All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1940 item #1420874
A vintage pastel drawing of wood and thatch traditional homes on stilts in a shallow estuary at sunset, 11 3/4" by 17 3/4" (18 1/2" by 24" framed), signed at lower left "Lohmann" and dated there 1939. On the reverse is an old framer's label from Manila, the Philippines, and written in handwriting on the backing is "Zamboanga, P.I.". I believe Zamboanga is in Mindanao Island in the southern part of the country...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1441705 (stock #390)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,000.00
Winter Snowscape signed lower left corner by Belgian Artist BERTALAN l 20 x 24 Beautiful beautiful scene of a church in winter frame size 27 x 32“
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1364600
Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "En Promenade", etching, plate size measures 8 3/8 x 11 7/8 on 11 1/2 x 17 1/4 inch laid type paper. A richly inked, atmospheric print. Drypoint from 1932. Signed in ink below the image. Inscription in lower right reads: "Impression selected for my friend Harold Bailey - E. Blampied" 1/100.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1940 item #1461801 (stock #2610)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,750.00
A beautifully framed Original French 1920s Poster “RIFILOIL HUILES-ILO” official re-issue 1950s, measuring 43x30 inches, frame size is 49x36”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : British : Pre 1940 item #951689 (stock #1144998)
A great pair of reverse painted coaching artwork. Displayed beautifully in burl and eglomise frames. First painting shows coach with huntsman heading from London to Oxford. The second painting shows the ride home from Oxford to London. In excellent condition. Minor scratches to the frames. Colors vivid for a reverse painting of this age. These are probably from the 30's. Frame measures 18" by 13"...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1940 item #1414504 (stock #928)
Beautiful large original vintage Italian impressionist oil painting of Naples Harbor at sunset. Oil on canvas signed lower left G. Mariani. Canvas measures 24 x 36 inches. Artist Biography G. Mariani (Italian, 20th C.-), came from a family of artists who had been painting the beautiful cities and surrounding country life in and around their home of Naples, Italy, for many years...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1485032
Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969 British This is a fine expressive drypoint etching by British artist Sir William Russell Flint. The title is: Clatter and Whirl, Granada, it was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75. This image is hand signed, with sepia ink, numbered as XV and inscribed as using An antique laid type sheet from 1744, "D.R." The image measures 8 1/4X13 7/8 inches, printed with a brown toned ink, a very rich impression.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1419044 (stock #JB01819)
Etching in dark brownish-black ink, 14 3/8" by 10 1/2" inside the mat (19 3/4" by 15 1/2" as framed), the print numbered at lower left 37/100, while additionally signed and dated there as well in the plate, while titled in the plate "Notre Dame #2" at lower right. This is likely by an artist considered Canadian, CAROLINE HELENA WILKINSON ARMINGTON (1875-1939) rather than by American CAROLINE ARMINGTON (1898-1986), though records for the two seem to be hopelessly entangled...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1207211
David Muirhead Bone, Scottish, 1876-1953, "The Jetty, Gorleston," Etching, drypoint, image size 6 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches, 1934, pencil signed and plate signed l.r. and l.l. "Muirhead Bone".
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1454060 (stock #1904)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,800.00
American artist William Bradford Green (1871-1945). Green was born in Binghamton, NY and studied under William Chase and Arthur Dow, settling in Hartford, Connecticut and became well known for his marine and landscape paintings. This work titled “Gashas” (sic) is oil on canvas 18x30” framed by the artist and also embellished with flowers by him
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1399500
Luigi Kasimir Open Luigi Kasimir configuration options 1881-1962 Austrian This is an original color aquatint etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir. The title of this work is: "Fleet Street,London", circa 1930, one of his best works. The view is of St.Pauls and Ludgate Hill from Fleet Street. The image measures 21 1/4X17 inches. very nice condition, pencil signed in the lower left border, printed on a wove type paper. It appears in the Kasimir catalog as image number 10.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1417468 (stock #JB01353)
This is an etching on paper, 7" by 6" (12" by 9 1/4" framed) by Tennessee born artist JAMES CARL HANCOCK (1898-1966), titled "THE GATE OF THE LIONS NEW ORLEANS LA." at lower right and signed in pencil below and dated there 1939. This is a view of old French Quarter New Orleans by a talented etcher. Hancock was self taught and in 1938 a book of his etchings, drypoints and sketches was published. Known works today include scenes of Memphis, New Orleans, and Arkansas...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1940 item #1418453 (stock #JB02194)
Oil on board painting of a farmstead in spring, 17 1/4" by 25", 21" by 28 1/2" framed, signed at lower left by the noted Swedish artist CARL MANSSON (1892-1976). Mansson was a prolific painter of country and farm scenes in southern Sweden. There does not seem to be a lot of biographical information available, but he left behind a body of work focusing on rural scenes of his native land. This example is quite typical of the country paintings, and it displays his evident affection for the land...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1464879
John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American This is one of the most impressive etchings by American artist John Taylor Arms. This image is titled: In Memoriam, the view of the North Portal of Chartres Cathedral. It was from his French Church series. This etching was created and printed in 1939. It is from the 2nd state of two. Printed in an edition of 312. The image measures 14 5/8X12 inches...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1207212
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur, American, 1897-1988, "Peck's Slip- N.Y.C." Etching, image size 6 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches, 1936, edition of 65 proofs, pencil signed and titled "Lawrence Nelson Wilbur" l.r. and "Peck's Slip-NYC" l.l., publishers blindstamp l.r.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1466970
John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American This is an artists proof etching by American artist John Taylor Arms. The title is Limoges, part of his French Church Series created and printed in 1932. This etching is hand signed in pencil with an image size of 10 1/16X13 5/8. This image is inscribed lower right: "Beautiful impression, pulled by D.S. and J.T.A." Inscribed also as artist proof number III. Printed on a J. Whatman watermarked laid type paper. A beautiful impression.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1471542
Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962 Austrian This is a fine original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir. The scene is the New York Stock Exchange, created and printed circa 1932. This image is hand signed in pencil and numbered 29/100. The image measures 17 1/4X10 5/8 inches. This etching is nicely framed with the early label from J. Assenheim in New York.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #1444743 (stock #1812)
L'Enfant Gallery
$16,000.00
A beautiful orientalist style portrait of an Arab Tribesman is measuring 32”x22” oil By Franz SEDLACEK,an Austrian Orientalist Artist. (21 January 1891 – 1945) was an Austrian painter who belonged to the tradition known as "New Objectivity" ("neue Sachlichkeit"), an artistic movement similar to Magical Realism. At the end of the Second World War he "disappeared" as a soldier of the Wehrmacht near Toruń, Poland. He was declared missing on February 1, 1945 and pronounced dead in 1972.