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Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ, Impressionist Beach Scene, 1940s
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ" is a Pennsylvania Beach Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The painting is a 13.5" x 22.25" oil on can...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"at the tavern" Oil cm. 22 x 15 1944 Italy,Florence,Offer Free Shipping
By Ottone Rosai
Located in Torino, IT
Offer Free Shipping, 1944, Italy, blue
Ottone Rosai (28 April 1895 – 13 May 1957) was an Italian painter born in Florence.
Biography
Rosai graduated from the Florence Academy of Fi...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Laurence Olivier as, "Young Hamlet"
Located in West Hollywood, CA
In 1948, Sir Lawrence Olivier adapted the screenplay from William Shakespeare’s, “Hamlet” and brought the play to the big screen. Olivier also produced and directed the film as well ...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Woman and Still Life - Original Oil on Canvas by G. Peyron - 1940s
By Guido Peyron
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original Oil on Canvas realized by the italian artist Guido Peyron (1898-1960) in the 1940s.
In good condition, it includes a contemporary golden frame in woo...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Still Life with Flowers, Table and Drapery, Red, Yellow, Blue, Purple)
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage 1945 oil painting with an interior still life with a vase of flowers, tea cup, and drapery by 20th century Colorado modernist, John E. Thompson (1882-1945). Oil on c...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ponte Garibaldi, Rome - Original Oil on Canvas by A. Vangelli - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Ponte Garibaldi is an original oil on canvas realized by the Italian artist Antonio Vangelli (Rome, 1917 – Rome, 2003) in 1941.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower righ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rome Villa Borghese Garden - Trinità de' Monti - Oil on Canvas by G. Turcato
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil on canvas realized by Giulio Turcato in 1940s.
Certificate of authenticity by the artist on photograph, dated 1971.
The painting belongs to the figurative phase of the a...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lightning on the Beach" NYC Modern WPA American Scene Mid-Century LGBT
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
"Lightning on the Beach" NYC Modern WPA American Scene Mid-Century LGBT, 20 x 24-inch oil on masonite, signed lower right, framed.
I had the privilege of meeting the artist in his ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Les Halles de Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of Les Halles de Paris by the London born artist, H.F. Root. Signed lower left. Circa 1945. Very good condition, no restorations. Les Halles de Pari...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman and Child
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A.
American, 1888-1972
Woman and Child
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left
24 by 30 in. W/frame 32 by 38 in.
John Costigan was born of ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"The Extrovert"
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A magnificent painting by American artist Ron Blumberg, from one of his rarest periods, the, "Psychological Period", which lasted only from 1948 - 1952 and was never replicated. This...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Bruyéres en fleurs” 1949, 20th Century oil on canvas by William Didier-Pouget
Located in Madrid, ES
WILLIAM DIDIER - POUGET
French, 1864 - 1959
BRUYÉRES EN FLEURS
signed and dated “Didier-Pouget, 1949” lower right
oil on canvas
38-1/4 x 57-1/2 inches (97.5 x 145 cm.)
framed: 42 x ...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed indistinctly, lower right, and painted circa 1935.
A strongly animated, vertically stacked figurative painting filled with compressed energy and an atmosphere of psychologic...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Still Life" 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Spanish Artist Antoni Clavé
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Madrid, ES
ANTONI CLAVÉ
Spanish, 1913 - 2005
STILL LIFE
signed "Clavé" lower right
also inscribed "Ce tableau a ete peint par moi vers 1946, Clavé" on the reverse
oil on canvas glued to artist ...
Category
Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
"Backyards" WPA New York Modernism Female Artist Mid-Century 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Backyards" WPA New York Modernism Female Artist Mid-Century 20th Century Modern.
Georgina Klitgaard (1893-1976), Backyards (11th st. NYC) c. 1940, 38x26 inches, oil on canvas, Sign...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MILITARY MUNITIONS American Modernism WPA World War II Modern Realism Historical
Located in New York, NY
MILITARY MUNITIONS American Modernism WPA World War II Modern Realism Historical.
Howard Norton Cook (1901 – 1980) "Military Munitions," 20 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1940s. Sig...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ballet Dancer by Jules Schyl, Pastel on paper, Similarities with Degas
By Jules Schyl
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jules Schyl (Sweden, 1893-1977)
Title: Ballet Dancers
A Ballet Dancer painting is a rare find for an artist mostly known for his oeuvre with Cubism and Expressionist paintings. The...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Untitled, Woman and Child
Located in Lawrence, NY
Russian-Jewish-American artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984) is known for his cubo-surrealistic works
which feature a strong psychological element. Some of his work bears a resemblan...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Concrete Mixer - American Modernism Industrial Oil LACMA 1942 Mid-Century WPA
Located in New York, NY
Concrete Mixer - American Modernism Industrial Oil LACMA 1942 Mid-Century WPA.
Provenance: Exhibited at LACMA in 1943, label verso.
The oil on masonite measure 30 x 21 inches and ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Statuette au Vase Jaune, painting by Fernand Leger c.1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger, French (1881 - 1955)
Title: Statuette au Vase Jaune
Year: circa 1949
Medium: Gouache on Paper, dedicated (a Nicole) l.r.
Size: 5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
Frame...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1949 Original Oil Figurative Russian Impressionism Soviet Realism "Factory Boy"
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
For over 20 years, Andre Kohn has been passionately collecting the works of classically trained master Impressionists from the Soviet Realism period (Russian Impressionism, 1930 -197...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1949 Soviet Era Realism Nude Original Portrait Oil Painting of a Young Man 29x24
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
"Young Man with a Mirror" 29"x24" is one-of-a-kind, original, Soviet Era oil painting of a young man.
Unframed. Dated 1949.
For over 20 years, the gallery has been passionately co...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Day at the Park Dutch Scene
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful painting of two Dutch girls by the fishing dock with sailboats in the back. Watercolor painted on paper on masonite board. Unsigned. Image, 13.5" L x 18" H. Presented in go...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Masonite, Paper
A Corner of the Dressing Room - British 40's exhib ballet portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful exhibited British 1940's interior portrait oil painting is by noted artist Francis Edwin Hodge. Painted in 1941 it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy that year e...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pavanne - 17th Century Court Dance - British exhibited Surrealist oil painting
Located in London, GB
Painted by "Modern British" Surrealist artist John Armstrong this oil/tempera on board depicts Pavanne. The Pavanne is a 17th century Court dance. The figures bunch up rhythmically a...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Suzanna and the Elders
By Ben Shahn
Located in Miami, FL
A modern interpretation of the biblical story Suzanna and the Elders.
Signed lower right
Ink and wash on paper
The Downtown Gallery
Felix Landau Gallery
Ernest Brown & Phillips, Ltd...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Jean-René Chatelain, Carnation Vase, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas dating from 1946 by Jean-René Chatelain. Beautiful canvas of a neo-realism soothed. Measurements : with frame: 81x72x7.5 cm - 31.9x28.3x3 inches, without frame: 68x58 c...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girls on the Meadow - Original Oil Painting on Canvas signed C. Barbaro - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Girls on the Meadow is an original artwork realized in 1948 and signed C. Barbaro.
Original mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower right margin.
The artwo...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Secret to A Lovely Figure
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A 1942 original pastel on board by Cardwell Higgins created for an advertising display sign for "Adola Brassieres." Higgins executed a series of these images all with erotically char...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
Located in New York, NY
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study.
A label verso titles the work "Study for Fornca Mural." The painting itself measure 24 x3 6 inches and is...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tango
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.)
Tango, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, dated 1...
Category
Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Trio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media painting by American artist Leonard Nelson.
"Trio" is an original mixed media work, signed and dated 1942, depicting three cubist musicians.
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Conversation with Motherwell
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered magnificent oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2002.)
Conversation with Motherwell, Is a tribute to American artist Robert Motherwell...
Category
Abstract 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Study for 'Grandma's Doll Collection'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Inscribed: "My best wishes to/my friend Judy Bedell/sincerely/Norman Rockwell
Included with the painting, the dress that the model wore for this pai...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walking the Tightrope, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This work was featured on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 11, 1949
The Post described the cover as follows: "Having ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anchors and Stars
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare and early original watercolor by internationally recognized pin-up artist Albert Vargas.
Vargas was known for his depiction of beautiful women, published on coun...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Copenhagen" Post-Impressionist Coastal Denmark Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting of a coastal view of Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. Executed with fast brush strokes in a highly impressionist manner with a thick use of paint capturing ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pierre GIRIEUD, Vase of Flowers, Marigolds, Oil on Cardboard, 1941
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on cardboard by Pierre GIRIEUD (1876-1948), France, 1941. "VASE OF FLOWERS - MARIGOLDS". With frame: 56x48 cm - 22x18.9 inches ; without frame: 46x38cm - 18.1x15 inches. 8F forma...
Category
French School 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
The Farmer
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare early oil painting from the, "WPA" period, 1941, by American artist Ron Blumberg, “The Farmer”
After his classical training in Paris, Blumberg spent ten years in N...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tribesmen with Headdresses
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
"Robert Riggs was awarded the Gold Medal for Excellence by the New York Art Directors Club for ten consecutive years a...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Outdoor View - Original Tempera by Caroline Hill - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Outdoor View is an original painting in mixed media and oil realized in the 1940s by Caroline Hill (1935-1983).
The artwork is hand-signed on the lower left.
Good conditions.
This...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"Reginald Marsh Sketching at Coney Island Beach" NYC WPA Modern American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Peter Hopkins (American 1911 – 1999) "Reginald Marsh Sketching at Coney Island Beach" is a 24 x 30 inch NYC WPA era modern American scene mid-century oil on canvas. It is signed lowe...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) "Union Square," 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas, c.1940s, Signed lower center.
A...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstracted Portrait Pair 1940-60s Gouache & Ink
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-60s gouache and ink on paper figurative scene is by painter and illustrator, Barbara Rogers Houseworth. Born in 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana she received an education in F...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
Intense Portrait of a Woman 1944-45 Oil
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1944-45 oil portrait is by painter and illustrator, Barbara Rogers Houseworth. Born in 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana she received an education in Fine Arts from Indiana Universi...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Irish Hound Dog, Realist Oil Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Large scale portrait of a regal dog by William Skilling.
Artist: William Skilling
Title: Irish Hound Dog
Medium: Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Dimensions: 36 x 54 inches
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Football Match Wolves Vs Man City 1947 Score 1:0 sporting portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This superb sporting portrait oil painting is by artist Sydney Poole. The painting depicts a football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City on 20th December 1947 ...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Conference
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Russell Sambrook Oil on Board Eveready Flashlight Battery Advertisement
Located in San Francisco, CA
Russell Sambrook: 1891-1956. Well listed American illustrator with auction results as high as $23,900. This fantastic illustration is an oil on board. I believe this was used for an ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Cubist mid century 1950s Portrait of a young girl
Located in Southport, CT
Wonderful French mid-20th-century portrait of a young girl holding her hand up.
The artist was a highly talented painter in the Cubist style. He painted interiors, portraits, and la...
Category
Cubist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Reading by the Light " Spanish 20th Century Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
An impressionist oil painting depicted in the 1940's by Spanish painter Carbonelle. Mostly known for his figures and portraits of the female form, his oils on canvas are a rich exper...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Les Guilleries. Original acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Les Guilleries. Original acrylic painting
Casimiro Martínez Tarrassó, a painter known simply as Tarrassó. He was trained at the La Llotja School in Barcelona. He completed his studie...
Category
Expressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Girl in Pareu"
By RAD Miller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Robert Alexander Darrah “R.A.D.” Miller (1905 - 1966)
Robert Alexander Darrah Miller, called “RAD” by his friends, was born in Philadelphia. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait - Original Painting On Board by Eraldo Mori Cristiani - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original painting, realized by Eraldo Mori Cristiani in 1941.
Oil painting on board. Author, date, and place are reported on the back of the artwork.
Includes a frame...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Chase" NYC modernism WPA American Scene Mid-Century Art Students League
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
"The Chase" NYC modernism WPA American Scene Mid-Century Art Students League
Albert Pels (American, 1910 – 1998) "The Chase," 18 x 24 inches. Oil on board. Signed lower right. We ac...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Les Masons
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and sophisticated oil painting was realized by an underrecognized (but extraordinary) Flemish painter named F.V. Sliches in 1946. Entitled Les Masons (or the masons), th...
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victor, Colorado (View of Mining Town with Buildings and Mountains - 1900)
Located in Denver, CO
Original historical painting of the old mining town of Victor, Colorado as it appeared in 1900 by Muriel Sibell Wolle (1898-1977), signed and dated 1941 lower right. Presented in a ...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Adobe Church, New Mexico, Original Modernist Landscape, circa 1940)
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage oil painting of an adobe church in New Mexico with a brilliant blue sky and clouds (likely Rancho de Taos), circa 1940 attributed to Denver modernist, Paul K. Smith (1893-197...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
