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Feeding the Birds, Colourful 20th Century Oil Painting, Female Artist
By Lena Gurr
Located in London, GB
, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum, and the 1939 World's Fair.
Her work is included in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
By Byron Browne
Located in Portland, ME
Housing Project, and the 1939 World's Fair.(2) Although Browne destroyed his early academic work shortly
Category
1940s Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor
A Sterling Silver Havdalah Set by Ludwig Wolpert
By Ludwig Yehuda Wolpert
Located in New York, NY
Judaica achieved international recognition at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. In 1956, Wolpert founded
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
$8,250 / set
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
, concentrating on Persian Art and also lectured on art at the New York 1939 World's Fair.
From 1941 to 1946
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
the New York 1939 World's Fair.
From 1941 to 1946, he served in the US Army. In the service, he
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper, Gouache
$750
“Untitled”
By Leon Wall
Located in Southampton, NY
the New York 1939 World's Fair.
From 1941 to 1946, he served in the US Army. In the service, he
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
The Model
By William C. 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
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
untitled (Hillside in Spring)
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City.
Back in Ohio
Category
1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
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
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
The Cavern 1950 painting by John Atherton
Located in Hudson, NY
designed the art deco stone lithograph poster for the 1939 World’s Fair that strikingly depicted Earth and
Category
1950s Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Tempera
Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)
Located in San Francisco, CA
National Academy of Design from 1928 to 1946; the 1939 World's Fair in New York; the New Haven Paint and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Gaspe Homes
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Canyon Country
By William C. Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Virginia exhibitions at the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and the 1939 World’s Fair in New
Category
1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, ABS
untitled (Street Scene Mexico)
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
1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$500 Sale Price
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The Great Things of Life-Travel, General Electric Advertisement, 1921
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Hemingway, Pearl S. Buck, and Somerset Maugham. He also created murals for the 1939 World's Fair, Bethlehem
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Louisiana Refugees by Michael Kelly
Located in New York, NY
, the United States Chamber of Commerce Building in Washington D.C, and the 1939 New York World’s Fair
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Woman with Arms Crossed
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 American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Other Medium
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
On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Science and Health Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Together with Stuart Davis, Arshile
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Science and Health Building at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. Together with Stuart Davis, Arshile
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
of Design; Whitney Museum of American Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; 1939 Worlds Fair in New York.His
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fairytale
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Hartford, CT
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Fly Bird
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Hartford, CT
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Neon Lights
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Dedication
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
A Third Thought
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Go Left and Right
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Ballcage
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Sunbutton
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Snake Poisenous to an Orange
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Carneval Lights
By Sacha Kolin
Located in San Francisco, CA
1939 World's Fair (1940 American Art of Today Building)
Yeshiva University
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Lyman
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
executed a series of murals for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. (Dimensions include matte and frame.)
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 3
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Ystad Metall, art deco table top cigarette box, pewter
wood, Sweden, 1930s
By Ystad-Metall
Located in Forserum, SE
, introduced at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Rare 1930s Modernist Bauhaus KG Pendant Lamp by K.G. Lindesvärd
By Bröderna Malmströms Metallvarufabrik
Located in Forserum, SE
buildings. It was also featured at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The model was available in three sizes
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Rare 1930s industrial Bauhaus KG Pendant Lamps by K.G. Lindesvärd
By Bröderna Malmströms Metallvarufabrik
Located in Forserum, SE
buildings. It was also featured at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The model was available in three sizes
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Bauhaus Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass, Steel, Chrome
Pair of French Modern Neoclassical Brass and Crystal Floor Lamps, Jules Leleu
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Pavilion Francais a L'Exposition Internationale de New York, Page VII, July 1939. (New York World's Fair
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Libbey "The Embassy" Glasses Walter Dorwin Teague and Edwin W. Fuerst, Set of 23
By Libbey Glass Co.
Located in Toledo, OH
York World's Fair. The fluted stem design was inspirated by the columns of the Federal Building
Category
Vintage 1940s American Barware
Materials
Glass
Seated Nude
, Paris, Académie Chaumière, Salon D
Automne, LACMA, Woman Sculptor
By Caroline Lloyd
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Gate International Exposition. 1939; New York World's Fair, 1939; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles
Category
1930s Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Abstract Oil Painting by Burr Singer , 20th Century
By Burr Singer
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Worlds Fair, 1939; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Oakland Art Gallery, 1940; Los Angeles
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early American modernist abstract sculpture - Totem
By Louis Schanker
Located in Colfax, CA
World's Fair.
During World War II, Schanker worked as a ship-fitter, while continuing his work in the
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Oil
Rare Paul Bromberg Armchairs in Fabric and Macassar Ebony by Pander
Zonen 1933
By Gerrit Rietveld, Hendrik Wouda, Fer Semey, Paul Bromberg
Located in Den Haag, NL
interior of the Dutch pavilion for the 1939 New York World's Fair (designed by D.F. Slothouwer).
A multi
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Art Deco Lounge Chairs
Materials
Ebony, Fabric
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York World
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
California Coast
, Corcoran, Bohemian Club, MoMA, AIC, CSFA, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Angeles County Museum of Art (1935, award) and at the New York's World Fair (1939) and other prominent
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Postcard
South-Western Landscape
, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1941) in
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Early 20th Century Ceramic Bust of a Woman, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
York World's Fair. Eleanor Roosevelt commissioned Edris to sculpt a figure of Huckleberry Finn. It was
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Ceramic Sculpture of a Polo Player and Horse
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Beachwood, OH
Gregory's most significant work, the "Fountain of the Atom" (fig. 4), at the 1939 New York's World Fair
Category
1930s Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Downtown New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Institute of Chicago. He also exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Society of Independent
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Otto Schulz for Boet Pair of Curved Lounge Chairs in Caramel Mohair
By Otto Schulz 1, Boet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
and the New York World’s Fair in 1939. The arrival of Josef Frank (1885-1967) at Svenskt Tenn in 1934
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Birch
Rita Mount Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Rita Mount
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
, Morency Frères Ltee (all in Montreal), the New York World’s Fair (1939), the Coronation Exhibition
Category
Vintage 1930s Canadian Paintings
In th Bighorns (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
1930s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Otto Schulz for Boet Rare Cabinet in Sage Velvet, Birch, and Brass Nails
By Otto Schulz 1, Boet
Located in Waalwijk, NL
’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939. The arrival of Josef Frank (1885-1967) at Svenskt
Category
Vintage 1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Cabinets
Materials
Marble, Brass
"Standing Male Nude, " Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
a series of murals for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, among many others. He was also
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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