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Portrait of Woman in Red Shawl - Nudes verso - British 1940's art oil painting
By Lionel Ellis
Located in London, GB
This lovely British portrait oil painting is by noted artist Lionel Ellis. Painted circa 1940, the
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Party Frock - British 1940's art female child portrait oil painting exhib RA
By Dod Procter
Located in London, GB
This charming British portrait oil painting is by female artist Dod Procter. It was painted in 1949
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Post Impressionist Portrait - British 1950's art female portrait oil painting
By Anthony Devas
Located in London, GB
This striking British Post-Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted artist Anthony Devas
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Molly in Red Beret - British thirties Art Deco portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This striking Art Deco portrait oil painting is by female artist Jolan Polatschek Williams
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Post Impressionist Portrait of a Woman - British 40's art portrait oil painting
By Harry Rutherford
Located in London, GB
This striking British Post Impressionist portrait oil painting is by noted Manchester artist Harry
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lady Reclining Portrait - British 50's Impressionist oil painting female artist
By Caroline Hutchinson
Located in London, GB
This large oil on canvas portrait was painted by Caroline Hutchinson circa 1955. It depicts a lady
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Artist's Daughter Julian Orde Poet - British 1930s oil painting
By Cuthbert Orde
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Art Deco portrait oil painting is by listed artist Cuthbert Orde. Famous for
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady Audrey Norris - British 50s Post Impressionist art oil painting
By Anthony Devas
Located in London, GB
This bold British Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted portrait artist Anthony Devas
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grandma and Grand Daughter in an Interior - British 40's Portrait oil painting
By Anthony Devas
Located in London, GB
This lovely British interior portrait oil painting is by noted British artist Anthony Devas
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Violet Ann Gilbert - British 1920s art oil painting exh Paris Salon
By James Peter Quinn
Located in London, GB
A stunning portrait oil painting of Violet Ann Gilbert which was painted by James Peter Quinn in
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Barbara
By Augustus Edwin John
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
the 1920s John was Britain's leading portrait painter. John painted many distinguished contemporaries
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
James McBey /// Gerald Leslie Brockhust British Modern Portrait Etching Face Art
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
to sit for a portrait (Albert H. Wiggin Collection, Boston Public Library). The Scottish-born McBey
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Etching
Portrait of a Lady in Turquoise Dress - Scottish female portrait oil painting
By David Cowan Dobson
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by noted Scottish artist David Cowan Dobson, better
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Mr R H Sinclair - Scottish 1914 art male portrait oil painting
By David Cowan Dobson
Located in London, GB
Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Cambrian Academy, Fine Art Society
Category
1910s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Marguerite Folin, Gerald Brockhurst
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in London, GB
Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
1890 – 1978
Portrait of Marguerite Folin
Oil on panel, signed lower right
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Bradnock Principal Worcester College in Car, Malvern, oil painting
By John Rankine Barclay
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by Scottish born artist John Rankine Barclay. It was
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
By Murray McNeel Caird Urquhart
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Boy in White Shirt - Scottish 1920's Art Deco male oil painting
By David Cowan Dobson
Located in London, GB
, Royal Society of Water-colourers, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal Society of British Artists
Category
1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lithuanian French Ecole de Paris Judaica Oil Painting Refugee Family
By Jacques Koslowsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist Realistic portrait of a Jewish refugee family World War II era by Lithuanian French
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Katherine Merry Nee Horstmann Director Horstmann Gear Company 1946 City of Bath
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
returned to England in the late 1940s and practiced widely as a portrait painter. He continued his art
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 29.73 in W 25.79 in D 1.97 in
Elizabeth Taylor Icon VIII /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Actress Fashion Model
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
– 23 March 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
Lorenzo Agius - Jack dancing, jack nicholson, black and white, photo, 40x30 in.
By Lorenzo Agius
Located in London, GB
loves the whole 1940s/50s, so we made him up to look like a gangster. You can’t go wrong with someone
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Lorenzo Agius - Jack dancing, jack nicholson, black and white, photo, 24x20 in.
By Lorenzo Agius
Located in London, GB
loves the whole 1940s/50s, so we made him up to look like a gangster. You can’t go wrong with someone
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Digital
Audrey Hepburn, Rockefeller Tower, New York
By George Douglas
Located in Santa Monica, CA
the 1940s, 50s and 60s he worked for leading magazines of the day, both in Britain and in America and
Category
1950s Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Moise Kisling - Woman - Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
French Foreign Legion in World War I. He emigrated to the United States in 1940, after the fall of France
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Prints
Adolescence. (Kathleen Nancy Woodward).
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Storrs, CT
/16 (sheet 16 3/8 x 12 1/4. Total edition 91). Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers 1850-1940; Fine
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Civic Club in Manhattan, followed in later years by his one-man show at the Bonestall Gallery (1940). He
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The New Pupil /// Antique Modern Female Artist Etching Child Children Figurative
By Eileen Soper
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, most notably all of the Famous Five books. Soper also published her own children's books in the 1940s
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Intaglio
Reclining Nude - Industrial Scene Verso - Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting
Located in London, GB
This interesting British 1940's oil painting is attributed to Harry Jefferson Barnes. Barnes
Category
1940s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
In Fashion, Sgrffito Signed Portrait, 20th Century British
Located in London, GB
Mary A Brooks was a notable contributor to a vast array of children's publications from the early 1940s
Category
Mid-20th Century Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic
Roy Turner Durant British Listed Artist Portrait Head 20th Century Minimalist
By Roy Turner Durrant
Located in Norfolk, GB
This portrait has a naïve and gentle charm to it. To my eye it looks like a woman but it could
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
H 19.89 in W 17.33 in D 0.6 in
Seated Nude Model in Art Class - British 40's Slade School portrait oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940's, the sitter is a model in a women's life class and we
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"York: The Gateway to History, " Original British Lithograph Poster by EH Spencer
By E.H. Spencer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
guide to the city from the Information Centre Public Library to advertise the British Railways. It
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude in Life Class with Green Shoes - British 40's Slade School art oil painting
By E.A. Jay
Located in London, GB
by female artist E A Jay. Painted in the 1940's, the sitter is a model in a women's life class and we
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cecil Beaton - Ruth Ford
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
20th century. His brilliant portraits of world-famous personalities from the worlds of art, politics
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Prince's Room
By Willy Pogany
Located in Buffalo, NY
.
He was not a British citizen, and soon after World War I began, he emigrated with his family to New
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Pen, Watercolor
Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of a modernist lady or a harlequin.
Emigrating to Boston in 1913 from Lublin, Poland with
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Figure
By Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023). The picture is framed behind non-reflective UV
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Carbon Pencil
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
portraits of Chancellor Bishop Hallam, Justice Donald MacLean, Dr. Arthur S. Morton, and Dr. Stapleford
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rising, by Trevor Southey
By Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered lithograph by Trevor Southey. Male nude portrait of a young man. this
Category
1980s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Buttonhole By Charles Spencelayh
By Charles Spencelayh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Spencelayh
1865-1958 British
The Buttonhole
Signed “C.SPENCELAYH” (lower left) and
Category
20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"Buttermilk Bay, Cape Cod, " Georgina Klitgaard, Woodstock School Female WPA
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
. In 1940 the family traveled around the U.S. while Kaj, himself now the recipient of a Guggenheim
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View Of A French Town, early 20th Century Charles GINNER (1878-1952)
By Charles Ginner
Located in Blackwater, GB
on the British landscape.
Group Exhibitions
1978, Cityscape 1910-1939: Urban Themes in American
Category
Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico, " Georgia Klitgaard, Southwest Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
and Child Under A Pine Tree, a colorful portrait, in 1939. By the 1940s Klitgaard's work was also in
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Couple with Seascape)
By Peter Stevens
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
where they were married in 1940.
His first professional art assignments were commissioned portraits.
In
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board
Rodeo. Bareback Bronco. Mid 20th Century. 1966. Western Cowboy Ranch Equestrian.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
father was a portrait painter who shared a studio with Cézanne and his mother was a musician. Several
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
H 28.55 in W 36.42 in D 0.79 in
A Tight Finish. 1970.Race Horses. Final Furlong. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
June 1901. His father was a portrait painter who shared a studio with Cézanne and his mother was a
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
H 28.35 in W 35.83 in D 0.99 in
'Court' — 1930s Social Conscience, WPA Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
portraits and works of social conscience.
Mahl began exhibiting in the 1940s in New York City; in 1947
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Young Velvets, Young Prices - Vogue - Oversize Limited Edition Estate Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in London, GB
in his images, taking portrait and fashion photography beyond the stiff formality of his predecessors
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
C Print, Color
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Morning Drive in Hyde Park, 20th Century English Oil Painting
By Doris Zinkeisen
Located in London, GB
frame
Doris Zinkeisen was a British painter, stage-set and costume designer, writer and equestrian
Category
Mid-20th Century English School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham’s card for Sandra Blow’s 75th birthday (1995) collage
By Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Located in London, GB
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Category
1990s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache
On the Gallops. 1976.Race Horses. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing. Racetrack.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
father was a portrait painter who shared a studio with Cézanne and his mother was a musician. Several
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
H 25.6 in W 33.47 in D 0.99 in
Guardian, Cowboy and Horseman of the Camargue, South of France. Mid-Century.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
South Woodford, Essex, England on 9 June 1901. His father was a portrait painter who shared a studio
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
H 24.22 in W 29.34 in D 1.19 in
Into the Final Furlong. 1965.Race Horses. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing.Racetrack.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
portrait painter who shared a studio with Cézanne and his mother was a musician. Several other members of
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
H 31.89 in W 41.15 in D 1.19 in
A Three Horse Race. 1963. Mid-Century. Equine.Jockeys. Horse Racing. Racetrack.
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
, England on 9 June 1901. His father was a portrait painter who shared a studio with Cézanne and his mother
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
H 23.23 in W 28.75 in D 0.79 in
Audrey Hepburn II, Italy, 1955, C-Type Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
comprehensive and unique record of the development of fashion design, photography and modelling from the 1940’s
Category
2010s Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Wenda and Ostriches, 1981, Gelatin Silver Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
development of fashion design, photography and modelling from the 1940’s to 1990. By charting the changing
Category
2010s Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
First Vogue Nude In Colour, C-Type Print
By Norman Parkinson
Located in San Francisco, CA
fashion design, photography and modelling from the 1940’s to 1990. By charting the changing face of
Category
2010s Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Quai De La Tournelle, Paris Street Scene Oil Painting, American Deaf Modernist
By Robert Freiman
Located in Surfside, FL
metaphysical landscapes and elements of architectural fantasy.
Through the 1940"s Freiman had numerous exhibits
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gouache Watercolor Painting, Nantucket Harbor Boats American Deaf Modernist Art
By Robert Freiman
Located in Surfside, FL
metaphysical landscapes and elements of architectural fantasy.
Through the 1940"s Freiman had numerous exhibits
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
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