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Period: 1930s
Romance of the Sea by Leonid Gechtoff, 1937
By Leonid Gechtoff
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Oil on board seascape titled "Romance of the Sea". The artist was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1883. After immigrating to Cairo in 1912, his travels took him to Holland, Indonesia, an...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Emile Aubry Art Deco Painting "La Voix De Pan", Groupe Symbolique
By Woka Lamps
Located in Vienna, AT
Emile Aubry, France, 1932 documentation, comparable with a similar work - catalogue "Salon des Independents" Paris from 1932 Muse´e des Beaux-Arts, Pau, Be´arn, Pyre´ne´es-Atlantique...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Plywood
Painting of a woman in a hat by Hugó Scheiber, oil on Isorel board, 1930s
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
A particularly atmospheric painting of a woman with a hat, in oil on Isorel board. Date estimated around 1930. Signed H. Scheiber. It's quite a large painting and it has the charact...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Oil Painting - Gordon Setter Dog - by Arthur Heyer
By Arthur Heyer
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful oil painting, a Gorden Setter dog on the walk, by the German artist Arthur Heyer. Signed lower right.
Beautifully done. The movement and anatomy of the dog are taken fro...
Category
German Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Promise of Hope", Art Deco Painting with Male Nude and Dove, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in a lovely, colorful palette and full of hope and symbolism, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a standing male nude figure looking into the distance, the sky swathed i...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Les Bienfaits de la Nature by F.Majorel (1878-1965) Large Art Deco Oil on Canvas
By Fernand Majorel
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
"Les bienfaits de la nature offerts au plus grand nombre"
“Nature's Goodness offered to more people”
An Impressive and Decorative Art Deco oil on canvas painting
Original frame
Signe...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Carolina Rice Plantation of the 50's Signed by the Illustrator, Publisher's Copy
Located in valatie, NY
A CAROLINA RICE PLANTATION OF THE FIFTIES: Narrative By Herbert Ravenel Sass, With Chapters From The Unpublished Memoirs Of D.E. Huger Smith.
Publisher, New York: William Morrow, 1936. Signed 1st Ed hardcover with book plate of Ellen Doubleday, publishers personal copy. Illustrated with reproductions of 30 paintings in watercolor by and signed by Alice R. Huger Smith. The magic of the Low Country, the rice coast of South Carolina and Georgia has been captured with rare beauty and fidelity in the paintings of Alice R. Huger Smith. Her water-colors of sea-island beaches, of sea marshes, of black waters in cypress swamps...
Category
American Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"Five Olympic Rowers", Monumental 1930s Painting of Nude Male Oarsmen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most stunning and monumental depictions of male nude figures -- and male athletes -- ever accomplished in the Modern era, this large painting shows five nude rowers, relaxed and conversational, as they hold their oars and await the next round of competition. The figures are shown with flushed, ruddy complexions, contrasting with the fresh green of the grass and trees surrounding them. The artist, James Stroudley, presents his rowers as consummate modern British men...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of American Scene painting, depicting a group of four laborers loading the harvest onto a wagon amidst the fields, has the energy and dynamic of Thomas Hart Bent...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Fresh Snow in Bavaria" by Erwin Kettemann
By Erwin Kettemann
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Erwin Kettemann (1897–1971) was a landscape painter from Munich. He was a representative of late Impressionism as well as the 19th century “Karlsr...
Category
German Victorian Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Black Figure in Yellow Room, " 1930s Portrait by Student of Thomas Hart Benton
By Trew Hocker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and executed by Trew Hocker, an important muralist who was strongly influenced by Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood, this portrait of a young African American m...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Aloha, The Universal Word, " Art Deco Study for Hawaiian Mural Series by Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and important, this painting by Eugene Savage served as the preparatory study for one of six monumental Art Deco murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping company in ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1930s Futurist Watercolor of a Motorbike Race by Italian Artist Aris Bacci
Located in London, GB
A 1930s futurist watercolor painting of a motorbike race by Italian futurist artist Aris Bacci. Mounted in original geometric cream mottled frame, with stun...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Archer with Geese", Exceptional Art Deco Painting with Male Nude, Pierced Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this high style Art Deco painting depicts a nude male archer with his bow stretched and his arrow aiming toward a flock of geese overhead. In the background is a ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Seven Deadly Sins", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A companion painting to another piece in our gallery, this painting -- "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" -- served as a study by Eugene Savage for a major mosaic proposed for the new...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Original Watercolor by Jean Boris Lacroix, France, Art Déco, circa 1930
Located in La xara, VC
The circa 1930 original watercolor by Jean Boris Lacroix, titled "Composition abstraite ," stands as a testament to the artist's mastery of color, form, and expression. Signed in the...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper
Fine Danish Expressive / Abstract Oilpainting 1930s
Located in Handewitt, DE
Fine danish expressive / abstract oilpainting 1930s-1950s. Oil on canvas. Signed back "P-Østergard".or " P-Ødtgård " Original frame.
Incl frame: H. 80 cm / W. 70 cm / D. 4 cm
pain...
Category
Danish Expressionist Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Floating Man, " Important Art Deco Painting with Nude Male by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by Dunbar Beck, one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, this painting of a half-nude man floating over a succession of dancing couples below was one of a...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint
Art Deco pastel painting "Nude of a Woman" signed Fried Pal, 1930s
By Pal Fried
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Stupendous pastel painting designed by Fried Pal in the 1930s,the theme of the nude in the Art Deco period was of important relevance,the author in this painting demonstrates great s...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Pair Chinese Asian Silk Watercolor Framed Paintings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair tall framed and matted Chinese silk water color paintings depicting exotic birds and flowers and shrubbery. Both with calligraphy inscription and red seal. Expertly crafted with...
Category
Chinese Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood
Hortense Budell Oil Painting Titled "River Front, N.J, " 1939
By Hortense Budell
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting landscape painting by Hortense Budell, titled "River Front, N.J.", exhibited at Montclair museum, 1939.
Emily Hortense Budell was born March 23, 1884 in Lyon, France...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Matterhorn Artwork
Located in Barcelona, ES
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas Matterhorn Artwork
By unknown artist, from France
In fair condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"Nude Male Bathers, " 1930s Watercolor Painting of Nude Figures, Blue & Tan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Strikingly and vividly painted in watery tones of blue, green, tan and rose, this watercolor painting by Jean Paul Slusser depicts three nude male bathers...
Category
North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Standing Male Model from Behind, " Beautiful Male Nude, Three-Quarters Size
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this view of a young, nude male model, facing away from the viewer, places him in an artist's studio or atelier, with painters and their easels v...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s.
From left to right, they are:
1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"French Bulldog" Artist Proof by Herbert Thomas Dicksee, R.E. (1862-1942), Engla
Located in Washington, DC
Original Hand-Colored Sketch titled "French Bulldog" by Renowned Herbert Thomas Dicksee, R.E. (1862-1942). England, circa 1930. Signed Artist Proof.
Category
English Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paper
"St. George and the Dragon", Fabulous Art Deco Painting by Manne Östlund, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most fanciful and dramatic depictions of the St. George and the Dragon story we have ever seen, this painting by Manne Östlund shows a shirtless, modern St. George slaying...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Pair of Tiger and Lion Art Deco Framed Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of tiger and lion Art Deco framed paintings. Oil on panel. Beautiful carved wood frames.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
"Portrait with Centaur", Art Deco Painting by Muralist for Texas Hall of State
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare and important work by one of America's most important muralists working in the 1930s and 40s, this painting of a female figure on the edge of a magical forest, accompanied by ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938
By Felix Meseck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Centered around a young man in a blue swimsuit who is lost in thought, looking into the distance, this atmospheric painting shows a group of swimmers enjoying a lovely summer day. T...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Lovely Japanese Showa Scroll Koga Hata Nihonga Traveller on a Day
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
[Authentic work] ◆ Koga Hada ◆ Autumn colors in Kumoyama ◆ Double box ◆ Osaka ◆ Hand-painted ◆ Silk ◆ Hanging scroll ◆
Koga HatS
Japanese painter.
Born in Osaka in 1908.
Teacher: ...
Category
Taisho Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Silk
'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To our knowledge, this study is the only known image of this mural, created by John Garth to show an idealized Man at work and at play, all nude or semi-nude, and accompanied by anim...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Early 20th Century Oil Painting - Flower Still Life - Roses - Moreau 1939
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful old oil painting, a flower still life, roses in a vase. Very skillfully painted, the roses look lifelike. In addition, beautiful everyday attributes in the foreground, a ...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
1930s Chinese Hand Painted Picture with Bamboo Frame
Located in London, GB
Detailed hand painted Chinese picture on silk, featuring two Chinese workers processing tea leaves, with a white blossom tree and mountain background. It has a bamboo surround frame,...
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Silk, Bamboo, Plywood
Japanese Two-Panel Screen Spring Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
A vibrant celebration of spring using a colorful ensemble of coxcomb, irises, lilies, hybiscus, and a blossoming cherry tree. Great examples of "tarashikomi" or "painting-in", a Rim...
Category
Japanese Showa Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Silk, Paper
"Youths Bathing in the Bay of Algiers, " Monumental Painting by Ortega, 1934
By José Ortega
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in tones of turquoise, Mediterranean blue, aqua, sky blue and a range of rich browns, tans and grays, this view of three young men bathing...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
ROBJ, Large Oil on canvas, Wall Panel, Couple near the Pound, 1930
By ROBJ
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed ROBJ, France, 1930s. Couple near the Pound. with frame - 134.6x107x7 cm - 53"x42"x2.75" ; without frame - 116x89 cm - 45.7x35 inches. 50F format. Signed "Robj" l...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from the 1930s depicts two nude and semi-nude ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stylized and richly-colored, almost cinematic, depiction of a nude Toltec male youth by John Garth shows the figure holding a knife and chalice, hinting at human sacrifice, stan...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Restraining the Bull", Striking Art Deco Painting w/ Shirtless Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatic and bold, this painting of a shirtless man restraining a bull -- his skin dark as night, and the bull's hide as pale as moonlight -- is a classic example of Art Deco design....
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts i...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Dividing His Cloak , " Monumental Art Deco Ptg with Nudes, St. Martin of Tours
By Ernst Georg Martin Hildebrand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dramatically illustrating the legend that says that St. Martin of Tours used his sword to divide his cloak and share it with a naked beggar, this large and striking Art Deco painting depicts St. Martin riding a pale gray horse, with the beggar standing beside him, in the midst of a dark forest with starlit sky overhead. The two figures are accompanied by a running hound, and overhead a pair of geese...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Eduard Buk Ulreich Black Runner 1933
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas by American artist Eduard Buk Ulreich. Signed and dated 1933. Retaining the original artists frame.
Few of his oil paintings survive as most of what you find are water...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Monumental Painting of "Duchese du Maire" in Florentine Giltwood Frame
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is an outstanding oil painting in a fantastic gilded carved Florentine frame. The painting features cherubs and incredible detail and is in good condition. The painting is a 20t...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Walnut
French Art Deco Oil Painting on Canvas by Gustave Florot, circa 1930
By Gustave Florot
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully executed French Art Deco female nude oil on canvas, signed by listed artist Gustave Florot, circa 1930.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
American Portrait of Norma Engle, St. Louis 1931 by Arthur Johnson (1874 - 1954)
By Arthur Johnson
Located in Hanover, MA
Lovely period grand scale portrait of a young lady in equestrienne attire by Arthur Johnson.
A landscape, portrait, genre painter and caricaturist, Arthur Johnson was born in Cinc...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Incredible Oversized Art Deco Triptych Panel "Ballet Russe"
By Christian Bérard
Located in North Miami, FL
Incredible hand painted scene of "Ballet Russe" with dancers in elaborate Deco costumes and fabulous details in the dress and shoes. This is a one-of-a-kind triptych panel which fills any wall with glamour and beauty. The quality of movement of figures and color is stunning. Dimensions for each of these panels are: Side panels are 24 inches in width, Center panel is 48.5 inches in width. This piece is in the style of Christian Berard, famous triptych panels. Beauty, color, and detail make this panel museum quality art.
This panel was acquired from an important Palm Beach estate in Florida (originally purchased in Paris in the late 1950s said by previous owner) and we suspect that this Ballet Russes panel...
Category
French Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Fruitwood
"The Harvest", Art Deco Painting with Male Laborer in Blue and Purple
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gloriously painted in a palette of blue, purple, white and yellow, this painting by Jocke Åkerblom depicts a laborer in the field, wielding his scythe, with a glorious sky above that...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed Dated Landscape Woodland Painting, 1939
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1939. Oil on board painting depicting a woodland landscape in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned with a wooden and plaster frame, ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not signed, this brilliant scene of a nude black male figure, marvelling at a vision of angels in the heaven from his position on the ground...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
French Art Deco Mixed-Media painting on Panel by Vanvinckenray
Located in Long Island City, NY
French Art Deco mixed-media painting on panel by Vanvinckenray (School: Beaux-Arts of Brussels).
Provenance: Daughter of the artist.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Picking Apples in Arcadia, " Art Deco Painting with Nudes by Harlem Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gorgeous, idyllic depiction of nude figures enjoying the beauty and abundance of Arcadia, some picking apples and others making love, was painted by David Karfunkle in the 1930s...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
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Paint
Art Deco French Oil Painting
By L. Gache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
painting sign L.Gache
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
Roland Hinton Perry Portrait of a Lady in Red, 1931
By Roland Hinton Perry
Located in Hanover, MA
Large stunning portrait of a beautiful seated woman in a red dress framed in a period carved giiltwood frame.
Signed upper right R. Hinton Perry. Dated indistinctly 1931 or 1939.
Roland Hinton Perry (1870-1941) was a sculptor and painter committed to the Beaux-Arts tradition. Born in New York, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Henri Chapu and Denys Puech...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
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Paint
Madonna Art Deco Oil Painting on Cardboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Madonna oil painting on cardboard . Wonderful patina.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas
20h Century Los Angeles Oil // Chinaton Canvas Painting by R. Platt, circa 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
20h century Los Angeles oil // Chinatown , on canvas painting by R. Platt. A landscape of buildings with figures in the foreground. Original canvas and frame. Cleaned and in excellen...
Category
American American Classical Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
"Afternoon of a Faun", Bold Art Deco Painting Inspired by Debussy, Ballet Russes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Paintings
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Paint
