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Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA), He shared a studio in the South End with Levine
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA), He shared a studio in the South End with Levine
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA), He shared a studio in the South
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

1990s Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Judaica Hand Signed Poster Rabbi with Torah
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA), He shared a
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Monoprint Monotype Print Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Photographic Paper

Boston Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Original Pencil Drawing Martin Sumers
By Hyman Bloom
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"The Conversation"
By Joseph Stella
Located in Southampton, NY
is the summa." In the 1930s, Stella worked on the Federal Art Project and later traveled to Europe
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Maggie in Furs (Portrait of a Woman in Evening Ware in Black Antique frame)
By Arthur Hammer
Located in Hudson, NY
Federally funded Art Project that employed some 10,000 artists during 1935 - 1943 in the United States
Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)
By Alfredo de Giorgio Crimi
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
December of the same year, through the newly organized Public Works of Art Project, he received a
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Modernist Abstract Painting (Brown, Yellow, Terra Cotta Orange, White, Black)
Located in Denver, CO
commission from the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP, 1933-34), the first federally-funded art project
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

"Underground, " Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Works Arts Project in 1933-34. In 1934 he studied at the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

GLOXINIA - Published by the WPA / Federal Art Project with Label.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARIAN HEBERT (1899-1960) GLOXINIA, 1937 Aquatint as published by the WPA / Federal Art Project
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Aquatint

AGGRESSION - Published by the WPA / Federal Art Project
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WPA/ Federal Arts Project. Edition c. 25. Image 15 ½ x 10 ¼ inches. Sheet 19 x 15 inches. With the
Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Harvest Time - DONE FOR THE WPA - Large Lithograph
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. DONE FOR THE WPA. With Federal Art Project blind stamp lower left and label on verso. “Federal Art
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WPA Style Social Realism -- Working on a Tunnel 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
size: 12"H x 16"W WPA Federal Art Project, first major attempt at government patronage of the visual
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Female Torso
By Leon Saulter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while
Category

1970s Cubist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SUN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project; he was one of the first
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sailboats Fishing off the Eastport Maine Coast - Fishermen - Sailing Sail Boat
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
participant in the Federal Art Project during the 1930s. he worked in Eastport from the early 1920s until his
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Storm in the Dunes Carmel Abstracted Landscape
By Homer Levinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Federal Art Project. In the 1960s he lived in San Francisco and later in San Mateo where he died on June
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Landscape , Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA, WWAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with his wife, Geno Pettit. During the 1930s Depression, he enrolled as a muralist in the Federal Art
Category

1940s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paint, Paper

Blue Barn , Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA, WWAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Art Project. He and Geno moved to Los Angeles in 1947 and co-founded the Western Serigraph Society. He
Category

1940s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paint, Paper, Screen

Wall Street
By Charles E. Martin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project as a teacher and supervisor until 1938 when The New
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

IMPERIA
By Buckley MacGurrin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Federal Art Project in 1933, executing murals around Los Angeles, including on in the cafeteria of the Los
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

42nd Street Library NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
even participated in the Federal Art Project, contributing a post office mural (Recreation Hours) in
Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hamlet (Shakespeare s indecisive prince)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
School for Social Research and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

1940 s American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Subway Riders
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

And His Strength Went From Him (Samson And Delilah)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
Research and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the director
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

Potato Pickers
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Surfside, FL
he learned while working for the WPA. In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project; he was one of the
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Lovers, " George Zachary Constant, oil monotype, figurative, modern, ca 1960 s
By George Zachary Constant
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Art Institute of Chicago and at the Dayton Art Institute. Constant was a WPA: New Deal Federal Art
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Oil, Monotype

Follies of Princely Power (A chess match as a metaphor for warfare)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
Social Research and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

Fourteenth Street, The Wigwam (also known as Tammany Hall)
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
Federal Art Project, was copied directly from this etching.
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Minimal Contemporary Still Life Painting
By Reginald Wilson
Located in Houston, TX
in the Federal Art Project and served for three years as an airplane mechanic in the US Army Air
Category

20th Century Minimalist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Corrida" Oil on Board by Buckley MacGurrin
Located in Pasadena, CA
B. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project* in 1933, executing murals around Los
Category

1930s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Subway Riders" NYC Drawing WPA Modern Modernism Social Realism 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
have his paintings. Gussow even participated in the Federal Art Project, contributing a post office
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Adele and the Ladies (Rochester s fashion conscious ward in Jane Eyre)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the director of the Pratt Graphics Center
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wool, Engraving

Mrs. Fairfax (Housekeeper at Thornfield Hall in the novel, Jane Eyre)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
Research and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the director
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Engraving, Wood

Interior View of Tunnel 1 - (Building of Hoover Dam)
By William Woollett
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. His Federal Art Project / WPA work is held in many American museum collections. Biography: William
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Nude, " Arnold Blanch, Woodstock School, WPA, Figurative
By Arnold Blanch
Located in New York, NY
somewhat romantic in subject matter. In the 1930s, he was a muralist for the Federal Art Project and did
Category

1930s Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WPA artist Russian American Jewish Saul Kovner 1936 watercolour painting Benches
Located in Norwich, GB
America's most renowned caricaturists. Kovner was employed as a painter and printmaker by the Federal Art
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Early 20th Century Carmel Point Lobos and Monastery Beach Seascape
By Rinaldo Cuneo
Located in Soquel, CA
by the Federal Art Project adminstrators, painted murals in Coit Tower in San Francisco in 1934. His
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Going to the Ball
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art Center at the 92nd Street Y, which comprised a 17
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Lamentation of Jeremiah (biblical prophet of judgment and hope)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
where he taught at the New School for Social Research and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

The Building of Hoover Dam - Diversion Tunnels -
By William Woollett
Located in Santa Monica, CA
and remnants of tape satin in the upper and lower sheet edges. His Federal Art Project / WPA work is
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist Color Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Floral Abstraction (Untitled)
By Vernon Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
school system. He was the regional supervisor for the Federal Art Project on Cape Cod during the mid
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oil

Artist Self Portrait-Modernist Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
on the Federal Art Project payroll. Working under the supervision of Increase Robinson in Chicago, he
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Aquarium (New York)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
and worked on the Federal Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the director of
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wood, Engraving

Organ Grinder, Paris, 19th C. French Photography, Printed by Berenice Abbott
By Eugène Atget
Located in New york, NY
Abbott’s work was made during the Works Progress Administration/Federal Art Project. *** Available at
Category

1890s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin

"In Tennessee, " Georges Schreiber, ca 1930-40, American Regionalist landscape
By Georges Schreiber
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Administration: Federal Art Project. An inveterate traveler, Schreiber visited each of the 48 states over three
Category

1930s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Woman - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
commission from the WPA Federal Art Project. During the Second World War, he became part of the group of
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Black and White (Rome) - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
created frescoes on commission from the WPA Federal Art Project. During the Second World War, he became
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Untitled - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
commission from the WPA Federal Art Project. During the Second World War, he became part of the group of
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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