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Period: 1940s
Original London Midland and Scottish Railway Poster "Your Friends On The LMS"
By Septimus Edwin Scott 1
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the London Midland and Scottish Railway "Your Friends On The LMS" featuring a great...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of Six Original World War Two Food Posters - Vegetables from the Open Ground
Located in London, GB
Set of six original vintage World War Two food propaganda posters - From The Open Ground and From Store - featuring different vegetables for every season of the year with the months ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Waiting, " Large Art Deco Painting with Cat, Porthole Window, Red
Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Classic Art Deco painting with a humorous look at domestic life in 1940s America, the scene focuses on a cat waiting for its owner as she arrives home, appearing in the porthole window of the front door. The painter was Karl Gasslander...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Carrying Water, " Striking Scene of Women in Italian Hill Town by Wachtmeister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and atmospheric depiction of women fetching water in jugs and urns, descending into a lovely, picturesque hill town in Italy, this painting was made in 1942 by Sophie-Loui...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
"Family w/ Rocking Horse, " Ptg. by WPA Artist De Forest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dated 1945, just before the end of World War II, this important and powerful painting by John De Forest Stull shows an embracing mother and father stand...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Set of 7 French Watercolor Design Renderings Wall Art by R Berthier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage Set of Seven French Watercolor Design Renderings Wall Art Signed by Artist Roger Berthier Paris, Signature Lower Right Corner.
Metal Hanging Devise back of the Frame, Title o...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Hardwood, Paint, Paper
Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still.
For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1945 Viceroy Cigarettes Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Introduced in 1936, this poster for American cigarette brand Viceroy was created in 1945. Depicting a pack of cigarettes in front of the American flag...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Samson and Delilah" in 1940s America, Art Deco Painting
By Joseph E. Bolden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly transposed from Biblical times to 1940s America, this vivid scene shows Samson and Delilah in a quintessentially domestic setting, complete with pink wallpaper...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Richard Albitz (German, b. 1876 - d. 1954) "Snowy Creek" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Snowy Creek, creek with snow and trees
- signed lower right
- Unframed.
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Rare Original 1941 Russian Propaganda poster June 22-Day of Sorrow by Kharkevich
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a rare original Russian propaganda poster called June 22-Day of Sorrow 1941.
By Kharkevich I. I.
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
"Preparing the Meal" by Sam Uhrdin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
This oil on canvas is signed and date in the upper left and measures 38" x 45.25" including the frame.
Sam Uhrdin (Swedish School, 1886-1964).
Sam Uhr...
Category
Swedish Beaux Arts Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Watercolor of a French Castle by Unknown Artist
Located in Pasadena, CA
Dreamy landscape picturing a view of a castle in France.
Large original frame made of walnut.
I love the soft and delightful pastel colors that are used. The colors add emotion to...
Category
French Romantic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Walnut
$200 Sale Price
55% Off
"Nude Shepherdess, " Art Deco Drawing in Style of Rockwell Kent, Sculpted Frame
By Phil Rhynders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic scene depicts two figures: a half-nude woman with staff and wide-brimmed hat -- a modern, adult version of a shepherdess -- along with a reclining male figure. Both fig...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Two Sketches by Olle Bonnier (1925-2016) made ca 1948, Signed O.B.
Located in Stockholm, SE
These sketches by Olle Bonnier are made as preworks for Olle Bonniers sculpture "The whisperer" that was executed in 1948. Chalk crayon on off-white pergament.
Olle Bonnier was born...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Oil Painting of Ivo Patcevitch-Conde Nast Founder, Attributed to Renee Bouche
By René R. Bouché
Located in Water Mill, NY
Oil on board of Ivo Patcevitch founder of Conde Nast attributed to Renee Bouche.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton Canvas
Pinball Playing Cards Backglass Framed as Found Art
Located in New York, NY
Original early backglass for a vintage pinball machine. These were the art pieces found in the back of the pinball ball machines that would l...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood
Painting "Landscape" Scandinavia early XX century
Located in Chorzów, PL
Painting painted on canvas.
Dimensions:
Frame: height 74 cm / width 99 cm
Painting: height 48 cm / ser. 73 cm
Category
Scandinavian Other Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$522 Sale Price
20% Off
Rope
Located in London, GB
Original gloss finish studio photographs, gloss for Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 thriller Rope.
This classic Hitchcock film starred James Stewart, J. Dall and Farley Granger.
This piece...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$410
Spellbound
Located in London, GB
Original candid photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's 1945 thriller Spellbound.
This Hitchcock masterpiece starred Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.
This piece is fra...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$616
The Glass Key
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1942 Film Noir The Glass Key.
This film starred Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.
This lobby card is conservation framed with UV plexiglass in an Obeche w...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$2,053
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Legacy, " Original Painting by Ivan Bartlett, Mid-Century Fabric Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In his early years, artist Ivan Bartlett was known for his WPA mural painting, such as for the Ada County courthouse in Boise, Idaho, but in the 1940s and 1950s he became famous for ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Gouache
Pair of Framed 1940s Domestic Interior Watercolor Renderings
Located in Stamford, CT
These are two stunning watercolor renderings of quintessential 1940s interiors.
One is a beautiful teal and cream living room. The other is a cha...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$2,080 Sale Price / set
35% Off
"Nude in Tropical Garden, " Brilliantly-Hued Art Deco Painting by Cenci, 1949
By Gustavo Cenci
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Perfumed with the heady colors and forms of tropical flowers such poppy and hibiscus, this arresting Art Deco watercolor was painted by Gustavo Cenci, best known for his part in pain...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Watercolor
Pierre Lardin French Mid-Century Painted Wall Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
French mid-century (1940s) oak framed horizontal wall mirror with reverse glass painted Neoclassic scenes. (attributed to Pierre Lardin).
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Oak, Mirror
Art Deco Modern Unframed Erté Hand Signed Thousand and One Nights Lithograph
By Erté
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a stunning, hand signed lithograph by artist Erté, father of the Art Deco movement. Size is 13.5” H x 6.5” W. In excellent vintage condition.
Romain de T...
Category
Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$800 Sale Price / item
33% Off
"Grecian Nude and Broken Column, " Art Deco/Surrealist Painting by Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brilliant Surrealist composition, with the stylization and exaggerated plant forms of Art Deco, was painted by Jan Matulka in 1944. Both Surrealism and "Moderne" decorative arts thrived in the 1940s, and here the artist draws from both styles. Matulka was born in Prague and came to America as a young man, and trained here and in Paris, where he became exposed to Cubism. He exhibited in New York, created illustrations for New Masses which advanced the interest of American workers...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
Double Indemnity
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1944 Film Noir double Indemnity.
This film starred Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
The film was directed by Billy Wilder.
This lobby card is co...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,095
"Dockside with Seagull, " Important Painting by WPA Artist Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in rich hues of cerulean, purple, deep pink and burnt siena, this abstracted view of a dockside scene was painted by John De Forest ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Carousel Oil Painting on Canvas by J. Mamez
Located in Pasadena, CA
A painting of a woman riding on a carousel horse while holding out her white handkerchief to flow in the wind.
This piece is reminiscent of a week...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
"Marauders Always Attack!" Vintage Wwii Army Air Forces Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII U.S. Army poster of a Martin B-26 Marauder bomber plane. The poster was published by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau in 1943. The poster depicts a B-26 fr...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Framed Scandinavian Traditional Embroidered Blouse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Visually striking Danish traditional blouse in off-white with blue embroidery reminiscent of a vyshyvanka decorative shirt, but Scandinavian in orig...
Category
Danish Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Dick Tracy
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1945 action detective film Dick Tracy.
This film starred Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys and Mike Mazurki, and was directed by...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,300
Albert Serwazi (American 1905-1992) "Gertrude with Parrot" Oil on canvas c 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albert Serwazi (American 1905-1992) "Gertrude with
Parrot". Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1944
upper right.
Measures: 24" x 31" (Image size without frame)
A painter from Philadelphia, Albert Serwazi was also a designer and illustrator. He was a student at the Pennsylvania School...
Category
North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
1946 Cunard - Queen Elizabeth - Queen Mary Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Stunning poster created in 1946 to promote Cunard and their cruises "Queen Elizabeth" and "Queen Mary" which operated from Cherbourg in France to New York...
Category
Unknown Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Dr. Cyclops
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1940 science fiction horror film.
This film was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starred Albert Dekker, Thomas Coley and Janice Logan. This piece ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,026
Polychrome Screen Print "Zig+Zag" by Josef Zenk
By Joseph Zenk
Located in Montreal, QC
Signed, titled and numbered to lower edge ‘Zig + Zag 7/60 Zenk’. This work is number 7 from the edition of 60. Zenk studied for three years at the National Academy of Design, followe...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Monumental Axel Salto Budding Vase Watercolor Paper Vintage Mid-Century Danish
By Axel Salto
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$9,600 Sale Price
36% Off
Odd Man Out
Located in London, GB
Original British Film poster from the first release of the film in the UK in 1948
Odd Man Out is a classic British film that fits the film noir definition...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
$6,846
Still Life with Fruit
Located in London, GB
Paul Feiler (British 1918 - 2013)
Still Life with Fruit
Oil on canvas
1949
Size: 43cm high, 51cm wide - 17 ins high, 20 ins wide
Frame: 59.5cm high, 66.5cm deep - 23½ ins high, ...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
$19,500
Conflict
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This piece shows a great image of Humphrey Bogart as architect Richard Mason...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$376
White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$821
Mid 20th Century Flower Still Life in Pastel on Board Paintin by Simone Dujardin
By Dujardin
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful flower still life, painted with soft pastels on paper, by the Belgium female artist Simone Dujardin. Signed and dated (1944) left under. The painting has a lively use of bright colors. The porcelain and book provides a nice balance in the composition. The painting is framed behind glass, for protection of the pastel. In a beautiful carved gold leaf wooden frame.
Dimensions frame: 53 x 58 cm
Dimensions painting: 38 x 43 cm
Simone Dujardin was a Pupil of Firmin Baes...
Category
Belgian Romantic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper, Giltwood
Angels with Dirty Faces
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for Faces 1938.
This still was were sent out to newspapers to advertise the re-release of the film in the 1940s
The film w...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1942 crime mystery film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and staring Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would b...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,711
The Shop Around the Corner
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1940 comedy romance drama The Shop Around the Corner...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1948 Thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starre...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$684
Yves Diey, Art Deco Etching, Signed, circa 1940
By Yves Diey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Yves Diey, Art Deco etching, signed, circa 1940.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair Vintage Floral Still Life Prints, Circa 1940
s
Located in Toledo, OH
Pair vintage floral still life framed prints. Soft impressionistic style in muted tones. Light wear from age.
Category
Unknown Victorian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Palmwood, Paper
1949 Cie Gle Transatlantique Original Vintage Poster
By René Bouvard 1
Located in Winchester, GB
With beautiful artwork from Rene Bouvard, this 1949 poster for "Cie Gle Transatlantique", or the "Compagnie Generale Transatlantique" shows an ocean liner sail...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Paper
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Comedy, Horror Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff.
The film was directed by Char...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Graphic Antique Cast Iron Stove Grates For Kitchen Or Resturant
Located in Stamford, CT
A group of 9 vintage and antique graphic cast iron stove grates. these range in size from 7 1/2" to 12" wide and are less than 3/4" deep. Easy to hang and display in many layouts. Th...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Still Life Oil Paintings Set "Asparagus
eggs" and "Melon" by Alexandre Denonne
Located in AMSTERDAM, NH
Very captivating set of two early 20th C still life paintings by Alexandre 'Alex' Denonne (Belgium, 1879-1953): still life "Asparagus and eggs" and still life "Melon".
Oil on canvas...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
1940
s Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Large Hand Made Decorative Wall Panels - Pair. Sourced from a factory boardroom in Latvia, the panels were used as decoration in the factory boardroom. The factory produced el...
Category
Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Original British Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British movie poster for the 1948 Ealing Studios Drama starring Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson
The film was directed by Basil ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Cage of Gold" Original British Film Poster
By Sidney John Woods
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1950 Ealing Studios crime drama starring Jean Simmons, David Farrar and James Donald. The film was directed by Basil ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"The Palm Beach Story" Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1942 comedy directed by Preston Sturges and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
Crossfire
Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1947 film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. This lobby card is also signed by Robert...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
"Bluebeard / Barbe-Bleue" Belgian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian movie poster for Bluebeard 1944 staring John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther and directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The film did not...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations
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