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Period: 1940s
Item Ships From: California
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 o...
Category

Abstract 1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Cocktails ll
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Cocktails ll, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, d...
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Green Forrest
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a just discovered master level abstract painting, Green Forrest, by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916-2010.) Green Forrest is an original mixed media painting on hea...
Category

Cubist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The Farmer
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, Blu...
Category

American Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Picnic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mid century oil painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, "The Picnic, is an original oil on panel, signed and dated 1950. ...
Category

Surrealist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Red Box Car WWII
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just discovered, "Red Box Car WWII", by American artist Robert McIntosh (1916 - 2010.) Robert McIntosh won first prize at the Los ...
Category

American Realist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Mixed Media

"The Extrovert"
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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

Homage to Paul Klee
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original mixed media watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, inclu...
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The Aquarium
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An original mid centuiry oil on panel by American artist Robert McIntosh, "The Aquarium", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1950.
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Happy Couple
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Happy Couple...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Tulips"
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 Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Farmer in the Dell
By Louis Maccouillard
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original mixed media painting by American artist Louis Maccouillard, "The Farmer in the Dell." Maccouillard was a prolific artist who worke...
Category

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Auto Portrait
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

Modern 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Self Portrait - The Red Shirt
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg. Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. Painted just after the artist returned from New York, c.1945, "The Red Shirt...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fish, Wine, and Song
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
Category

Cubist 1940s Paintings

Dody in the Afternoon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Noted German Expressionist artist Fritz Schwaderer, was classically schooled in fine art in Germany in the early-mid 1920’s. Schwaderera...
Category

Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Geography
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Moon, Wisps and Blackbird
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Saxophonist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Boudoir
By Zulma Steele Parker
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional American modernist figurative/abstract painting by American artist Zulma Steele Parker. Boudoir;, is an original oil on canvas,...
Category

Abstract 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Accordionist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional original watercolor by American artist Byron Randall. "The Accordionist", is an original watercolor on heavy paper, signed, c.1945, ...
Category

Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Abstraction #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Paintings

Squared
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Flying Kites
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Clouds in Culver City
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "Clouds in Culver City...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

San Pedro Harbor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "The Red Boxcar...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dancing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Violin Solo
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Bernie
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Three Graces
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Three Graces...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Waiting
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

The Fortune Teller
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Austrian/American artist Franz Bergmann. Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern California in the mid 1930s where he worked and taught until his death in 1970. The Fortune Teller...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Conflict
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Rooftops of Los Angeles
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Rooftops of Los Angeles", is an original mixed media watercolor, signed c.1946, a stunning depiction of Los Angeles architecture...
Category

1940s Paintings

Critical Thbinking
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Abstract Metropolis
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Paintings

I Live in the Forrest
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

The Critic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Critic...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The Sceptic
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Encore
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Dance
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category

1940s Paintings

The Princess
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original oil on canvas by American artist Alexander Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld was classically trained in Poland before settling in Los An...
Category

Art Deco 1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Murano #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Walking Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

The Tricycle
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting exceptional mixed media watercolor by Austrian/American artist Franz Bergmann. Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern Calif...
Category

1940s Paintings

Harlequin's
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting exceptional mixed media watercolor by Austrian/American artist Franz Bergmann. Bergmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, before settling in Northern Calif...
Category

1940s Paintings

Nude en repose
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 Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Abstract #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An original mid century oil on panel by American artsist Robert McItosh. "Abstract 1", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1950, with an image dimensi...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Figure Abstract
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French artist/author Andre’ Lhote. She arrived in Paris in the mid-late 1940’s and began a career as a modern artist working and exhibiting with Andre’ Lhote over the next two decades. Braive was a woman of small stature, and when Lhote met her he nicknamed her, “Miette”�, as she was small like a “Crumb”� of bread. Born Emilie Braive, once nicknamed by Lhote, she worked and signed all of her work as, M. Braive. The influence of Andre’ Lhote is evident within the paintings by Miette Braive. Bold and vivid pallets, with subjects ranging from pure non objective abstracts, to full modernist/cubist abstract figures. "Figure Abstract...
Category

1940s Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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