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The Violinist by J.G.
Located in London, GB
of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still Life with Strings by J.G.
Located in London, GB
Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
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1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Oil painting of Marina by Alberto Ziveri from the 1940s
By Alberto Ziveri 1
Located in Milano, MI
Oil painting depicting a seascape, created by Alberto Viveri in the 1940s. The dimensions are
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Entanglement
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Entanglement', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A vibrant modern painting inspired by Picasso
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1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Nude
By STM
Located in London, GB
has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Couple
By STM
Located in London, GB
has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose
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1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mediterranean View , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
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1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Composition School of Berlin
Located in London, GB
this work may be provided upon request. About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Still Life , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
artwork may be provided. About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
. The artist did not sign this work. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings
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1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Oil Painting on Canvas by Radi of a Navy from the 1940s
Located in Milano, MI
Painting of a marina, made in oil on canvas by Radi in the 1940s Ø cm 36 h cm 30
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Posing Nude
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Posing Nude', oil on board, by STM (circa 1970s). A vibrant modern painting inspired by Picasso
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1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Composition in Colour
By STM
Located in London, GB
access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces
Category

1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still Life on Table by J.G., Berlin School
Located in London, GB
Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Nude Seated on Armchair , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with
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1960s Synthetic Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman with Necklace , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
will be provided. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Man and Woman
By STM
Located in London, GB
gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

We Are Not Fembots by Van Orley
Located in London, GB
. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s attributed
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Still Life with Guitar and Wine Berlin School
Located in London, GB
: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art
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1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Futurist Woman by Van Orley, Berlin School
Located in London, GB
the piece will be provided. About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the
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1960s Futurist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Portrait , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start with Germany
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Modern Man by Chartier
Located in London, GB
a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective whose traces start
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Man Playing Guitar , Berlin School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
the artist, E.D. Rohe. About the Art: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Cubist Woman
By STM
Located in London, GB
gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to an art collective
Category

1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cubist Abstraction , Berlin School
Located in London, GB
. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract of Lines and Colours II German School (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
hand. About this Artwork: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1980s
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Still Life in Form and Shape by J.G.
Located in London, GB
be provided. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Morning, Gloucester, Massachusetts, " Emile Gruppe, Impressionist Fishing Boats
By Emile Gruppe
Located in New York, NY
1940 until his death. He operated the Gloucester School of Painting from the 1940s into the 1970s and
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Standing Abstract Figure
Located in London, GB
paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s, perhaps a few from the 80s as well, attributed to an art collective
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Feline by Ross
Located in London, GB
. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed
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1960s Cubist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Charming Scene on the Beach Oil Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original oil painting on board from the 1940's. The image depicts a social gathering scene at the
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

1940s Etiennette Johan Panthers Painting With Coeval Frame
Located in IT
Painting of panthers from the 1940s. Done in oil on panel technique. The work also features a
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Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Wood

Charming Scene on the Beach Oil Painting on Board
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original oil painting on board from the 1940's. The image depicts a social gathering scene at the
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Board

The Guitarist
Located in London, GB
: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from Berlin in the 1940s - 1960s. What we know of these
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Firm Embrace
By STM
Located in London, GB
paintings from Berlin in the 1940s - 1960s. What we know of STM is derived from our source from whom we've
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

GLACIER PARK 1940s WPA Mid-Century Realism to Abstraction American Modernism
By Vincent Campanella 1
Located in New York, NY
Vincent Campanella oil painting from the late 1940s that teeters on the edge of realism and abstraction
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lost in the Shadows by STM, Mid-Century Modern Cubist Oil Portrait, Berlin
By STM
Located in London, GB
'Lost in the Shadows', oil on board, by STM (circa 1940s - 1960s). The artist with initials STM
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled Gestural Early Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Bel L. Culwell
Located in Houston, TX
early 1940s and became a dominant style in American painting from the late 1940's into the 1950s
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage impressionist still life oil painting
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Independents. This painting hails from the 1940s, it makes quite a statement and would look fabulous in a
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1940s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vintage portrait oil painting of a woman in a garden landscape original French
Located in AIGNAN, FR
on card painting, most likely from the 1940's. A woman sits in the garden, straw hat/blue scraf to
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1930s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting by Claude R. Bentley 1961
By Claude R. Bentley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, New York and New Mexico. His paintings were exhibited from the 1940's thru the 1960"s.
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Michael Ayrton, White Still Life, 1959, Oil, Board, Matthieson
By Michael Ayrton
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
paintings from the 1940s and 1950s. J.C. Leissring J. C. Leissring, a pathologist at Californian
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Vintage 1950s Modern Paintings

Materials

Other

Gouache Painting "Yellow" by Tore Nyberg, Sweden, 1955
By Tore Nyberg
Located in Hägersten, SE
paintings made from the late 1940s and onward. Exhibited at National Museum and Liljevalchs among others
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Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

“The Circus Performer”
By William Gropper
Located in Southampton, NY
from the 1940's and was first exhibited in 1944 at Associated American Artists Gallery. Through the
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Not a Fembot
Located in London, GB
'Not a Fembot', oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1940s - 60s). A thoroughly modern
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of Natural Man and Woman
By STM
Located in London, GB
Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from Berlin in the 1940s - 1960s. What we know of
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sandy Cove with Eight Boats
By Maud Lewis
Located in Bloomfield, ON
span three decades from the 1940s to the 1970's. The work is signed "M.Lewis." That is the rarest of
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1950s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Study for Bullfight I" Modern Expressionist Grand Palais Retrospective Poster
By Francis Bacon
Located in Houston, TX
nonetheless a galvanizing effect on him. As he launched his painting career in earnest towards the close of
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Painting from the 1940s, Mid-Century Art, Red, Blue, Yellow White, New Frame
Located in New York, NY
Decorative painting from the 1940s. Sitting lady. Painting is framed with a beautiful gold frame
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Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"The Right Rouge, " Original Art Deco Painting for Lipsticks by Louis Philippe
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed, this original painting from the 1940s was proposed for an
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Oil On Canvas
Located in West Palm Beach, US
This abstract oil-on-canvas painting from the 1940s–1950s captivates with its subtle interplay of
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Vintage 1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

The Garden
By STM
Located in London, GB
the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to
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1970s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Garden
By STM
Located in London, GB
the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s attributed to
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Figure in the Mirror
By STM
Located in London, GB
provided. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s
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1970s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Cello by J.G. (circa 1960s)
Located in London, GB
lower left hand. About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the
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1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Sugar House in Autumn, Vermont" Emile Gruppe, American Impressionist
By Emile Gruppe
Located in New York, NY
death. He operated the Gloucester School of Painting from the 1940s into the 1970s and helped turn the
Category

1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of Young Woman
Located in London, GB
photos). About the Artist: Our gallery has access to a cache of paintings from the 1940s to the 1970s
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Paintings From The 1940s For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of paintings from the 1940s is available on 1stDibs. Finding the ideal Impressionist, Abstract or Modern examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. You can search the paintings from the 1940s that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, brown, beige and gray. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Alain Mettais Cartier, Greta Allen, Gershon Benjamin, Johann Berthelsen and Thomas Fransioli are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and canvas, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Paintings From The 1940s?

Prices for pieces in our collection of paintings from the 1940s start at $950 and top out at $35,000 with the average selling for $2,183.
Questions About Paintings From The 1940s
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A number of dresses were popular during the 1940s. Many women wore short-waist dresses with button necks, collars, fitted waists and full skirts. The classic A-lines with knee-length hems in red, white and blue colors were also a trend. Shop a collection of vintage dresses on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    In the 1940s, ladies wore clothes defined by clean and slim silhouettes. The jackets, blouses and sweaters often featured shoulderpads and had somewhat of a military feel. Most dresses were quite casual and pants and playsuits became part of a woman's everyday style.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    The most popular 1940s-style dress was the shirtwaist dress. It had a front opening like a men’s shirt, but with large buttons in the front of the dress, which was practical and easy to wear. The sleeves were short and necklines varied from shirt style to sweetheart and other necklines. Antique and vintage dresses from well-known designers are available on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
    Claire McCardell was the designer often called the Mother of American Fashion in the 1940s. An American designer, she helped introduce women's sportswear to the United States and was particularly well-known for her bias-cut, loose-fitting Monastic dress. When World War II broke out in the 1940s, she designed pieces out of readily available materials like denim, calico and wool jersey, introducing new fabrics for women's clothing that would remain popular well after the close of the war. Many people point to McCardell as one of the first successful American fashion designers. Shop a collection of Claire McCardell apparel on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 27, 2025
    Frank Stella is the artist who became famous for his series of black paintings in the late 1950s and early 1960s. These works featured bands of black paint separated by thin, precise stripes of bare canvas. At a time when contemporary painting was all about wild gestures, thick paint and formal abandon, the “Black Paintings” created a sensation. Explore a range of Frank Stella art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    The artist George Catlin's paintings from the 1800s are considered a form of artistic documentation because he depicted what he saw during his travels across North America. Catlin produced many images of Native Americans living their daily lives. In so doing, he provided a glimpse of what life was like for Indigenous people before the rapid westward expansion of settlers forcibly disrupted their traditions and culture. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of George Catlin art.

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