A pierrot and pierrette are shown in a whimsical ice dance in this commanding large exhibited fine art oil painting on canvas by the noted American illustrator John Drew.
Artist: John Drew
Fine & Decorative Art
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.
This antique framed etching dates to 1919 and is a wonderful, large example by the noted British fine artist and illustrator Frank Brangwyn. The artwork retains its original ornate Arts & Crafts aesthetic gold carved frame and original glass. The image shows an atmospheric night time scene of Cannon Street Station, in London. Brangwyn was […]
Artist: Frank Brangwyn
A sleepy NYC cityscape scene is captured with oils on canvas-board in a dark color palette in this work by Alfred Statler dating to 1946.
Artist: Alfred Statler
A remarkable large scale exhibited fine art painting by Frederic Victor Poole titled “Kwan Yen,” this was exhibited at the 1933-1934 Chicago World’s Fair.
Artist: Frederic Poole
Willy Müller-Gera (1887-1981) was a German artist and illustrator whose work is visible in museums across Europe. Müller-Gera is known for his etchings and landscapes of the pastoral German countryside as well as apocalyptic renderings such as this work. Titled Faun this is an unusual finely detailed artwork in a modernist, art deco, avant-garde aesthetic. Nicely framed in a period art deco antique frame and ready to enjoy.
Artist: Willy Müller-Gera
A large, inventive, and whimsical oil painting featuring a nude goddess disguised within a snow covered mountain landscape. Signed by the well-listed artist Sigurd Skou, verso is titled “Hills in Norway.” Skou was born in Norway and studied with Anders Zorn in Stockholm and Paris. Throughout his career he traveled extensively and truly lived the artist’s life staying active in bohemian circles in New York, France and Chicago.
Artist: Sigurd Skou
Drying Nets – Mont Saint Pierre is an antique 1930s signed oil on canvas painting by the important American artist and illustrator John Clymer, signed lower right and titled on the back stretcher bar in the artist’s hand. The work is a fine American impressionist painting with dazzling impasto work, particularly on the nets being hoisted and […]
Artist: John Clymer
A lyrical American impressionist oil painting by Charles Allan Winter, one of our favorite 20th century fine artists and illustrators. This is a large and important work with two demure Art Nouveau maidens in a lush and colorful stylized fantasy landscape. Verso retains original exhibition card and title of “Music”. Housed in a wide profile hand carved Paul Carter Goodnow American Arts & Crafts frame, a defining example from the Charles Martignette collection.
Artist: Charles Winter
This original oil painting of a hauntingly pretty blue-eyed lass is a stunning example by noted American illustrator and fine artist, Charles Allan Winter. Winter studied in France and Italy, we are really fans, his oils have a unique, peculiar, haunting quality. The artist illustrated Roycrofter Hubbard’s ‘Little Sermons’ in Cosmopolitan magazine, his work was often featured in Hubbard’s The Fra […]
Artist: Charles Allan Winter
The Main Attraction is a large, colorful, and very well-executed 1930s art deco-era fine art oil painting by the Lithuanian-American artist Jack Levitz. A Jewish immigrant who settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, Levitz’s social realist/Ashcan School style recalls George Luks and Everett Shinn. This oil on canvas shows a seedy New York City theater, with a writhing burlesque dancer bathed in […]
Artist: Jack Levitz
