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Portrait (Untitled)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
employed by the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration where she worked together
Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Copper

Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
watercolors, oils, and prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art Center at the 92nd Street Y, which
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
abstract form. During the Great Depression, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project payroll
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil, Canvas

Abstract expressionist painting by an important Portland, Oregon artist
By Carl Morris
Located in Colfax, CA
US, Morris was tasked with opening the Spokane Art Center through the Federal Art Project during the
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Large Judaica Oil Painting Jewish 2 Rabbis Painting Abram Tromka WPA Artist
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
and served on the exhibition committee. He also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

"Earth Spirits", Modern Green and Orange Acrylic Abstract by Mayo Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
Hofmann. During the 1930s, Young worked on Federal Art Project murals, eventually serving as Supervisor
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

On the Beach. Woman Reading. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
the Great Depression, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project payroll. Working under the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Nuns at Notre-Dame , Paris, Munich, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
By Patricia Stanley Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
both Mills College and UC Berkeley as well as a muralist and easel painter for the WPA Federal Art
Category

1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

The Doctor s Office , WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
moved to Los Angeles to further his studies. Later in the 1930's, he became active with the Federal Art
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-20th Century Abstract Canvas Painting with Curved Lines
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
commission for Riker's Island under the Federal Art Project; and in the 1940s and 1950s, he was employed in a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Mural Study Mid-Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Workers
By Anton Refregier
Located in New York, NY
. From 1934 to 1940, Refregier, living in New York City, worked on various WPA Federal Art Projects* as a
Category

1940s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Charcoal, Gouache, Board, Pencil

Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
was a participant in the Federal Art Project during the 1930s. An American artist, Ennis eventually
Category

1910s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940 s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Board

"Industry" (Double Sided)
By Burgoyne Diller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
employment as the Director of the Mural Division of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Projects
Category

1930s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dorr Bothwell, California Surrealist, Serigraph Titled "Ideograph"
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Project (1933-1934) and eventually joined the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project as a
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Cathedral
Located in San Francisco, CA
the Work Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in South Dakota, where he met and married
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

untitled
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Abraham Bogdanove. During the Great Depression Farruggio worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works
Category

1940s Surrealist Mixed Media

Materials

Pastel, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Blue Tondo, De Stijl Oil Painting by Ilya Bolotowsky
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
under the Federal Art Project. Despite Bolotowsky's clear, precise control of his images, he emphasized
Category

1970s De Stijl Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mountain Road, Late November
By Marion Huse
Located in Plano, TX
-1940, and a regional director of the state's W.P.A. Federal Art Project. In the early 1930's Huse
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
By Philip Reisman
Located in Surfside, FL
painter and muralist on the Federal Art Project of the WPA, Works Progress Administration, the Government
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Man - 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

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

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

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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

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

Spoleto - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
years of the economic crisis he created frescoes on commission from the WPA Federal Art Project. During
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Woman - Offset and Lithograph - 1983
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
tremendous years of the economic crisis he created frescoes on commission from the WPA Federal Art Project
Category

1980s Surrealist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Jewish Shtetl Couple Judaica Woodblock c.1930s WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Cavallon, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
By Giorgio Cavallon
Located in Southampton, NY
Administration/Federal Art Project as Arshile Gorky’s assistant in the Easel and Mural Division. In 1936, he was
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Downtown New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
), producing paintings and murals under the Federal Art Project. Some of his most notable works from this
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dancing Motion.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
flourished as both artist and teacher under the Federal Art Project. In 1944 he began working at Atelier 17
Category

1930s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

“Figure in a Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
1938, her figurines of cowboys, Indians and soldiers toured California as part of the WPA Federal Art
Category

Early 1900s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Modern Art
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
the Federal Art Project, including Worland Wyoming Post Office in 1937 and Grand Junction Colorado
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 1000% figure (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
his iconic style, Pollock worked for the WPA Federal Art Project and studied under artists such as
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Vinyl

After Brueghel (Spoleto) - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
tremendous years of the economic crisis he created frescoes on commission from the WPA Federal Art Project
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
WPA Federal Art Project. During the Second World War, he became part of the group of abstract artists
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

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

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Macaques 4.35.
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1963. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

American abstract painting of a nude woman by a California artist circa 1937
By Harry Bowden
Located in Colfax, CA
.  Around this time Bowden also joined the recently established Federal Art Project . During the late 1930s
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Untitled. Form in Space.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
flourished as both artist and teacher under the Federal Art Project. In 1944 he began working at Atelier 17
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Modernist Collage
By Reginald Wilson
Located in Surfside, FL
watchman. He was an easel painter in the Federal Art Project and served for three years as an airplane
Category

20th Century Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Peace
By Anton Refregier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
economy and government. Federal Art Project — Works Progress Administration He struggled as a muralist
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Flight to Egypt
By Anna Walinska
Located in New York, NY
Art Project. participating in various group shows across the country. Using her connections she opens
Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Rabbi in Jerusalem
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled. Still Life.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
Depression, he flourished as both artist and teacher under the Federal Art Project. In 1944 he began working
Category

1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

WPA Artist woodblock print "Letter from overseas"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's. Who Was Who in
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1930s American Realist Interior Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Rare Judaica Shtetl Synagogue interior Study House
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's. Who Was Who in American Art Who's Who in
Category

1930s Interior Prints

Materials

Woodcut

WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's. Who Was Who in
Category

1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1963. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Canyon with Bridge
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Federal Art Project as part of the Index of American Design. Three dozen of her works for the Index are in
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Art Project (FAP), the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal Works Progress
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

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