All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1416795 (stock #JB03804)
Oil on canvas painting, 16" by 12", the subject a young Jewish boy holding the Torah, signed at lower right by the well listed Jewish artist MAX BAND (1900-1974). Band was born in Lithuania and spent much of his earlier life in Paris, after study at the Berlin Academy. His works often feature Judaic themes, though subject matter can range from florals to European urban vistas to genre and portraits...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1440674 (stock #957)
L'Enfant Gallery
$2,400.00
Notre Dame watercolor 16 x 13". Frame Size 24 x 21". Parisian Artist
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1970 item #1419160 (stock #JB03095)
Oil on thin canvas painting of a classic American Indian with chief's feather headdress, executed in a charmingly naive style by an amateur artist around the year 1960 I would guess. The work measures 17" by 14" in its oak simple sturdy frame. When purchased it was behind broken glass, so has survived in excellent, clean condition. There might be a signature "Viv" at lower right corner...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1970 item #1468384
A fine mixed media work (appears to be a textured gesso mixed with sand), that unusual medium overpainted with orange, white and sky blue in a vertical format, the work signed lower right in ink "B. Rahmi" and dated there 1962. Measurements are 11 3/8" by 7 3/4" **(29 cm. by 20 cm.)**, and (14 1/4" by 10 7/8" framed in a kind of shadowbox arrangement, behind glass and linen liner, in a gold leaf frame)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Austrian : Pre 1970 item #1418050 (stock #JB01672)
Oil on canvas, 21" by 15 3/4" (24" by 19 1/2" as framed), unsigned, the subject an Austrian, Swiss, or German village in deep snow on a brilliant sunny day. The sharp peak in the background center could be the Matterhorn, in which case we could assume the subject is Zermatt, Switzerland. I'd guess the age of the work as circa 1950's. On the stretcher someone has written "AUSTRIA (TIROL) cca 1950"...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1437207 (stock #598)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,500.00
A abstract modernist landscape signed Werner Drewes in Watercolor measures 22”x28” and framed measures 31”x38” Werner Drewes was born in Canig, Germany, and began studying art in 1920 at the Stuttgart School of Architecture. A year later he transferred to the Stuttgart School of Arts and Crafts. From 1921 to 1922, he studied with Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, and Oskar Schlemmer at the Bauhaus in Weimar...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1423507 (stock #JB03833)
Mid twentieth century oil on canvas painting of a European-looking harbor, 30" by 25" (33 1/2" by 28 1/2" framed), signed at lower right in red "M. Davies". The work, signed again on reverse and titled there "The Early Start", is painted in an impressionist hand by a talented artist who I have to date been unable to identify. The work is in very good condition; yellowed varnish could stand to be removed but you would not have to do this. There is a slight smoke smell close up...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Caribbean : Haitian : Pre 1970 item #1417122 (stock #JB01225)
Oil on masonite painting of many Haitian traditional dancers in a street scene, not dated but likely 1960s or 1970s, unframed, measuring 24" by 32", signed at lower right "G. E. DUCASSE" and inscribed at lower center "Les Droguistes y les Drogues/BANDE MASCARON ZIZIPAN". This is a colorful work by a significant artist from Haiti. According to online biographies, he was born in Port-au-Prince and despite natural talent for art, worked for the government for many years, in agriculture...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1293230 (stock #634)
A Rare/Fine Korean Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon(1922-2003): “ A Young musician playing a Korean traditional musical instument in Royal cout dress” Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately, and signed the artist’s round seal ” in Korean stamped on the lower right.. The measurements; 12 3/4” x 17 1/4”. Framed It’s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages at all.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1483541 (stock #3565)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
New Orleans Abstract Artist Leonard Flettrich, 1916-1970… oil on canvas depicting a man holding a child. His work was shown at the New Orleans Museum of Art and is a native of Louisiana. This work measures 44” x 32”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1422679 (stock #JB04474)
Watercolor and gouache impressionist painting of the Dead Sea in Israel, signed in pencil at lower right in modern Hebrew script as "Hana Bar(-on)" or "Chana Bar(-on) and dated there 1970. Below that in Hebrew is written "iam hamelach" (Dead Sea). I am not able to read Hebrew but was able to show this to a Hebrew reader. The work measures 13 1/2" by 19 1/4", and is presently unframed. It can be shipped between boards or in the plastic poster box in which it is presently loosely housed...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1440724 (stock #164)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,000.00
Abstract Charcoal Study by Manfred Schwartz. This was a study for a larger work by the artist. Manfred Schwartz (November 11, 1909 in Łódź, Poland – November 7, 1970 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-born American artist who was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He also studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Italian : Pre 1970 item #1462872
A nicely crafted oil on wood panel painting of an ancient castle or coastal fortification, likely Italy, signed at lower left "Tiboni". The piece measures 7" by 11" (13" by 16 1/4" nicely framed). The work was likely created in the 1950's or 1960's. Written in pencil on reverse is "70 Pounds" (actually, symbol for British Pounds). A light cleaning would be beneficial but not mandatory. The piece is of a nice size that would fit many smaller walls.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1970 item #1452614 (stock #1398)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,600.00
Italian born artist Giannaccini known for beautiful landscapes. This work in a beautiful gilt frame
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Tempera : Pre 1970 item #1419869 (stock #JB02743)
**ONE OF THREE ORIGINAL WORKS BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**Gouache on paper, 13 1/2" by 11 1/4" in an old dark stained oak frame, the subject a lovely young lady contemplating a butterfly which has happened to have landed on her fingertip, signed on a fragment of the original work affixed to the backing, by the listed California and Illinois artist MARGO ALEXANDER (1894-1965). This is a whimsical and very feminine subject that would be a fine addition to a lady's dressing area perhaps...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1970 item #1419569 (stock #JB02428)
This is an unframed watercolor painting on heavy watercolor paper, the sheet 15 1/2" by 22, the subject an mansard-roofed old 19th century house in a winter landscape, signed at lower left by a Los Angeles area artist of note, Ann Murdoch (nee Sanguinetti). Murdoch is not strictly "listed" but, a living artist in her 70's, now residing in the Los Angeles area, she has a long history in fine art, stretching back to the Village Art Show in New York, the New Hope area of Pennsylvania, and Chicago. ...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1246232 (stock #21543)
Large and impressive original acrylic painting on paper by Ruth Schloss (Born in Germany in 1922, died in Israel in 2013). This untitled works is signed in Hebrew l.r. It measures 27" by 19" (work alone) and 35" by 27" in its wonderful Lucite frame. In excellent original condition. Provenance: from a Manhattan estate. Ruth Schloss emigrated from her native Germany to Israel in 1937 with her family. She studied art at the Bezelel Academy in Jerusalem,and after the war at the Grande Chaum...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : S. America : Pre 1970 item #1477003 (stock #Elsas1)
Large original portrait oil painting on canvas by Harry Elsas (Heinz Hugo Erich Elsas, Brazil, born in Germany, 1925-1994). Harry Elsas' family fled Nazism in 1936. Signed L.R.