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19th Century Landscape of Shepherdess w/ Sheep
Dog, Munich, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
Exposition in San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in the
Category
1890s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Donald Deskey Andirons for Bennett, Nickel Chrome, Wrought Iron, Signed
By Donald Deskey
Located in New York, NY
Trylon sphere exhibited at 1939 World's Fair. Both wrought iron shanks are signed Bennett and have an
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Andirons
Materials
Wrought Iron, Nickel
American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon
Located in Portland, OR
. Albert and Arthur exhibited at the New York World's Fair in 1939, and Arthur had work on display at the
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1938
New York World's Fair, 1939
International Water Color Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1940
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
1960s Hard Edge Oil on Canvas by Modernist Artist Henry Kallem
By Henry Kallem
Located in Minneapolis, MN
. Kallem exhibited widely including the 1939 World's Fair.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio, Grauer became affiliated
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Oscar Heyman Platinum/18KT Gold Orchid Brooch with Fancy Yellow
White Diamond
By Oscar Heyman
Located in New York, NY
New York Worlds Fair in 1939. These designs would go on to become the most iconic of the house.
Our
Category
1990s American Romantic Brooches
Materials
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
untitled (Yellow Adobe Building with Bell)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio, Grauer became affiliated with Cleveland College, one
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
untitled (The White Barn with Farmers and Horse)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio, Grauer became affiliated
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Donald Deskey Fireplace Tools in Brass
Iron Tripod Stand
By Donald Deskey
Located in Hanover, MA
exhibited at 1939 World's Fair.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots
Materials
Brass, Steel, Wrought Iron
Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
his planning skills at the Whistler Museum. He exhibited at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, Vose
Category
1920s American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mark Freeman Mix Media Drawing - Chinatown New York
By Mark Freeman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
depictions of the New York World's Fair of 1939 with its theme of "the World of Tomorrow" are among his works
Category
Mid-20th Century Mixed Media
Materials
Crayon, Color Pencil, Graphite
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn, New York in 1936, a mural in the WPA Building at the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a highly
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$4,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Joseph Hirsch Original Lithograph Signed in Pencil - The Toast
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the 1939 New York World's Fair, by public ballot, the Philadelphia native was awarded first choice for
Category
1970s Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Model DL 82 Table, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Laminate, Birch
Table, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Birch
Holocaust Memorial Oil Painting Judaica Rabbi Composed of Figures Artists Frame
By Maurice Newman
Located in Surfside, FL
Children's Museum in Boston, the 1939 World's Fair in New York, and the Essex Institute in Salem.
He studied
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Snow Geese (Wyoming)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
in the 1939 New York World's Fair exhibition, American Art Today. There was an exhibition of fifty of
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Mallard Drakes (Louisiana Honkers)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
etching, Crossing the Platte, was included in the 1939 New York World's Fair exhibition, American Art
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Housing Project, and the 1939 World’s Fair.(2)
Although Browne destroyed his early academic work shortly
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
UNTITLED
By Morris Shulman
Located in Portland, ME
National Academy of Design in New York from 1931 to 1934. He had his first exhibition at the 1939 World's
Category
1950s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein
Stool Model 60, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
(1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935, Alvar Aalto founded Artek, a well-known Finnish furniture and lighting
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch
Stool Model 60, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1950s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch
Pair of Model A622A Flush Mounts, Alvar Aalto, Valaistustyö, 1950s
By Alvar Aalto, Valaistustyö
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
New York (1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935, Alvar Aalto founded Artek, a well-known Finnish furniture and
Category
Vintage 1950s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Flush Mount
Materials
Metal
Model 46 Armchair with Floral Fabric, Alvar Aalto, 1930/1940s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
(1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935, Alvar Aalto founded Artek, a well-known Finnish furniture and lighting
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Birch
$1,963 Sale Price / item
25% Off
The Bug, Early 20th Century Landscape w/ Rooster
Chicken, Cleveland School
By Henry Keller
Located in Beachwood, OH
San Francisco, while at the New York World's Fair in 1939, his Horse Barn appeared in the exhibition
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Scrub and Pines, Early 20th Century Landscape, Cleveland May Show Exhibition
By William Grauer
Located in Beachwood, OH
exhibitions in both the Chicago Century of Progress (1933) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Residents of
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Monarch Air" Sculpture by Bay Area Blacksmith William Roan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
transformed into the site of the 1939 World’s Fair, officially known as the Golden Gate International
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Other Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Steel
Portrait of a Lady American Painter Wall Mount Art Decorative Painting Framed LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
World's fair artist, 1939-1940. Under the aegis of the NYWF, some of his paintings were given to several
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$8,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Vernal Equinox, 20th Century Bronze Figure of Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
1939 Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco and in the 1939 New York World's Fair. Eleanor Roosevelt
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Thunderbolt and Parachute Jump" a limited edition from Coney Island, 1997
By Phillip Buehler
Located in New York, NY
attraction that was originally at the 1939 New York World’s Fair and later moved to Steeplechase Park. It
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1930/1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch, Paint
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1930/1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch, Paint
Model 60 Stool, Alvar Aalto, Artek, 1950/1960s
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch
Charles Harsanyi Modernist Winter Scene, 1946, titled "The Ferry No 2"
Located in New York, NY
Fair, New York, 1939
Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939
Art Institute of Chicago, 1941-44
Cincinnati Art
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nude Female Figures (Nude Women Study)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Congress, 1938; World's Fair, New York, 1939; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1936, 1949, 1952-53
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Pair of Teak Aalto Model 60 Stools, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1940s
By Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
(1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935, Alvar Aalto founded Artek, a well-known Finnish
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Stools
Materials
Birch, Teak
$5,235 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Fallon House, Colombia, California
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gallery, 1924-39; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Santa Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait in a Mirror with Artist
s Tools, Oil on canvas, Signed, Polish
By Joseph Biel
Located in London, GB
1934 Whitney Biennial, the 1939 World’s Fair and a 1943 Brooklyn Museum show along with his wife Lena
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Exceptional Mahogany + Ivory Lacquer Brass Accented Armoire by Tommi Parzinger
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
at the 1939 New York World's Fair, he launched his company and showroom under the name “Parzinger
Category
Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
Allan Houser Native American Modernist Bronze Sculpture, 1989, "Watching"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
in the 1939 New York World's Fair, and had a one-person show
at the Museum of New Mexico. During
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Allan Houser Native American Bronze Modernist Sculpture - "Waiting"
By Allan Houser
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Indian working in sculpture. He also painted murals in Washington, D.C., exhibited in the 1939 New York
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Alvar Aalto Rare Writing Table from Otaniemi Technical University, 1960s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's Fairs.
In 1935, Alvar Aalto founded
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
$5,949 Sale Price
20% Off
Colombia Park, California
By William Frates
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cruz Art League, 1934, 1938; GGIE, 1939; Society for Sanity in Art, CPLH, 1939; Alameda Co. Fair, 1948
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Model HB96 Chest of Drawers, Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas AB
By Alvar Aalto, Oy Huonekalu-ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab
Located in Helsinki, Uusimaa
, Villa Mairea, La Maison Carré and the Finnish pavilions at the Paris (1937) and New York (1939) World's
Category
Vintage 1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Birch
Market Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
(Treasure Island World’s Fair) in 1939- five years before opening the Centre d'Art. He started painting
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
(prize); "World's Fair, New York", 1939; Golden Gate Exposition, 1939; Carnegie Institute, 1941, 1944-45
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, At Play No. 3
Fight
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1975, Enterlocked Forms
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
American Abstract Artists group. Werner taught at Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1977, White Storm Cloud
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Columbia University, worked on the design of the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of
Category
Late 20th Century More Prints
Materials
Paper
Werner Drewes Bauhaus Artist Color Woodblock, 1973, The Green Moon
By Werner Drewes
Located in Phoenix, AZ
the 1939 Worlds Fair building, and had shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Kleeman Gallery, and
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Pair of Greenwich Village artist Rebaje Hammered Copper and Brass Cuff Links
By Francisco Rebajes
Located in Ferndale, MI
Metropolitan Museum of art, Brooklyn Museum and 1939 Worlds fair. As he prospered outfitting the greater public
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Brass, Copper
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of artistry and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Glass, PVC
Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of artistry and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Glass, PVC
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