Poignant European Wartime Girl with Doll 1940s Signed Modernist Oil Portrait

Description

View Poignant European Wartime Girl with Doll 1940s Signed Modernist Oil Portrait with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. It is not just a decorative portrait. It has presence. The girl’s gaze, the soft brushwork, and the period clothing give the work a haunting, nostalgic quality that feels connected to the emotional weight of the 1940s. A striking and emotionally charged 1940s oil painting depicting a young girl holding her doll, signed by Lisel Salzer. The piece carries a quiet wartime-era mood, with the child’s expression, the doll, and the muted background creating a deeply poignant feeling of innocence, memory, and lost time. As a dealer or collector, this is the type of painting that makes you stop for a moment. It is not just a decorative portrait. It has presence. The girl’s gaze, the soft brushwork, and the period clothing give the work a haunting, nostalgic quality that feels connected to the emotional weight of the 1940s. The painting is executed in oil on canvas and comes framed. The image measures approximately 24” x 18”, and the framed size is approximately 27” x 21.5”. It is signed in the lower right. There is visible age-related wear, including foxing, surface scratches, and general wear throughout, consistent with an older vintage artwork. Please review all photos carefully, as they are part of the description. This is a beautiful piece for collectors of 1940s art, child portraiture, modernist portrait paintings, expressionist-style works, wartime-era art, and emotionally evocative figurative paintings. Condition: Used. Category: Art › Paintings.

Artist

Lisel Salzer

Unit of Sale

Single Piece

Signed By

Lisel Salzer

Size

Medium

Item Length

21.5in

Region of Origin

Europe

Framing

Framed

Personalize

No

Year of Production

1940s

Unit Type

Unit

Original/Licensed Reproduction

Original

Item Height

27 In

Style

Modernism, Expressionism, Realism, Portraiture, Figurative Art, Mid-Century, European Modernism

Features

One of a Kind (OOAK)

Unit Quantity

1

Culture

Austrian / European

Item Width

1

Handmade

Yes

Time Period Produced

1940–1949

Signed

Yes

Period

Post-War (1940-1970)

Material

Oil Paint, Canvas

Subject

Girls, Figures, Portrait, Child, Doll, Children, Female Portrait, Childhood, Girl Holding Doll

Type

Painting

Theme

Portrait, People, Culture, Girl, Doll, Childhood, Wartime, History, Memory, Nostalgia, Family, European Art, Fine Art

Production Technique

Oil Painting

Country of Origin

Austria