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Period: 1930s
Andre MORISSET Seaside at Sunset, oil on canvas, 1931
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Large Oil on Canvas by André Morisset (1876–1954), France, 1931 Title: Seaside at Sunset With frame: 91 x 120 cm – 35.8 x 47.2 inches Without frame: 75 x 103 cm – 29.5 x 40.6 inches...
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Symbolist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French school Landscape watermill Signed, oil on canvas with frame
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️ Landscape with cows at dusk⬅️ ➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed R Hesse⏪ René Jean Hesse (1910-2000) René Hesse was a French painter whose art captured the essence of rural Lor...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Farm in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Vibrant Field Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm in Berlin Heights, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 27.75 x 36 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Captivating 1930s Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating, Modern 1930s portrait painting of a young woman in a black sweater by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A skilled and expressive portrait of a you...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

A Captivating 1930s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating, 1930s portrait painting of a young woman by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A sensitive, skilled portrait of a young female model, most likely h...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

English Fox Hunt Riders and Hounds in an extensive landscape
By Raoul Millais
Located in Woodbury, CT
Raoul Millais (1901–1999) Fox Hunters with Hounds in a Landscape, circa 1931 Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Raoul Millais and dated 1931 Presented in an ornate period gilt frame DESCRIPTION (Dibs-style long format) A fine early 20th-century sporting composition by Raoul Millais, painted in 1931 and depicting the timeless ritual of the English fox hunt...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

California Landscape, Near Carmel Ocean Tree View, Cleveland Woman Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
May Lydia Ames (American, 1863-1943) Near Carmel, Calif., 1932 Oil on board Signed and dated lower left, signed and titled verso 14 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24.5 inches, framed May Ames w...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

French School Impressionist Landscape Signed high texture Plein Air
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Vivid Landscape⬅️ ➡️Plein air Impressionist Landscape⬅️ ⏩It is signed H Sauvard.⏪ Possibly Henri Sauvard (1880-1973) From Wikipedia: Henri Sauvard was a French landscape painte...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Gesso, Oil, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

Lady In Blue Art Deco Female Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting Set in a white frame
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil Pastel

1930 s English Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Still Life Thick Impasto Paint
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Still Life by Harry Bloomfield (British, 1883-1940) *see notes below signed verso oil on canvas, framed framed: 28 x 24 inches canvas: 22 x 18 inches Provenance: private co...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of Tulips, Signed oil painting
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bouquet of Tulips Signed lower left Oil on canvas 64.5 x 49.5 cm In good condition, the canvas is slightly wavy on the right side In a vintage frame (s...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

A Colorful, 1930s Summer Harbor Scene of Saugatuck, Michigan by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful , blustery painting of a summer harbor in Saugatuck, Michigan by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. Dating circa 1935, oil on Masonite, the painting depicts a v...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Study for the opera - The Forces of the Curve - Cars in Motion cm. 71 x 36 1930
Located in Torino, IT
1930 Car, Racing Car, Futurism, Red Study of the work exhibited at the MART Museum in Rovereto The work has more than 70 years of experience. For export, documents from the Italian ...
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Futurist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Tempera, Cardboard, Carbon Pencil

Self Portrait , Post Impressionist Danish Woman Artist, Charlottenborg, Aurora
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anne Margrethe Grosell (Danish, 1909- 1999), circa 1935, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity. Unsigned. An accomplished Post-Impressionist self-portra...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Potted Flowers
Located in London, GB
'Potted Flowers', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (1933). Potted red geraniums symbolise happiness, good health, good wishes, and friendship. They are ...
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Expressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Potted Flowers
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Vintage post-impressionist landscape oil painting of a French port
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large post impressionist landscape oil painting by French artist Lucienne Capdevielle (1885-1961) entitled, 'Le Petit Port'. This substancial, unusual and captivating landscape oil painting on canvas is quite eye catching. The colourful town houses painted in pastel hues shine jewel like over a busy port on a large canvas that is textured to the touch. MORE ABOUT THIS PAINTING: Medium: Oil on stretched canvas Overall size: 26ins x 30ins or 66cms x 76cms (approx) Date: 1930's Condition: The painting is in overall good condition, note that at some time it would have been pinned at the corners and still carries the scars. The frame is the original and has imperfections throughout including flaking paint and indentations. Signed: Lucienne Capdevielle (1885-1961) Lucienne was born in Algiers in 1885, she died in a Parisien hospital in 1961, she was a French painter and pastelist. She was a student of Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse, Jean-Paul Laurens, Paul Albert Laurens and Léon Cauvy...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Boats on a Pond
Located in London, GB
'Boats on a Pond', oil on canvas, by Charles Kvapil (circa 1930s). This tranquil artwork depicts people fishing from their small boats. The motionless pond is surrounded by lush foliage with some homes as backdrop. The painting is spattered with light. With hardly any air moving in the scene, the still water plays...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Vibrant, 1950s Modern Portrait of a Young Black Man by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating, 1950s Mid-Century Modern portrait painting of a young black man by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A sensitive, skilled portrait of a young Afri...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968) "Paper Making" 19 x 39 inches Oil on board, c. 1936 Signed verso Framed: 28 x 47 Provenance: Estate of the Artist BIO Spencer Douglass Crockwell was born into a comfortable middle class household on April 29, 1904 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Charles Roland Crockwell, was a mining engineer; his mother, Cora, was the daughter of an Iowa attorney. He became a commercial artist and experimental filmmaker who spent a good part of his career creating illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post. In 1907 the Crockwell family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and then attended from Washington University. Initially he studied engineering, but soon switched to business. While still an undergraduate, Crockwell took courses at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and quickly realized that he wanted to be an artist. After graduating from Washington University in 1926, Crockwell continued to study at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts until 1929. The following year he relocated to Chicago and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art. In 1930 and 1931 he studied in Europe on a Traveling Fellowship. In 1932 Douglass Crockwell moved to Glens Falls, New York, which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. The following year he married Margaret Braman. They had three children, a son Douglass and two daughters, Johanna and Margaret. During the depression he created murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration including Post Office murals in White River junction, Vermont; Endicott, New York; and Macon, Mississippi. In 1934 he painted Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co. (the leading Glens Falls, New York company) for the WPA. In the 1930s Crockwell developed an interest in experimental animated films that occupied him for the rest of his life. In 1936 and 1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealist films. Because of his interest in experimental films, his output of paintings was limited to just twenty to forty illustrations a year during this time. Crockwell painted his first of many Saturday Evening Post cover in 1933. He also worked for Life, Look, and Esquire, and numerous national advertisers including Friskies dog food, Welch’s Grape Juice, Republic Steel...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Landscape - Oil Painting by Armando Cermignani - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on plywood realized by Armando Cermignani (1888-1957) in 1930s. Hand signed and dated. Excellent condition. Armando Cermignani was an Italian painter, engraver, ceramist and p...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Art Deco Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Portrait of Woman in Winter Coat Oil on canvas, 18 x 24.5 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Would beneifit from a cleaning. Origina...
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Art Deco 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Love Mirror Pulp Magazine Cover Illustration Depression Era
Located in Miami, FL
Love Mirror, True Experiences magazine cover, February 1937 by Female Illustrator and Pupl Artist Georgia Warren Oil on canvas 17 x 13 inches (43.2 x 33.0 cm) Signed lower left: War...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait of the Artist, Early 20th Century Oil Painting, Cleveland Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011) Self Portrait Oil on canvas Signed lower right and dated ’36 33 x 27 inches 39 x 33 inches, framed Kenne...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait realized by Franco Settimj in 1932. Oil on cardboard. Hand signed and dated lower right. Good condition except for some minor issing parts on edges.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballator, Portland Ore.” provenance includes: J.C. Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame About the Painting Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like a Mediaeval alter, this mural study is filled with icons, but the images of saints and martyrs are replaced with symbols of America's gospel of prosperity through capitalism. Industry and Commerce has a strong narrative quality with vignettes filling the entire surface. Extraction, logistics, design, power generation, and manufacturing for printing, chemicals, automobiles and metal products are all represented. To eliminate any doubt about the mural's themes, Ballator letters a description into the bottom of the study. Ballator also presents an idealized version of industrial cooperation, as his workers, lab-coated technicians and tie-wearing managers work harmoniously toward a common goal in the tidy and neatly designed environments. Although far from the reality of most industrial spaces, Ballator's study reflects the idealized and morale boosting tone that many mural projects adopted during the Great Depression. About the Artist John R Ballator achieved success as a muralist, lithographer, and teacher during the Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon and at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art. In 1936, Ballator was commissioned to paint a mural panel for the new Department of Justice Building in Washington DC, an important project that spanned five years with several dozen artists contributing a total of sixty-eight designs. Ballator completed murals for the St. Johns Post Office and Franklin High School, both in Portland, Oregon. He also contributed to the 1938 murals at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, Connecticut. During the late 1930s, Ballator taught art for several years at Washburn College in Topeka, Kanas, where he completed a mural for the Menninger Arts & Craft Shop before accepting a professorship at Hollins College...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation
Located in New York, NY
"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation Daniel Ralph Celantano (1902-1980) "Pelham Bay" 12 1/4 x 16 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower cente...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Nude Model - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Model is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Good conditions. Not signed. Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Paint, Oil

1932 Regatta Oil Painting Classic American Nautical Racing Scene Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A dynamic and highly detailed 1932 oil painting by Allan C. Sawyer, this work captures an exhilarating regatta with a fleet of classic sailboats cutting through wind-whipped waves. P...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Cocktail party
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental Art Deco oil painting on canvas by renown Hungarian artist Arpad Bardocz. In good condition. Signed and dated. We can arrange shipping worldwide. We was born in Budape...
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Art Deco 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Opper (American, 1908-1994) Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and verso 30.125 x 24 inches The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Edinburgh Town circa 1930
By Charles Eddowes Turner
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Famous Edinburgh scene with the foggy Castle on the Mount from the North Bridge, and a bustling city scene below. Impressionist style, dating to mid 1920s/1930s, presenting a glimps...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Maquette right panel...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Egg Tempera, Board

A Large and Impressive Painting of a Standing Nude by Artist Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A large 1930s painting of standing female nude by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin, in a gold-toned frame. Artwork size: 43 3/4 x 29 3/4 inches; Framed size: 49 1/2 x...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Neighbors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ayrshire, the Perfect Cow
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful Ayrshire Cow painting by New York artist William Garrett Van Zandt. Painted in 1934, oil on board, signed and dated lower left. 10" x 13", in a nice period frame. William ...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme
Located in Yardley, PA
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” by Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965) A fantastic portrait of a young Jamaican woman set against a vibrant palm frond, painted by the re...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique American School Surreal Interior Scene Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school surreal oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 30 by 35 inches overall and 25 by 30 painting alone.In excellent original condition. Handsomely fram...
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Surrealist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Une Ballerine - Realist Figurative Oil Painting by Auguste Leroux
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figure in interior circa 1930 by French realist painter Jules Marie Auguste Leroux. The work depicts a brunette ballerina wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes st...
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Realist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Le Bateau Rouge a Alger - Post Impressionist Seascape Oil by Albert Marquet
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on board seascape by French fauvist painter Albert Marquet. The piece depicts a view of the Mediterranean sea from the city of Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. In the...
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Fauvist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Reclining young woman, signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Reclining young woman Signed upper right Oil on canvas. 60 x 82 cm In good condition Framed : 76.5 97 cm Maurice Asselin has made femininity one of...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Catalan Landscape with Masia oil on board painting spain spanish eupean art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Artist: Antoni Llobet Aracil (Barcelona, 1910 - 1983) Title: Catalan Landscape with Masia Technique: Oil on board Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in Support: Board Framing: Unframed Period: 19...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne (1907-1991) "Snowy City Scene" 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas. c. 1930s Signed lower lef...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Portrait of WW11 British Army Officer Soldier Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Army Officer *see notes below by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962) oil painting on canvas , unframed canvas: 24 x 18 inches condition: very good, minor surface scu...
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English School 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Landscape from Nordingrå, 1935 by Ultramarine Johansson
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Johansson, also known as "Ultramarin Johansson," was a Swedish artist born in 1863 and known for his distinctive blue-toned paintings. His work often depicted landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes, capturing the beauty and essence of Sweden's natural landscapes. We are proud to offer one of his late works from 1935 for sale. This painting depicts a beautiful landscape from Nordingrå, a small village situated on the High coast of Sweden. The beauty of Nordingrå has captured many artists in the 19th-century, inspiring many famous painters, including Helmer Osslund...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) A Summer landscape, Oil on panel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Léon Frédéric (1856-1940) A Summer landscape signed at the lower left Oil on canvas transfered on panel 29 x 44 cm Framed : 39 x 54.5 cm in good condition, However, there is a cr...
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Post-Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Nude of Woman - Oil on Canvas by Donato Frisia - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding painting by the italian artist Donato Frisia, dated 1930. Signed lower left in red. A sensual nude of woman reclined on a sofa is depicted with, at the same time, appeal...
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1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Young Woman - Painting by Francesco Settimj - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas mounted on board, realized by Francesco Settimj in 1930s. Good condition.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Impressionistic View over Strandvägen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) is a captivating visual narrative of Stockholm's serene beauty. Oscarsson, a student of Caleb Althin's painting school and the Royal S...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1930 s British Oil Painting Portrait of Westminster School Boy in Uniform
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Young Westminster" by Kathleen Emily Temple-Bird (British 1879 - 1962) signed and dated 1931 oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 33 x 24 canvas: 29 x 20 inches condition: very go...
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English School 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Portrait of Woman - Oil Paint by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by the Italian artist Antonio Feltrinelli in the 1930s. Original oil on plywood. Beautiful and representative artwork of a female...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Antique American Framed Impressionist Venice Sunset Cityscape Gondola Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist sunset landscape oil painting by Louis Saphier (1875/77 - 1954). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 30 by 43 inches overall, and 24 by 36 pai...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Female Bather (Nude Women)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Ann Brockman (1895–1943) was an American artist who achieved success as a figurative painter following a successful career as an illustrator. Born in California, she spent her childhood in the American Far West and, upon marrying the artist William C. McNulty, relocated to Manhattan at the age of 18 in 1914. She took classes at the Art Students League where her teachers included two realist artists of the Ashcan School, George Luks and John Sloan. Her career as an illustrator began in 1919 with cover art for four issues of a fiction monthly called Live Stories. She continued providing cover art and illustrations for popular magazines and books until 1930 when she transitioned from illustrator to professional artist. From that year until her death in 1943, she took part regularly in group and solo exhibitions, receiving a growing amount of critical recognition and praise. In 1939 she told an interviewer that making money as an illustrator was so easy that it "almost spoiled [her] chances of ever being an artist."[1] In reviewing a solo exhibition of her work in 1939, the artist and critic A.Z Kruse wrote: "She paints and composes with a thorough understanding of form and without the slightest hesitancy about anatomical structure. Add to this a magnificent sense of proportion, and impeccable feeling for color and an unmistakable knowledge of what it takes to balance the elements of good pictorial composition and you have a typical Ann Brockman canvas."[2] Early life and training Brockman was born in Northern California in 1895 and spent much of her youth in nearby Oregon, Washington, and Utah.[1][3] She met the artist William C. McNulty in Seattle where he was employed as an editorial cartoonist. They married in March 1914 and promptly moved to Manhattan where he worked as a freelance illustrator.[4][5] At the time of their marriage, Brockman was 18 years old.[6] Over the next few years, her career generally followed that path that her husband had previously taken. His art training had been at the Art Students League beginning in 1908; she began her training there after moving to New York in 1914.[1] After an early career as an editorial cartoonist, he freelanced as a magazine and book illustrator beginning in 1914; she began her career as a magazine and book illustrator in 1919.[7] He embarked on a teaching career in the early 1930s and not long after, she began giving art instruction.[8][9] While they both adhered to the realist tradition in art, their usual subjects were different. His prominently depicted urban cityscapes in the social realist whereas hers generally focused on rural landscapes. He was best known for his etchings and she for her oils and watercolors.[8][10] Brockman returned to the Art Students League in 1926 to take individual instruction for a month at a time from George Luks and John Sloan.[1] Despite their help, one critic said McNulty's "sympathetic encouragement and guidance" was more important to her development as a professional artist.[11] Career in art In the course of her career as illustrator, Brockman would sometimes paint portraits of celebrities before drawing them, as for example in 1923 when she painted the French actress Andrée Lafayette who had traveled to New York to play title role in a film called Trilby.[12] She would also sometimes accept commissions to make portrait paintings and in 1929 painted two Scottish terriers on one such commission.[13] During this time, she also produced landscapes. In 1924 she displayed a New England village street scene painting in the Second Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings in the J. Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art.[14] Available sources show no further exhibitions until in 1930 a critic for the Boston Globe described one of her portraits as "well done" in a review of a Rockport Art Association exhibition held that summer.[15] Between 1931 and her death in 1943, Brockman participated in over thirty group exhibitions and five solos.[note 1] Her paintings appeared in shows of the artists' associations to which she belonged, including the Rockport Art Association, Salons of America, Society of Independent Artists, and National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors.[17][19]Between 1932 and 1935, her paintings appeared frequently in New York's Macbeth Gallery.[20][23][25][27] She won an award for a painting she showed at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1940.[41] In 1942, the Whitney Museum bought one of the paintings she showed in its Biennial of that year.[10] Critical praise for her work steadily increased during the decade that ended with her untimely death in 1943. In 1932, her painting called "The Camera Man" was called "a clever piece of illustration."[21] Three years later, a painting called "Small Town" gave a critic "the impression of freshness, honesty, and skill".[29] In 1938, a critic described her "Folly Cove" as "masterful" and said "Pigeon Hill Picnic" was "sustained by excellence of execution".[48] At that time, Howard Devree of the New York Times saw "evidence of gathering powers" in her work and wrote "she imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Three years later, a Times critic reported Brockman had "set herself a new high" in the watercolors she presented,[52] and another critic said the gallery where she was showing had not "for some time" shown "so outstanding a solo exhibitor as Ann Brockman."[2] Shortly before her death, a critic for Art News maintained that she was "one of America's most talented women painters".[46] After she had died, a critic said Brockman's paintings "displayed real power", adding that she was "highly rated among the nation's professional artists" and was known to give "aid and encouragement, always with a smile," both artists and to her students.[10] in reviewing the memorial exhibition at the Kraushaar Galleries held in 1945, reviewers wrote about the strength and vibrancy of her personality, the quality of her painting ("every bit as good, possibly better than people had thought"),[53] called her "one of the best of our twentieth century women painters", and credited "her sense of the vividness of life" as a contributor to "the unusual breadth that is so characteristic of her work.[11] One noted that her work was "widely recognized throughout the country" and could be found in the collections of prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[54] Writing in the Times, Devree wrote, "even those who had followed the steady growth of this artist for more than a decade, each successive show being at once an evidence of new achievement and an augury of still better work to come, may well be surprised at the combined impact of the selected paintings in the present showing,"[55] and writing in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, A.Z Kruse said she had made "extraorginary accomplishments", painted with "inordinate distinction" showing a "lyrical majesty," and possessed "a keen esthetic sense which did not deviate from truth."[54] Artistic style (1) Ann Brockman, undated drawing, black chalk on paper, 18 x 22 inches (2) Ann Brockman, High School Picnic, about 1935, oil on canvas, 34 1/4 x 44 1/4 inches (3) Ann Brockman, untitled landscape, about 1943, watercolor and pencil on paper, 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (4) Ann Brockman, North Coast, undated watercolor, 21 1/2 x 30 inches (5) Ann Brockman, On the Beach, 1942, watercolor on paper, 16 1/2 x 20 inches (6) Ann Brockman, Lot's Wife, 1942, oil on canvas, 46 x 35 inches (7) Ann Brockman, New York Harbor, 1934, watercolor on paper, 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches (8) Ann Brockman, Youth, 1942, oil on board, 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches Brockman was a figurative painter whose main subjects were rural landscapes and small-town and coastal scenes. She worked in oils and watercolors, becoming better known for the latter late in her career. Most of her paintings were relatively small. Although she made figure pieces infrequently, the nudes and circus and Biblical scenes she painted were seen to be among her best works. In 1938, Howard Devree wrote: "Her gray-day marines and coast scenes are familiar to gallery goers and are favorites with her fellow artists. Her figure pieces have attained a sculptural quality without losing warmth or taking on stiffness. One spirited circus incident of equestriennes about to enter the big tent compares not unfavorably with many of the similar pictures by a long line of painters who have been fascinated by the theme. She imparts a dramatic feeling to landscape. She even manages this time to do trees touched by Autumn tints without calendar effect, which is no small praise."[51] Similarly, a critic for Art Digest wrote that year: "Fluently and virilely painted, [her] canvases suggest a close affinity between nature and humans. The artist takes her subjects out in the open where they may picnic or bathe with space and air about them. A fast tempo is felt in the compositions of restless horses and nimble entertainers busily alert for the coming performance. Miss Brockman is also interested in portraying frightened groups of people, hurrying to safety or standing half-clad in the lowering storm light."[56] Her palette ranged from vivid colors in bright sunlight to somber ones in the overcast skies of stormy weather. Of the former, one critic spoke of the rich colors and "sun-drenched rocks" of her coastal scenes and another of her "summery landscapes of coves and picnics."[11][50] Of the latter, Howard Devree said she "painted so many moody Maine coast vignettes of lowering skies and uneasy seas that artists have been heard to refer to an effect as 'an Ann Brockman day'".[57] Brockman's handling of Biblical subjects can be seen in the oil called "Lot's Wife", shown above, Image No. 6. Her watercolor called "On the Beach" and her oil portrait called "Youth" may both indicate the "sculptural quality" that Devree said was typical of her figure pieces (Image No. 8, above). An example of Brockman's bright palette in a typical summer theme is the oil painting called "High School Picnic" shown above, Image No. 2. Next to it is a painting, an untitled landscape of about 1943 whose medium, watercolor on paper, shows off the sunny palette she often used (Image No. 3). Among the darkest of her works was an untitled 1942 drawing she made in black chalk (shown above, Image No. 1). In a book called Drawings by American Artists (1947), the artist and art editor Norman Kent noted that this study influenced her painting through its use of "forms" that were "elastic" and suggested "color". He said its "massing of dark and light" created "a definite mood" that was "impressionistic" and had "the strength of a man's work".[58] Brockman's undated watercolor called "North Coast" (shown above, Image No. 4) is an example of the paintings to which Kent referred. Illustrator (9) Ann Brockman, cover, March 12, 1917, Every Week magazine (10) Illustration of an article, "The Taking of a Salient" by Henry Russell...
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Located in Roma, IT
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Day at the Beach - Realistic Figurative Illustration in Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
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