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Period: 1940s
Hand Painted $100 REWARD Wooden Sign, 1940s Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage wood sign from the 1940s. Hand-painted. Misspellings and grammatical errors. The owner Samuel Spilk lived in Long Beach in the 1940s. ...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Wood, Paint

Original Art Deco Nude Painting Oil on Canvas
Located in Oakland, CA
Original Art Deco Nude Painting Oil on Canvas. Beautiful young woman with a large straw hat posing with the horizon in the background. Spanish-style demure pose. Unsigned painting oi...
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Argentine Art Deco Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Canvas

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...
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Belgian Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paint

W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s. Oil on board, measuring: 52" x 32". Attention to details. Unfortunately not signe...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Painting of the Cabin Cruiser Spun Glass III
Located in Norwell, MA
Framed yacht painting by noted illustrator Jan Austin Taylor. This gouache shows the boat cruising through calm seas with her captain at the helm. Vessel is flying a...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Other

Ecole de Paris, Mid-20th Century, Parisian Scene River Seine Pont
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris, France by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) Signed Watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed. Sheet 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Nicely executed study over the River ...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Other

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century, Back Streets of Paris
Located in Cirencester, GB
Paris, France by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) Signed and double sided Watercolour and gouache painting on artist's paper, unframed Measures: Sheet 12.5 x 15.5 inches Nicely exe...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Other

Sallie Whistler Marcucci Abstract Painting Titled "Subconscious"
Located in Stamford, CT
Sallie Whistler Marcucci (American, b. 1940) "Subconscious", mixed media, monogram signed lower left center SWM. Abstract composition. Approx. 22.5" x 27.5" (framed). See photographe...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Signed C. Macourlard San Francisco Watercolor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This watercolor painting is newly framed and is one of two by the same artist in our gallery. The second one is also signed by the artist and marked Southern California. The conditio...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Large-Scale American Folk Art Carnival Game Board, Very Graphic
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large-scale Folk Art Carnival game board, American, circa 1940s. This painted carnival game board came from Texas and combines wonderfully patinate...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Cork

American Legion Baseball and Basketball Folk Art Paintings
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Paintings

Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian
By Inna Garsoian
Located in Nantucket, MA
Nantucket Harbor Scene, by Inna Garsoian (1896–1984), circa 1946, oil on canvas view of wharves and waterfront from vantage of old Steamship office, signed lower right, and signed and dated on the reverse, mounted in original hand carved wooden frame. Garsoian was a former costume designer in Paris for the Ballet Russe, and summered on Nantucket from 1935-1945. Her work is noted for muted colors, stark light and shadows; she exhibited at the Easy Street Gallery. From the Nantucket Historical Association's digital exhibition "Nantucket Art...
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American Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

C.P. Initials, Portait of African Girl, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
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Congolese Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Maurice Savin Painting, Oil on canvas "Les Baigneuses, " circa 1940
By Maurice Savin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Maurice Savin (French 1894-1973). "Les baigneuses." Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. More images available upon request.
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French Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Signed William Sheldon Horton Impressionist Landscape Painting
By William Sheldon Horton
Located in Redding, CT
Signed William Sheldon Horton impressionist landscape painting. This "Plein Air" artist has majestically captured the purple desert canyons of California. This substantial canvas is ...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Painting on Canvas, "Portrait of a Woman" by Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
Portrait painting of an African American woman with flowers in her hair. Canvas size is 16" x 20". Beautiful colors and rich texture of the brush strokes. The artist, "Miller", is na...
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American Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Unknown Artist Watercolor Painting, Depicting Mountain's Scenery, 1940s
Located in Braintree, GB
Unknown artist watercolor painting, Depicting mountain's scenery, circa 1940s Size with the frame 1.2 × 17 × 21.2 cm Size without frame 14 x 8.5 cm Approximate weight 2 ...
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Vintage 1940s Paintings

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Paper

Victor Vasarely, Dolmen 1947-1950 Collage on Cardboard on Wood
Located in Nice, Cote d' Azur
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), Dolmen 1947-1950 collage on cardboard on wood, signed lower right, dated and titled on the reverse, photo certificate by Pierre Vasarely. Height: 35 cm, ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

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Located in Mexico City, CDMX
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Located in Buffalo, NY
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