remains and villa, the grave of Lawrence of Arabia, golf, people on horses, steam trains on routes marked in red through the hills, rivers, trees and towns, sub-tropical gardens, bird sanctuary, churches, the Race at Portland Bill...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage General Post Office Advertising Poster Send A Cable Eckersley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GPO General Post Office advertising poster - Send a cable It's easy - featuring a great design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) depicting an outline o...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy
By Roland Davies
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes - featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force bomber plane flying abov...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Framed "Peacock Vendor" Serigraph by Millard Owen Sheets (1907- 1989)
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Framed "Peacock Vendor" Serigraph by Millard Owen Sheets, Limited Edition of 350. This original print features a Roman women selling Peakocks on a Roman street in it's origi...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Cable Greetings GPO Anywhere In Commonwealth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the GPO General Post Office - Cable Greetings Anywhere in the Commonwealth 5'- for Eleven Words (including GLT prefix and the address) from th...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Glory Of Stalin Aviation Records USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Athlete pilots of the voluntary society for the promotion of aviation Increase the glory of Stalin's aviation USSR The birthplace of aviat...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Candido Portinari, Original Drypoint 1940's - Three Mulatto Women
Located in Encino, CA
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...
Category
Brazilian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Telephonez! Swiss Telecom Girl And Dog Advertising Art
By Donald Brun
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Swiss Telecom - Telephonez! - featuring an adorable illustration by Donald Brun (1909-1999) depicting a young girl ...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Original Vintage WWII Poster War Savings Are Warships Norman Wilkinson Navy Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster issued to encourage people to buy war savings bonds and help win the war. Dramatic artwork by the notable British artist and illustra...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
PABLO PICASSO Portrait of Mme. Z, 1943 on Silk
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This exquisite artwork is a rare and remarkable example of Pablo Picasso's innovative approach to portraiture, executed in 1943 on the unique medium of silk. Known for his constant e...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Move To The Far East With Us Cattle Crop Farming
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Move to the Far East With Us / ??????????? ? ??? ?? ??????? ??????! - featuring a lady behind wheat and a man framed by a tree welcoming a...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Tour De France 1949 Cycling Nancy Ville Etape
By Selig
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster - Le Tour De France 1949 Nancy Ville Etape Tourisme Art et Histoire / City stage Tourism Art and History - featuring artwork by Alfred Selig (1907-1974)...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Signed French Neoclassical Framed and Glass Cover Painting Resting Nude Woman 40
Located in Miami, FL
Signed French framed painting resting nude woman from the 1940.
Traditionally those paintings were hung above the bed in a master bedroom in France.
...
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Wood
Original Vintage War Poster Zwarte Markt Black Market Theft WWII Pat Keely Rat
By Pat Keely
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Black market is a robbery Do not order your compatriots Equal distribution for all / Zwarte markt is roof! Besteelt niet uw landgenooten gelijke verdeeling voor allen! Dynamic design by the notable British artist Pat Keely (Patrick Cokayne Keely; 1901-1970) depicting a rat eating grain from a hole in a sack being watched by eyes in the dark, a Nazi Germany swastika flag, the flag of the National Socialist...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF Son WWII Australia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - Make her proud to say 'My Son overseas' Join the AIF - featuring a photograph of a smiling soldier in uniform in a picture frame with a ball of wool and knitting needles...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Italian Majolica Ship Wall Plates, a Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful pair of Italian majolica ship wall plates. Great vibrant colors.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Taflinger. The artist's celebration of his native Oklahoma landscape...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Speed Your Message Imperial Radio Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco poster advertising British radio telecommunication services - Speed your message via Imperial Eastern Empiradio or Marconi - featuring a stunning geometric ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Nudes with Fruit Bowl", French-Influenced 1940s Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin and Hollywood set designs, this striking depiction of two nude female figures around a table with a bowl of fruit was painted in 194...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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