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Period: 1940s
"Sissonne France" Watercolor Naturalistic Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic watercolor European landscape painting. The work is signed, titled, and dated by the artist. The watercolor painting is mounted to a brown matte but is not framed.
Dimen...
Category
Naturalistic 1940s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still life with ceramic vase. Middle of the 1940s, oil on cardboard, 60x51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with ceramic vase
Middle of the 1940s, oil on cardboard, 60x51 cm
Harijs Veldre (Bullis till 1947) (1927.8.III – 1999.6.V)
Harijs Veldre learned in Riga school of applie...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Mountain village
Located in Genève, GE
This captivating work depicts a rural mountain landscape with a timeless allure. Using a palette of earthy, nuanced colours, the artist succeeds in creating an atmosphere that is bot...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Modern Painting - Pose of Flames
Located in Houston, TX
Striking abstract acrylic painting of a nude male figure in a reclining pose and surrounded by vivid flames by Beugnet, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Overflight over the city. 1947, paper, mixed media, 23x20 cm
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his arti...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
$900 Sale Price
20% Off
Frederick Shane “Twilight of History” 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Denver, CO
"Twilight of History" is a powerful and evocative original oil painting on board by renowned American artist Frederick Shane (1906–1992), created in 1947. This deeply symbolic work e...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Religious Man 1947 Palestine, Israeli Judaica Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
From The British mandate Pre State of Israel Palestine Period.
Eliahu Sigad (Eliyahu Sigard), painter, born 1901, Lithuania. Founder of Israeli Painters' Association. Educated in Eur...
Category
Fauvist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Birth" 1940s Surrealist Abstract Watercolor Painting, Gray Scale Female Figure
Located in Denver, CO
"Birth" is a striking semi-abstract watercolor painting created by the talented Colorado artist, Charles Ragland Bunnell, in 1943. The artwork, crafted during Bunnell's Black and Blu...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Featuring Designs for Women’s Day Dresses
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's day dresses.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Pencil on paper. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Dans L
Atelier Mardi - Mid 20th Century Nude Still Life Oil by Michael D
Aguilar
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Baron Michael D`Aguilar was born on May 15, 1922 in London to Spanish parents. He was brother of the artist Paul D`Aguilar. He spent much of his early life in Spain. He studied at...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Women’s Suit
Shoe Designs in Vivid Red
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant women’s suit and shoe designs in vivid reds.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. Prove...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A Stylish Vintage 1940s Fashion Study, Designs for Women
s Jewelry
Accessories
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring elegant designs for women's jewelry, shoes and accessories.
Inscribed:
"Diamond pin, Black, Starr and Gorham
Bag by Lilly Daché
Glo...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Ancient Revel oil painting by Wesley Lea
By Wesley Lea
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and titled verso on stretcher "Lea Ancient Revel". Subtitled verso on label in artist's hand: "An attempt to marry ancient mineral matter with people".
Exhibited at the 194...
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Californians
By E.M. Jackson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "The Californians" by Louise Redfield Peattie, published in Cosmopolitan, February 1940, page 141.
The magazine describes the story as "The brilliant saga of ...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Grace
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Portrait of Grace, 1944
Oil on canvas, 23 x 20 inches (58.4 x 50.8 cm)
Framed dimensions 31 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
Signed and dated lower left: Joseph Stella / 1944 Signed on verso: Jos...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Wildwood, Impressionist New York Harbor Oil Painting by Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: The Wildwood
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 12 in. x 16 in. (30.48 cm x 40.64 cm)
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed on stretcher, c. 1940s. Frame is likely original to the painting.
Realist painter-printmaker Kyra Markham...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Chicken Signed Cubist Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist mixed media abstract oil painting and collage by Paul René Gauguin (1911 - 1976). Oil and mixed media on board, circa . Signed. D...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
South Street, NYC - Impressionist Oil Painting by Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: South Street, New York
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tugboat
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This vivid oil on board, signed by Abraham P. Hankins, showcases the artist's engagement with urban and industrial themes. Titled Tugboat, the work captures a bold red tugboat positi...
Category
Ashcan School 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$4,850
Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life. This painting, titled Girl Reading Card, 1948, is one of those perfect scenes that he docu...
Category
American Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Corlears Hook, Impressionist Oil Painting by Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: Corlears Hook
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 12 in. x 16 in. (30.48 cm x 40.64 cm)
Frame: 14.5 x...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Impressionist Panoramic Mountain Sketch Landscape
Sky Study Painting
By George Browne
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting of panoramic mountain range by George Browne (1918 - 1958). Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed on verso. Displayed in a period giltwood frame. Image, 1...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Formal Portrait of a Chinese Man in Traditional Dress
Located in Miami, FL
Dressed in traditional clothing, a handsome Chinese man is depicted as he sits resolutely with one hand on his leg and the other holding a baton. Female Artist Joyce Ballantyne...
Category
Academic 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cashmere Bouquet Soap Advertisement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1945
Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
Dimensions: 22.00" x 17.75"
Signature: Unsigned
A sweet WWII-era illustration for a Cashmere Bouquet Soap camp...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Woodstock in Winter" Cecil Chichester, Modernist Snowy Winter Landscape
By Cecil Chichester
Located in New York, NY
Cecil Chichester
Woodstock in Winter, circa 1947
Signed lower left
Oil on artist's board
12 x 16 inches
Provenance
Private Collection, Rhinebeck, New...
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
London Round House-Mid-Century Industrial American Scene Oil Painting
By Jack Steele
Located in Marco Island, FL
A mid-century American Realist scene of children playing on the railroad entitled, London Round House. The chaotic scene of children rambunctiously playing is suspected to be set in...
Category
American Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Twilight, Impressionist New York City Oil Painting Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: Twilight
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 12 in. x 16 in. (30.48 cm x 40.64 cm)
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
New Rochelle Pier, Impressionist Oil Painting by Margaretha E. Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: New Rochelle Pier
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 24 in. x 18 in. (60.96 c...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angelo Pavan, oil on panel "Marina: sailing ship at rest," Italy 1942
Located in Vicenza, VI
Angelo Pavan is a Venetian painter trained at the School of Drawing and Plastics at the Accademia Olimpica in Vicenza. He is known for his landscapes, particularly lagoon views of Ve...
Category
Italian School 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape. 1942, cardboard, oil, 50x69.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. 1942., cardboard, oil, 50x69.5 cm
Oto Pladers (1897.8.III – 1970.2.V)
Oto Pladers learned in Riga city school of art (1913 – 15).
He was called into the army in 1916 and ...
Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$4,168 Sale Price
20% Off
Oil on canvas "Country house" by Carlo Dalla Zorza - 1945, Italy
Located in Vicenza, VI
An oil on canvas, applied on cardboard, made by Carlo Dalla Zorza in 1945 measuring 40x50 cm.
The artist is known for his ability to capture the natural light and colors of the Venet...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with a beard
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Black and gold wooden frame
77.5 x 56.5 x 3.5 cm
Illegible signature
"Valley landscape at the foot of the mountains"
On the back of the work
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,907
Piero Sansalvadore Chithurst Bridge Sussex oil painting mid century modern art
Located in London, GB
Piero Sansalvadore (1892-1955)
Chithurst Bridge Sussex
Signed Sansalvadore. Titled to verso.
Oil on wood panel
21.5 x 28cm (8.5 x 11 in)
Provenance: Stacy-Marks Gallery, Eastbourne,...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Ocean Parkway Beach, October 2" Nathan Hoffman, Brooklyn, Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman
Ocean Parkway Beach, October 2, 1941
Signed, titled, dated on the reverse
Oil on artists board
9 3/4 x 14 inches
Born in Russia, the son...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Vintage Signed Original Oil Painting Still Life with Melon Slices by John Hatch
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern cubist oil painting by American artist John W. Hatch created in 1948.
Category
Cubist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Abstract Bridge Landscape Oil Painting by Will Hollingsworth
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American surreal abstract landscape painting Will Hollingsworth. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modernist fr...
Category
Abstract 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cockermouth, Brewery
Castle: Clifford Charman oil painting Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
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Category
Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Antique Store
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original charming 1940's modernist painting depicting an antique store in the countryside.
This piece comes housed in its original period frame.
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - )
Title: Italian Still Life
Year: 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches
Category
American Realist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Art Institute
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original 1942 oil on board painting by American female artist Catherine Koenig depicting the interior of the Buffalo Art Institute which was home to the legendary Charles Burchfie...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Nude with Fruit Basket, Oil Painting by A. Raymond Katz c1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 - 1974)
Title: Nude with Fruit Basket
Year: circa 1949
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 48 x 33 in. (121.92 x 83.82 cm)
Category
Expressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Windrush, Painting by Margaretha Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Margaretha E. Albers, American (1881 - 1977)
Title: The Windrush
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 12 in. x 16 in. (30.48 cm x 40.64 cm)
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Howard Chandler Christy Portrait of a Woman 1940, Signed, Dated and Framed
Located in Plainview, NY
This watercolor portrait was made by Howard Chandler Christy (1873-1952, American)and dedicated to his long time friend Anita Shonover in 1940. The portrait is signed dated and inscr...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
A Holiday Tavern Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist
Advertisement for the Interwoven Stocking Company, New Brunswick, NJ.
(Reverse also signed with Philadelphia address of artist)
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Cessy by Jean Debaud - Oil on wood 39x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
French painter of the twentieth century.
Work on wood
Brown wooden frame
51 x 58 x 4 cm
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
$960 Sale Price
60% Off
Musician, The Lute Player, 1945 circa - Watercolour Painting by Duncan Grant
By Duncan Grant
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Estate of Paul Roche, the Artist's partner. Unsigned.
Duncan Grant was a British artist, designer and prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group.
His father...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
1940s Impressionist Oil Painting – Three Bathing Female Figures, Original Art
Located in Denver, CO
Step into a world of serenity and natural beauty with "Three Bathers," a captivating vintage 1940s oil painting on board by renowned Colorado artist Morgan Wagner. This exquisite art...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Money Lender" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Mid 20th Century
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
"Money Lender" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century
Mervin M Jules (1912-1994
"The Money Lender"
15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
Oil on board, c. 1940s
Signed lower left
F...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Voilier - ship, 1948 - oil on canvas, 51x59 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Oil painting on panel representing a boat in the sea. Framed
André Petroff naquit à Saint-Petersbourg en 1894, il étudia avec Bilibine et Roerich. Par la...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Important "The Victim" Avant Garde 1947 Judaica Expressionist Oil Painting
By Yonia Fain
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Avant-Garde
Subject: Abstract
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Country: Mexico
Dimensions: 25 3/4" x 19 3/4" x 3/4"
Dimensions w/Frame: 27" x 21 1/4"
THE VICTIM
Yonia Fain
Oil, 1947
Although this oil painting’s subject is predominantly abstract, there is a faint echo of a figural shape at its center. A figure wearing Tefillin, An organic form appears to be pinned to a hammer shaped object, reminiscent of a crucifix. This tool may be a reference to one of the Soviet Union’s symbols. Moreover, it is likely a direct reference to the persecution Fain faced as a Russian Jew in Bolshevik Russia. The contrast between colors, geometric lines, and organic curves is indicative of Fain’s collaboration with Diego Rivera, as well as the time he spent in Mexico. The primary hues communicate the hardship the artist underwent and his cathartic ability to reproduce those emotions through paint.
In addition to being a renowned artist and award-winning poet, Yonia Fain is among the few survivors to triumph over the turmoil of the 20th century. Fain’s abundant body of artwork and poetry pays tribute to the hardship many experienced during the Russian Revolution, Nazi invasion of Poland, and World War II. The persecution Fain experienced forced him to immigrate to several countries including China, Mexico, and the United States.
Yonia Fain was born in Russia in 1914. When he was only 10-years-old, he and his family fled from the Bolshevik Revolution to Poland. There he pursued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts and hoped to continue his education in Paris. He was awarded B.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the University of Poland. In 1939, the artist and his wife Helen moved to Warsaw when the town they lived in, Vilna, became occupied by the Soviet Union. Although they managed to escape the Nazis, Fain was apprehended by Soviet military...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St. John
s Church Wapping
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Rose Louise Henriques, Lady Henriques C.B.E. 1889-1972, was an English born artist , social and charity worker in the East End of London where she lived and worked for her entire lif...
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole.
Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew.
Birth place: Baltimore
artist, blo...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Judaica Oil Painting "Old Jew" Jewish Rabbi at Prayer
Located in Surfside, FL
An oil on board Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait in profile of an old Jew. The work is signed "Ben-Zion".
Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.”
An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name.
Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s avant...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Spring composition
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
Suzanna and the Elders
By Ben Shahn
Located in Miami, FL
A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders.
Signed lower right
Ink and wash on paper
The Downtown Gallery
Felix Landau Gallery
Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...
Category
American Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
The thrushes
By Paul Mathey
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard signed Paul Mathey and dated (19)44
Dimension with frame :41 x 49 x 4 cm
Original figurative painting depicting two thrushes, executed with a confident and express...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Fish platter
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige wooden frame
44 x 57 x 5 cm
Category
Modern 1940s Paintings
Materials
Oil
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