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Period: 1940s
French Blue & White Faience Oyster Platter Moustiers Style, circa 1940
Located in Austin, TX
French blue & white Faience oyster platter Moustiers style, circa 1940.
12 inches diameter.
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Faience
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
Émile François Jacques Compard, Oil on Woodwork, Abstract Composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Émile François Jacques Compard (1900-1977), French artist. Oil on woodwork. Abstract composition. Dated 1949.
Measures: 46 x 32 cm.
In very good condition.
Signed and dated.
Ém...
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
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
French Aubusson Tapestry, Circa 1940 - L165xh108cm - No. 1520
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business
specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of
tapes...
Category
French French Provincial Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Original Vintage Ski Travel Poster Mont Dore Auvergne Snowman France Skiing Art
By Jean Even
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Le Mont Dore Auvergne in France featuring a fun design by Jean Even (1910-1986) depicting a skier wearing a racing bib skiing down a slope at s...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Post War Red Hibiscus Airbrush Painting on Paper by Tip Freeman, Framed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post War Framed Paintings with red hibiscus, by Tip Freema Featuring a red floral Hibiscus against a light background in its original wood frame.
Tip Freeman...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Ceylon Land Of Song And Dance Sri Lanka
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Ceylon Land of Song and Dance featuring a colourful orange shaded image of a traditional dancer in full costume and decorative headdress dancing in front of a domed Buddhist temple stupa and tree with people playing the drums and music on the side and crowds of people and children watching...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Flight", Important Pair of Art Deco Sculptural Maquettes with Nude & Airplane
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stunningly sculpted and highly evocative of a harrowing period in American history, this pair of original plaster maquettes, beautifully finished in an old gold paint, were made by Brenda Putnam in preparation for her 1941 bronze medallion commissioned by the Society of Medalists...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Plaster
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Philips Lighting Smiling Light Bulb Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Philips light bulbs featuring a fun design by Frank Nanninga (1920-1999) depicting a cartoon lightbulb with arms and legs, a smiling face and ...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1940s Abstract French Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Cubist oil painting on canvas from 1940s France. Moody and dynamic, the image depicts the beginnings of a town. A smoky gray sky gives the scene an industrial feeling, while...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage WWII London Transport Poster The Proud City Tower of London
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London Transport poster for London: The Proud City - A new view of the Tower of London across Water Lane by the artist Walter E. Spradbery ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Hand Embroidered Uzbek Silk Suzani in Black, Red, Green, Yellow Wall Art
Located in Barrington, IL
A vibrant and finely hand-stitched vintage Suzani textile from Uzbekistan, Central Asia, featuring the rare and symbolic “Prayer Rug” pattern. This artisan-crafted piece is embroider...
Category
Uzbek Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Art Deco Asian Silk Embroidery Hanging, Framed, "Deer in the Forest", Circa 1940
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Vietnamese Silk Embroidery Hanging, Framed, "Deer in the Forest", Vietnam, circa 1940.
Discover a rare and elegant piece of Indochinese craftsmanship created during the Fr...
Category
Vietnamese Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Tapestry, Silk, Glass, Wood
Original Vintage Sport Poster Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort Formula One Car Race
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Grote Prijs van Zandvoort der KNAC / Zandvoort Grand Prix on 31 July 1949 featuring a dynamic design depicting a classic car racing at spee...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Axel Salto for Royal Copenhagen. Large and impressive ceramic sculpture of deer
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Axel Salto (1889-1961) for Royal Copenhagen.
Large and impressive ceramic sculpture of a deer.
Art Deco style.
Model number 20697.
Approximately from 1940.
Marked.
Perfect condition....
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Persian Kerman Oriental Rug, Room Size, with a Central Medallion
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Persian Kerman oriental carpet, size 12'0" H x 8'10" W, circa 1940.
This vintage hand-knotted Persian rug features a stri...
Category
Persian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
U.S. Navy "Navy Day October 27th" Vintage Poster by Matt Murphey, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original U.S. Navy propaganda poster advertising "Navy Day." Below a large image of a U.S. battleship is block text reading "Navy Day, October 27th." The poster dates to 1940, shortly after the American entry into World War II. The poster highlights an impressive depiction of a column of U.S. battleships within a red border with small white anchors. The printed signature of U.S. Navy artist matte Murphey appears at the bottom right of the image, while the bottom edge of the poster bears the printing line: "NRB - 27919 - 8-5-40 - 18M." Each of the ships depicted in the image appear to feature cage masts, indicating that the artist was working from a reference image taken prior to the modernization of the U.S. battleship force in the late 1920s-early 1930s.
The first “Navy Day” was celebrated on October 27, 1922. October 27, 1922 was suggested by the Navy League to recognize Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday. Roosevelt had been an Assistant Secretary of the Navy...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save Lend More
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save More Lend More - depicting an army soldier in military uniform armed with a gun and stepping forward int...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Andre Derain "Reclining Nude" Red Chalk Drawing
By André Derain
Located in Sharon, CT
Sight size 13 x 201/2", Drawn with red conte crayon on paper. Signed lower right. Label on verso. Framed and glazed 18 x 24".
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster WWII Defender Of Freedom RAF Hudson Fighter Plane Norway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Second World War propaganda poster in Portuguese - A Gra-Bretanha Defensora da Liberdade Um raide efectuado por "Hudsons" ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Wooden Marquetry Figure Wall Plaque
Located in Buffalo, NY
Abstract Modernist Wood Inlay / Marquetry Figure wall plaque. Hand executed..Art Deco , African influenced.Several mixed species of exotic woods.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
"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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Wilton Motley Oil Painting
Located in Vienna, AT
Wilton Motley coastal motif, signed, oil on canvas. Dimensions: 50 x 75 cm.
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Berner Oberland Switzerland Bear
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Berner Oberland Suisse on y fait du ski jusqu'a fin Avril / Bernese Oberland Switzerland skiing until the end of April featuring fun artwork...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Mythological Scenes", Art Deco Wood Inlay Mirror with Triton, Europa, Orpheus
By Birger Ekman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Sweden is known for its exquisite Art Deco artisanry in glass and ceramics, its accomplishments in wood inlay furniture -- such as this superb example -- is less appreciated...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Original Vintage Poster Ceylon Beach Picnic Sri Lanka Asia Holiday Travel Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting Ceylon featuring a great illustration showing a lady in a traditional sari dress leaning against a palm tree on a sandy beach with people on ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Framed Oil On Canvas Of Chateau de Savinac By Yvonne Laborde Germani
Located in Essex, MA
With a nicely carved pine frame. The canvas featuring a view of Chateau de Savinac in Bordeaux, France.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Pine
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 Movie Poster Air Force WWII Military Aviation Film Howard Hawks
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the French release of a 1943 American World War Two aviation film about the crew of a bomber plane in Pearl Harbour who are sent to Manila to help with the defence of the Philippines following the Japanese attack - Air Force - directed by Howard Hawks...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Johnny O'clock
Located in London, GB
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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage KLM Travel Poster Winter Sport Skiing Sun Snow & Fun In Austria
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Austria / Autriche issued by KLM - Fly KLM The Skiers' Airline with John and Lois Jay - Sun, Snow and Fun in Austria. Great image of a snowy scene ...
Category
Austrian 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
"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
"Laundry Day, " Brilliant Ptg. of Rural North Carolina Life During World War II
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Fresh as a crisp fall day, this painting of a woman taking down laundry at the base of a hill dominated by her home above is a reassuring depiction of wholesome rural life in 1941, p...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Original Vintage WWII Poster Back Them Up Britain's New Airborne Army In Europe
By Leslie Oliphant
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Back Them Up! Britain's new Airborne Army goes into action in Europe - featuring a dynamic battle scene depicting British soldiers in uniform wearing their maroon berets (the Red Berets of the Parachute Regiment created in 1942; nicknamed the Rote Teufel / Red Devils by the German troops) jumping out of a glider plane with their guns firing...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Let 'Em Have It. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII 4th War Loan Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II poster, dating to 1943. The poster reads "Let 'Em Have It" and “Buy Extra Bonds” in bold yellow and white block letters. The poster's composition features a soldier throwing a grenade on the battlefield. Black and blue smoked filled skies and barbed wire are seen behind him. The 4th War Loan Shield is illustrated prominently at center left. The poster was illustrated by Bernard Perlin...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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
Elaine Plishker Auchmoody Still Life with Duck Oil on Canvas
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Still life oil painting ca. 1940s depicting a 'duck' figurine amid vessels by Elaine Plishker Auchmoody (b. NYC 1910 - d. Massachusetts 1976).
Auchmoody was a highly-regarded lecture...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Careless Talk Snake WWII Albert Dorne
By Albert Dorne
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Less dangerous than careless talk Don't discuss Troop movements Ship sailings War equipment - featuring a great illustration of a r...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Sweden Skiing Travel Winter Sport Mountain Ski Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Sweden featuring a fun image of a smiling lady wearing a bright red, white and green dress with a head scarf and floral patterned gloves standi...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Watercolor
Axel Salto, Mythical beast, lithograph, "Helhesten" 1942
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Axel Salto (1889-1961)
A mythical beast, lithograph. "Helhesten" 1942.
Hand-signed in pencil Salto.
Visible size: W 17.0 cm x H 19.0 cm.
Total W 27...
Category
Danish Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Nuria Catalonia Spain Pyrenees Ski Winter Sport
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport alpine ski resort poster featuring a skier in red and blue skiing at speed down a snowy piste past a red and yellow flag of Spain flying over spectators...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Actaeon, " Large Art Deco-Mid Century Painting by Hollywood Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and arresting, this stylized depiction of the great hunter in Greek mythology, Actaeon, resting on a slab of marble with his bow and quiver of arrows, was painted by Leon Dusso...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
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
Pair of Vintage Dutch Paintings
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's oil on canvas Adam and Eve paintings with vintage frames.
Measurements:
Height: 74.25"
Width: 32.75"
Depth: 2.25"
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Benjamin Jorj Harris for Newman Decor, Galloping Horses
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Galloping Horses, airbrushed watercolor by Benjamin Jorj Harris (American, 1904-1957) for Newman Decor.
Dimensions shown are for fr...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New Orleans, complete with a waiter, fashionably dressed men and women and wafts of cigarette smoke...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
1940's Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair. Sourced from a factory boardroom in Latvia, the panels were used as decoration in the factory boardroom. The factory produced el...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Original Vintage Winter Sport Skiing Travel Poster Alpes And Jura PLM Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster - Alpes & Jura Eight days of winter sports A whole year of health / Huit jours de sports d'hiver Toute une annee de sante - fea...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Blood Donors Needed WWII Emergency Modernism Design
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Blood donors are needed urgently to save lives Emergency blood transfusion service - featuring a modernist design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting a dramatic illustration of a soldier wearing a military...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of Six Vintage French Three Dimensional Masks
Located in Stamford, CT
Very animated face masks from the 1940s. Three dimensional.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Composition
Vilhelm Lundstrøm: Still life, 1942
By Vilhelm Lundstrøm
Located in Berlin, BE
Vilhelm Lundstrøm
Still life, 1942.
Unsigned. Woodcut. Visible size 24.5×32.5 cm.
Published by the Danish art magazine Klingen, 1942.
Vilhelm Lundstrøm was a danish artist, born in...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage American Large Landscape Oil Painting "Farmer with his Horses and Dog"
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1756 Large oil painting of an American farmer with his dog and two horses
Framed and signed
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
"Stomping Grapes, " Art Deco Etched/Enameled Mirrored Panel with Winemaking Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Remarkable in its size, ambition and complexity, this large Art Deco mirrored panel depicts a grape stomping scene at its center, surrounded by a farm scene full of life, executed in...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
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