Original Victorian artwork by Arthur John Elsley. An early offering from the artist who would become famous for his idyllic genre scenes.
Artist: Arthur John Elsley
Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration
Along with developments in lithography that led many leading talents of the day into careers as illustrators, the 20th century saw innovations in photography, printmaking, and design that revolutionized fine, public, and decorative art. Below, you will see showcased original artworks from the Art Nouveau, American Arts & Crafts, Art Deco, WPA-era and beyond.
Original Victorian artwork by Arthur John Elsley. An early offering from the artist who would become famous for his idyllic genre scenes.
Artist: Arthur John Elsley
This large original arwork by James Montgomery Flagg, attests to the friendship between peers during the Golden Age of Illustration.
Artist: James Montgomery Flagg
Maxfield Parrish’s drawing for his children provides a peek into the imagination of the artist who Norman Rockwell called “my idol”.
Artist: Maxfield Parrish
A fabulous American Impressionist fine art painting by the well regarded artist Charles Allan Winter depicting a bashful redhead catching her nude reflection in an idyllic secluded watering hole of a stream. The painting is signed in the lower left corner and is housed in a fabulous American Arts & Crafts aesthetic gallery frame. This […]
Artist: Charles Winter
The WPA artist and art deco designer Vladimir Yoffe interrogates the tension between war and peace, past and future in this abstractly inspired gouache artwork dating to the end of World War II.
Artist: Vladimir Yoffe
In this haunting, surreal oil on canvas painting, a train platform rises above assembled automobiles that are parked below a bridge in this transportation minded urban cityscape. At the top, a seemingly living cathedral rises into the night. Captured with oils on canvas in a dark haunting color palette, the dramatic impasto technique is impressive and everything […]
Artist: Alfred Statler
A large and monumental allegorical oil on canvas by Charles Allan Winter featuring a dying Roman warrior being attended to by a firey haired maiden. Work is signed by the artist “Chas. Winter 1896 Paris” lower right, an early offering from this highly regarded vanguard artist. This was presumably created while Winter was studying at the Julianne Academie of Paris, this has a wonderful Pre-Raphaelite dramatic and impacting style. The grand scale of the painting adds to its evocative epic charm.
Artist: Charles Winter
This pen and ink drawing with gouache highlights is an early work by renowned illustrator Cardwell Higgins and a sublime example of his art deco style.
Artist: Cardwell Higgins
For sale is an original painting by Erle Loran, titled Light Operator. Signed and dated in the lower right corner,with an Oakland, California exhibit label on verso.
Artist: Erle Loran
An alluring and provocatively moody original pastel by Hungarian-born artist Pál Fried, which is signed by the artist in the lower left corner and housed behind glass in a beautiful, ornate gold carved wood frame.
Artist: Pal Fried