Early 20th Century Contemporary Art

ABOUT Ruth Leaf, Tree Forms Fugue, signed and numbered in pencil, 24/35, embossed color etching and aquatint on wove paper. CREATOR RUTH LEAF (1923-2015). DATE OF MANUFACTU...

Vintage "Gibson Girl" lithograph by Charles Dana Gibson, circa 1940s. The print is presented in grey wood frame with black mat and measures 17" x 22.5" (image is 11" x 16.5). An i...

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944) La Tache Noire Abstract Composition, 1924 Hand-colored lithograph on cream paper, signed in plate with monogram "K 24" lower left; numbered in ...

Extremely rare California ‘Slow Children' playing sign. Entire sign is embossed with an old-time child wearing knickerbocker trousers. From the early 1900s. Great piece of history. P...

Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22", Unframed: 20" x 16", Framed 27.5 x 23". Agnes Weinrich (1873-1946) was an early female, American modernist artist at a time when there was little interest in Modern Art in the USA and when few women were artists. She was a ground breaker in modern art. She was one of the first American artists to make works of art that were modernist, abstract, and influenced by the Cubist style. She was also an energetic and effective proponent of modernist art in America, joining with like-minded others to promote experimentation as an alternative to the generally conservative art of their time. Despite the quality of her work and despite the energy and skill with which she worked both to develop her own talent and to further the progressive movement in American art, Weinrich received little recognition during her lifetime and is only recently being recognized for her leadership as an important female artist bringing the modern movement to the USA. The painting shown is an important example of her mature phase of her work. Exhibitions This is a selective list of exhibitions in which she participated during her life. Its main source is Louise Noun's article on Weinrich in Woman's Art Journal, supplemented by contemporary news accounts in The New York Times, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the New York Evening Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Christian Science Monitor. 1915 onward: Provincetown Art Association 1917: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1917: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia 1917-23: Society of Independent Artists, New York 1919: Art Institute of Chicago 1920: Boston Arts Club 1926 onward: New York Society of Women Artists 1928: Grace Horn Gallery, Boston 1929: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia 1932: Boston Public Library 1936: Harley Perkins Gallery, Boston (solo) 1938: Boston Society of Independent Artists 1938: Washington Public Library, Washington, D.C. 1939: Corcoran Gallery Biennial, Washington, D.C. 1939: Fogg Art Museum Twentieth Century Club, Boston 1939: Witherstine Gallery, Boston 1939: Institute of Modern Art, Boston 1945: Woljeska Gallery, Brooklyn, New York    Detailed Biography: Agnes Weinrich was born in 1873 on a prosperous farm in south east Iowa. Both her father and mother were German immigrants and German was the language spoken at home. Following her mother's death in 1879 she was raised by her father, Christian Weinrich. In 1894, at the age of 59, he retired from farming and moved his household, including his three youngest children—Christian Jr. (24), Agnes (21), and Lena (17), to nearby Burlington, Iowa, where Agnes attended the Burlington Collegiate Institute from which she graduated in 1897.[1][2][3] Christian took Agnes and Lena with him on a trip to Germany in 1899 to reestablish links with their German relatives. When he returned home later that year, he left the two women in Berlin with some of these relatives, and when, soon after his return, he died, they inherited sufficient wealth to live independently for the rest of their lives. Either before or during their trip to Germany Lena had decided to become a musician and while in Berlin studied piano at the Stern Conservatory. On her part, Agnes had determined to be an artist and began studies toward that end at the same time.[1][4] In 1904 the two returned from Berlin and settled for two years in Springfield, Illinois, where Lena taught piano in public schools and Agnes painted in a rented studio. At this time Lena changed her name to Helen. In 1905 they moved to Chicago where Agnes studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Nellie Walker, and others. In 1909 Agnes and Helen returned to Berlin and traveled from there to Munich, where Agnes studied briefly under Julius Exter, and on to Rome, Florence, and Venice before returning to Chicago.[5] They traveled to Europe for the third, and last, time in 1913, spending a year in Paris. There, they made friends with American artists and musicians who had gathered there around the local art scene. Throughout this period, the work Agnes produced was skillful but unoriginal—drawings, etching, and paintings in the dominant academic and impressionist styles. On her return from Europe in 1914, she continued to study art, during the warm months of the year in Provincetown, Massachusetts,[1] where she was a member of the Provincetown Printers art colony in Massachusetts,[6] and during the colder ones in New York City. In Provincetown she attended classes at Charles Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art and in New York, the Art Students League.[ In 1930 Weinrich put together a group show for modernists at the GRD Gallery in New York. The occasion was the first time a group of Provincetown artists exhibited together in New York. For it she selected works by Knaths, Charles Demuth, Oliver Chaffee, Margarite and William Zorach, Jack Tworkov, Janice Biala, Niles Spencer, E. Ambrose Webster, and others. Although she had led a full and productive life devoted to development of her own art and to the advancement of modernism in art, she did not cease to work toward both objectives. She continued to work in oil on canvas and board, pastel and crayon on paper, and woodblock printing. Her output continued to vary in subject matter and treatment. For example, Still Life with Leaves, circa 1930 (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches) contains panels of contrasting colors with outlining similar to Knaths's style. Movement in C Minor, circa 1932 (oil on board, 9 x 12 inches) is entirely abstract. It too relates to Knaths's work, both in treatment (again, outlined panels of contrasting colors) and in its apparent relationship to music, something in which Knaths was also interested. Fish Shacks...

A striking large scale pair of bookmatched breccia marble wall decor panels. These natural cuts of marble are detailed with unique veins and markings throughout that make for spectac...

Original signed artwork of Suzhou embroidery and its important to Chinese culture as an art form. Stunningly beautiful and traditional work in this...

A geometric design composed of matting board pieces by Hungarian artist Laszlo Molnar.

A very rare and beautiful portrait of a Saint, a polychrome ceramic signed hand on the reverse Marc Roussel. Marc Roussel is the father in Law of François Lembo, as his son-in-law h...

ABOUT Pair of astronomy illustrations in white gilt frames.  CREATOR Unknown.  DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1920-1950.. Framed in 2001.  MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Paper, Wood, Glass.  COND...

Large beautiful oil on canvas of a flower setup by Ludvig Jacobsen from 1936. Great English country house style.

This striking figurative surrealism oil painting by American modernist artist Greta Carmen captures the essence of surrealism with vivid colors and intric...

Untitled gouache and ink circular abstraction by Veronica Benning, featuring blue hues suggestive of a moon or orbital expressionist space. The fluid ...

A very decorative lithograph pencil signed and numbered by Eugène Delécluse (1882 - 1972), French. About the artist: Born in Paris, studied with Cormon, Delance, E. Renard,...

This lovely sensual rare French Art Deco engraving from the coveted portfolio Chansons de Bilitis in the 1920s France is by the famed artist; George Barbier. It is exquisitely executed with an Egyptian Revival feel with Art Deco influences of wonderful colors and sensual subject matter. It has been recently custom museum quality reframed with a gold leaf frame with red clay under rub and silk mat. There is a gold thin inner liner frame inside of the silk mat to enhance the custom framing to a higher level. The colored part of the engraving size is 6.5" W x 7" H. There is a tan silk mat that is 3" all around with a 4" Bottom size. This Art Deco work of art is a true beauty. This is from the late 1920s. There were only 133 copies produced making this portfolio a very special and sought after achievement of pure art deco illustration...

ABOUT Ruth Leaf, Garden, signed and numbered in pencil, 21/35, embossed color etching and aquatint on wove paper. CREATOR RUTH LEAF(1923-2015). DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1...

Selection of Modern Artwork, circa 1920s-1960s. Perfect to start or add to your gallery wall. All are priced at $375 each. They are: Top row, left to right, 1) Paul Cezanne etching entitled "Portrait of Painter Guillauman with William Hanging" measures 10.5" H x 8.5" W. 2) Portrait of a big eyed...

Attributed to Leon Kroll oil on wood board painting of a Connecticut scene. The small but well done painting is representative of work done by Kroll. The painting depicting a Connect...

Olga Rozanova "Abstract Geometrics" watercolor on paper (Russian, 1886-1918) Rozanova was born on June 22, 1886, in the small town of Melenki near Vladimir, Russia. After finishing at the Vladimir Women’s Gymnasium in 1904, she studied painting in Moscow. Dissatisfied with the “wretched system of instruction” at the state-run Stroganov Academy of Arts and Industry, she transferred to Konstantin Yuon’s private school, where she met Liubov Popova...

"Houses And River" Signed A. Huntington (English School) Oil on canvas Measures: Canvas - 60 x 110 cm (giltwood Frame - 76 x 126 cm) Private collection. Framed.

Original work by Brazilian artist, Romero Britto, signed and dated 1991. This work does not appear to be titled. The field of the canvas is painted in red and hot pink, the imagery...

Antique Framed Etching by Edward T. Hurley, "Black Covered Bridge" This is a beautiful original etching of a covered bridge in Butler Township,...

Framed ‘Landscape in Mist’ lithograph by Gustav Rudberg. Framed in White Oak. Signed and numbered 144/230.

Agra rugs are the most highly sought after of any 19th century Indian rugs today. Agra rugs were extremely well made heavy durable rugs and are considered the best of Indian rugs. Th...

Painting, oil in cardboard, signed H Scheiber (Budapest 1873- 1950). Hugo Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vie...

"Houses And River" Signed A. Huntington (English School) Oil on canvas Measures: Canvas - 60 x 110 cm (giltwood Frame - 76 x 126 cm) Private collection. Framed.

Landscape painting by Hungarian Painter, Ofkja. Goache on cardboard. References: Modern and Contemporary Art, Fauvism, Color Theory.

This stunning and erotic one of a kind signed watercolor by Edouard Chimot was painted in the 1920's. He worked a lot in erotica. Chimot reached his peak of his career in the 1920's ...

Elegant watercolor drawing by Vera Rockline representing an atypical woman with an airy headdress. Around 1920 Without frame: 35 x 25 cm With frame: 50 x 40 cm