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Period: 1940s
"Swimming in the Cloisterham Weir", Watercolor by Shinn for Dickens
Edwin Drood
By Everett Shinn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Many a Baby Boomer will recall growing up with a bookshelf lined with classic novels issued by The Heritage Press with newly-commissioned illustrations by celebrated artists of the d...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"C
est Moi", The Artist on Stage by Society Portraitist Channing Weir Hare, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quirky and a bit transgressive, this self portrait by Channing Weir Hare hints at his fabulous life in Palm Beach and Maine, and the high society swells he painted and socialized wit...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large Painted Panel of Virgin of Guadalupe
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's large Mexican painted wood panel of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Measurements:
Height: 60"
Width: 36"
Depth: 2"
Category
Mexican Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mid-Century Swedish Still Life Oil Painting, 1940s
Located in Karis, Nyland
Signed still life oil painting by unknown Swedish artist. Dated 1946.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
$1,378 Sale Price
39% Off
Midcentury Large Painting of an Archangel
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1940's Peruvian large framed painting of an Archangel.
Measurements:
Height: 64.5"
Width: 45"
Depth: 1.5"
Category
Peruvian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th Century oil on canvas portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Early 20th Century oil on canvas portrait of a Society Lady thought to be Dame Anna Neagle.
Dimensions: Framed H 175cm W 113cm Picture H 161cm W 100cm
Origin: English
Date: 1947
Category
English Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energy and strong color, providing an amused and amusing view of Navy life during or after World War II. The sailors -- in their tight white pants and youthful swagger -- are enjoying the company of an array of brothel workers, reigned over by a madam dressed in ruby red, with two young paramours to her side. Taking it all in is a group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Uno Dewoon Oil Painting Landscape Painting (1909-1988) Swedish Neutral Artwork
Located in Rochester, NY
Signed and dated. Plaque affixed to frame reads: Nykopings automobil Fabrik. Heder spris. Nykoping Jun 7, 1946.
This soothing oil painting has a serene feeling to it, and the neutr...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drenched in rich color and somehow both modern and classical, this scene of nude male figures is presented as a frieze of men along a horizontal plane -- as if they are peopling a mu...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Ten Nudes Dancing, " Large Art Deco-Surrealist Painting by Bond, 1940s
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly showing the influence of modern dance, William Blake and early 19th century Classicism, Art Deco stylization and Surrealism, this remarkable, brilliantly hued painting by Mil...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"On the Waterfront", Nine Sailors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1946 Oil Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted just after the end of World War II in a style that could be called Art Deco meets Mid Century, this striking painting depicts nine sailors in their Navy uniforms, most of the...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Actaeon in Flight, " Large Painting of Mythological Scene w/ Male Nude, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning example of Art Deco painting illustrates the dramatic moment when the hunter Actaeon, having seen the nude Diana in her bath, is meeting his death. Here Actaeon himself is fully nude, and is being transformed into a deer as he is being pursued by Diana's avengers. The classic myth...
Category
North American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Two Philosophers", 1948 Painting with Two Male Nudes by Arthur Kampf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Serving, perhaps, as a commentary on the futility and horror of war, this allegorical painting of "Two Philosophers" was made by Arthur Kampf in 1948-49, shortly after the end of World War II and toward the end of his long life. Kampf was known for his historical and allegorical paintings, including a large scene showing a group of nude soldiers...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Vintage Dutch Paintings
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1940's oil on canvas Adam and Eve paintings with vintage frames.
Measurements:
Height: 74.25"
Width: 32.75"
Depth: 2.25"
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
$16,000 / set
Siqueiros Glass Mural Painting Unique Piece, Mexican Muralist, 6.56 F by 11.48 F
Located in Miami, FL
Mural composed of twenty plates of approximately 49 by 70 centimeters, glass with quicksilver technique (painted on the back), cast and painted silver leaves giving a set of textures...
Category
Central American Pre-Columbian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Glass
$960,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Benjamin Jorj Harris for Newman Decor, Galloping Horses
Located in Hanover, MA
SATURDAY SALE
Galloping Horses, airbrushed watercolor by Benjamin Jorj Harris (American, 1904-1957) for Newman Decor.
Dimensions shown are for fr...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood
$895 Sale Price
48% Off
Raul Mina Mora (American 1915-1996) Gouache on Board
Venice
- Signed
Located in San Francisco, CA
a serene impressionistic sunlit scene of a couple in the foreground seated in a gondola facing the viewer with a typically-dressed gondolier standing at the stern; with the towering ...
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Raymond Wendell,
Dream World
surrealist oil on canvas, 1948
By Raymond Wendell
Located in Sleepy Hollow, NY
A large surrealist oil on canvas titled 'Dream World' signed 'RJ Wendell' for Raymond John Wendell (1917-2005), and dated 48 lower left.
This particular work was featured in life Ma...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Drummer w/ Beachcomber Hat", 1940s Portrait of Shirtless Man in Blue and Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in the 1940s when Americans were traveling more widely and becoming deeply interested in "exotic" lands and cultures, this portrait of a handsome young man -- probably Mexica...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Framed Painting Representing Bohemian Gypsy Cartomancer, Signed Callewaert, 1940
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Painting of a Gypsy, Bohemian woman drawing the cards.
Representation of a Cartomancer and Fortune Teller.
Oil on canvas.
Very well represented.
fine and pleasant features.
Delicate work.
Signed lower right by M. Callewaert
circa 1940
Maurice CALLEWAERT is a Belgian artist born in Belgium in 1900 and died in France in Paris in 1986. Belgian painter from West Flanders...
Category
Belgian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,148 Sale Price
20% Off
Thorvald Hagedorn-Olsen. Oil on board. Modernist Danish landscape
Located in København, Copenhagen
Thorvald Hagedorn-Olsen, Danish artist.
Oil on artist's board.
Modernist Danish landscape with grazing cattle and a fjord.
Signed and dated '47.
In excellent condition.
Image size: ...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
Antique Oil Painting " The Old South During The Civil War" By H.D.Becker 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1663 Over sized oil painting of a couple during the civil war.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Riding the Spotted Pony", Art Deco Painting with Nude Male American Indian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted at a time when the nation was increasingly interested in exotic places and peoples -- including Mexico, the South Pacific, Asia and the Southwest -- this Art Deco painting of...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting by Flora Crockett (1892-1979)
By Flora Crockett
Located in Ventura, CA
Attributed to Flora Crockett (American, 1892-1979), Untitled Abstraction.
Flora Crockett is a newly discovered American abstractionist whose career spanned the middle decades of th...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Large Italian Gilt wood Frames
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1-128 large Italian frames with elaborate cast detailing.
Overall size 40 x 34 x 1"
Inside rabbit 30 x 24"
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Resin, Hardwood
Books, Candle and Violin Library Still Life Table Setting Large Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1866 Oil on canvas of a still life table setting
Set in agilt frame
Image size 29.5x24 "
signed lower right
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint, Hardwood
Italian Modern Framed Oil On Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Framed Oil on Canvas.
Offered is a stunning large oil on canvas depicting a lively group of characters. This colorful oil painting is sure to be the conversation piece...
Category
Italian Belle Époque Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Portrait of a Young Jockey", Vivid, Superb Portrait Painting by Peter Hurd
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the finest portrait we have ever offered, this depiction of a young jockey in 1941, his complexion warm and glowing and his blue eyes echoing the color of his shirt, was pain...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Birger Ekman Surrealistic Watercolor Paintings, 1940s, Sweden
By Birger Ekman
Located in Værløse, DK
Set of Surrealistic Watercolor Paintings in Golden Frames made by Birger Ekman, estimately in the 1940s.
* Set (2) of watercolor paintings with surrealistic and dream-like motives ...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Ce qu
évoquent les Livres" by Émile Aubry
1880-1964
By Louis Aubry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Ce qu'évoquent les Livres"
Allegory of the Literature
Oil on canvas
Signed on the lower part beside parchment
111 x 133 x 2 cm
Framed 125 x 146 x 7 cm
Provenance: Collection Georges AUBRY, brother of the artist
Bibliography: Illustrated in catalogue «Regards de peintre» , Suzanne AUBRY-CASANOVA, 1997, p.104
After trying years of forced confinement due to the war, he composed this allegorical fresco on the theme of Literature, Science and Arts was painted by Émile Aubry for his younger brother Georges Aubry, who had intended it for his library.
This work, composed on the theme of the book it symbolizes, in its diversity by allegorical characters, he cannot help ordering the painting around Art, which he places at the top of the scale of human...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"The Fall of Icarus", Dramatic 1940s Painting w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia artist Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This is the fi...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art Painting, Signed and Dated
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Original Bavarian Tyrolian Folk Art painting, signed and dated
This charming folk painting is executed in oil on artist board. A beautiful and rus...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Other
$1,300 Sale Price
50% Off
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
California Coastal Landscape Painting
Mystery artist
Oil on board
Circa 1940s
15 x 20 unframed
18.25 x 23.25 framed
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Art Deco Tropical Oil Painting, Ruben Kupur
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Rare Vintage 1940’s Artist Ruben Kupur Oil painting of Art Deco Tropical scene with herons within a scene of lush tropical orchids.
Ruben Kupur was born In the Russian Federation...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Theatrical Scene, " Art Deco Painting with Tragedy, Comedy in Celestial Setting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
A mid century modern oil painting by Åke Tügel, signed, 1949
Located in View Park, CA
“Big Sister Dance”: an oil on masonite painting by artist Åke Tügel (1925 - 2002), signed and dated, 1949. This stunning piece showcases extraordinary texture and boasts tones of bor...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Vintage Abstract Oil on Canvas of a Seated Woman, Signed
Located in Black Rock, CT
A striking 1948 portrait of a seated female figure by American artist, Howard Kuh. The painting refelcts the clean, geometry and expressive simplicity of the post-war modernist movem...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Nudes with Fruit Bowl", French-Influenced 1940s Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by Raoul Dufy, Marie Laurencin and Hollywood set designs, this striking depiction of two nude female figures around a table with a bowl of fruit was painted in 194...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,160 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed and Dated Landscape Painting, 1940
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Great Italian painting dated 1940. Oil on board framework depicting a woodland landscape in impressionist style with good pictorial quality. Frame in wood and plaster, adapted to the...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Standing Male Nude", Rare, Early Painting by Paul Goadby Stone, 1949
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely accomplished, this lovely male nude by Paul Goadby Stone is the earliest piece we have ever offered by the artist. Although it has the a...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1940s Expressionist French Oil Painting in a Biedermeier Walnut Frame
Located in Berlin, DE
Step into the rustic charm of a bygone era with this captivating 1940s Expressionist French oil painting. Skillfully depicting a vibrant farmer's market scene, the canvas comes alive...
Category
French Expressionist Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Walnut
$861 Sale Price
40% Off
Leonard Maurer Painting, 1949
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Important painting by Leonard Maurer (1912-1976), titled "Bridge #2", 1949. A great example of American 1940's modernism with clear influences of Jackso...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1940
s Surrealist Oil Painting on Board - Female Figures in Landscape
By Marie Laurencin
Located in Rochester, NY
1940's Surrealist oil painting on masonite board by Thelma Salter - deceased 1954 - North Rose, NY ( beloved wife of Leon Salter - aka Zoute ) mysterious female figures in landscape...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
"Stoking the Engine", Painting for Coca Cola on "Uses of Coal" for 1949 Campaign
By Lyman Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Important both historically and artistically, this painting by Lyman Anderson of a railroad engineer feeding the engine with a fresh supply of coal was commissioned by the Coca Cola ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Belgium baroque painting of vase with flowers signed Jos Pas, 1944
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1940 / Painting / canvas, wood / Rococo / Baroque
A Belgium oil painting signed Jos Pas, 1944 of a vase with orange flowers, grapes and a painting in the background. The ...
Category
Belgian Baroque Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Realistic Flower Still Life Oil Painting by the Belgian Artist Jan Verdoodt
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower still life by the Belgian painter Jan Verdoodt (1908-1980). He studied from 1926 at the Art Academy in Sint Jans Molenbeek. He developed his own artistic style, insp...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"A Schooner off of the Coast" by American Artist Gordon Hope Grant
By Gordon Grant
Located in Wiscasset, ME
An oil on canvas by American artist Gordon Hope Grant featuring a schooner off of the coast. This painting is signed and dated i1945 n the lower left and measures 33.5" x 33.5" incl...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large American Abstract Modernist Painting - Zoute, 1949
Located in Rochester, NY
Large American abstract modernist impressionist oil painting on masonite board in the great original artist hand painted sgraffito combed decorated wood frame by Zoute ( born Leon Sa...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
"Dance Around Crystal Mountain, " Remarkable Art Deco Painting with Nudes, 1945
By Milton Bond
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the crystal paintings made by Milton Bond in the 1940s, this depiction of beautiful nude figures, male and female, forming a symmetrical circle aro...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Portrait Painting of Matriarch Reading with Gold Leaf Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Oil On Canvas, Gold Leaf Wood Frame
Style: Realism
Category
American Other Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"The Fields, " Magical View of Moroccan Landscape with Male Nude by Jacques Azéma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with the soft, rich colors that Jacques Azéma was known for, this view of a Moroccan landscape ("Les Champs" in French) includes a seated male y...
Category
Moroccan Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Industrial Landscape Painting, signed Duff, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Nice, Old, Painting of Industrial Landscape Scene
signed Duff, 1942
couple small repairs as seen on canvas back
small "puncture" along the left side of the painting
small "crea...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Van Der Elst, Stated 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
The Last Flowering of the Middle Ages by Baron Joseph Van Der Elst. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1944. Stated 1st Ed hardcover. An in-depth look into art of the Middle Ages. Contents: 1. The Times and the Men who Made Them: Men of Flanders; The Flemish Parade; The Good Black Earth; The Rise of the Towns; The Medieval Guilds; Of Love, the Dream; The Upward Glance; Pt. 2. The Flemish Masters: Jan van Eyck; Petrus Christus...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Negro Night Club, " 1945 Painting Depicting African American Social Life
By Adalie Margules Brent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant and lively depiction of a crowded cafe scene in 1945, this painting by Adalie Margules Brent depicts a slice of Black America at the end of World War II, probably in New Orleans, complete with a waiter, fashionably dressed men and women and wafts of cigarette smoke...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Redhead, " Striking 1940s Portrait of Young Man by John Menihan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a young man with vivid red hair, blue eyes and a ruddy complexion was painted by John C. Menihan, one of the most renowned portraitists and watercolorists of his day...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
"FANTASY" Oil on Canvas by Thomas Hart Benton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
"FANTASY" by Thomas Hart Benton. Oil on canvas laid on wood with a gorgeous gold gilded frame. Price upon request.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan Van Genesen (1887-1945)
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Framed Oil Painting on Canvas by Jan Van Genesen (1887-1945) depicts a scene found throughout Europe's countryside, with a rutted dirt road winding through a forest with occa...
Category
Belgian Post-Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood, Paint
"Giant", Original Painting in Cobalt
Red for Crate Label, California, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly executed in tones of cobalt and red to catch the eye, this original painting was made for a proposed crate label advertising Giant lettuce in the 1940s. At a time when C...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
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