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Bougainvillea at Honaunau No. 1
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Cecil C. Bell
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pacific Rim no. 4
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
featured in the seminal book, Spirit of Place: Contemporary American Realism in the Landscape Tradition, by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Rare Catherine Koenig Nude Female Artist American Trompe L oeil Pastel Pink
By Catherine Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
working on portraiture throughout her career. Her art work evolved from American realism in the forties
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Tempera, Egg Tempera, Board

Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century Frederick "Fritz
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
By Philip Evergood
Located in New York, NY
"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA PHILIP HOWARD
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century WPA Era Woman Artist Children
Located in New York, NY
American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century WPA Era Woman Artist Children Winnie Borne Sherman
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Board

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Egg Tempera, Board

Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism George Pearse
Category

1910s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago Harold Haydon
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism The painting
Category

1930s American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social John Ruggles (1907-1991
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism Daniel Celentano
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Humboldt County no. 4
By Brooks Anderson
Located in Burlingame, CA
in the seminal book, Spirit of Place: Contemporary American Realism in the Landscape Tradition, by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s Daniel Celentano
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures MAURICE BECKER
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway. 10 x 7 1/2
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid- 20th Century WPA Era Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century Carlos Lopez (1910
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism Alfred Mira (1900
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

American City Diner-original retro realism cityscape painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
Gallery and online. American City Diner, a captivating cityscape immortalized on canvas by the talented
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism Bernard Gussow
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Beneath the EL NYC American Scene WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"Morning Beneath the EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism Bernard
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Under the Viaduct American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Under the Viaduct American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have
Category

1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City Ernest Fiene (1894
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Jo Cain (1904-2003
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Don Freeman
Located in New York, NY
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Don Freeman (1908
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative Cecil Bell (1906
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“The Passing”
Located in Southampton, NY
Southampton, New York collector. American Realism painter, Claire Klarewicz-Okser work depicts extraordinary
Category

1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Snowy Field with Aspens
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Snow Above Emerald Bay
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tide Pools at Punalu u (black sand beach)
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waterworld
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
Art, New Horizons in American Realism: Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Loftus is also included in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Autumn Reflected / realist nature 44 x66 in. oil on canvas painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dunes at Morro Bay / 44 x 66 in. oil on canvas nature painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco Museum of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Eventide at Hole-in-the Wall / 44 x 66 in. oil on canvas nature painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salmon Lake / oil on canvas 52 x 80 inches
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sky above Waikoloa / Hawaii - 36 x 24 inches
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
addition, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lily Pond at Pana ewa / oil on canvas painting - 36 x 24 inches
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sierra Buttes with Residual Snow / oil on canvas 52 x 80 inches
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in New York, NY
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century Max Arthur Cohn
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sunburst
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waterfall Study
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glory Blaze
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 15, 2024
    The artist associated with Urban Realism and American Scene painting is Edward Hopper. Throughout the early 20th century, he created paintings of New York City that captured the feelings of isolation associated with urban life. His best-known works include Nighthawks, Automat, Chop Suey and Office at Night. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Edward Hopper art.