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For Lisa
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Art Project, for which he created murals between 1935 and 1939. From 1935, he was able to devote
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
BREAD (Derecho Alimentarse) Signed Linocut, Mexican Girl with Braided Hair
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
. Porter. While working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Chrysanthemums and Tiger Lilies
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Fairlawn, OH
arranged by Milliken. From 1937 to 1938, he was Director of the Federal Art Project for Northeastern Ohio
Category
1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
TL#6
By Jack Tworkov
Located in Missouri, MO
Division of the WPA Federal Art Project, and by the 1940s was deeply involved in Abstract Expressionism
Category
1970s Abstract Prints
Price Upon Request
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
. Back in Woodstock in 1935, Cramer briefly joined the Federal Art Project, administering the regional
Category
1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life
By William S. Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
.
During the Depression, Schwartz was supported by the Federal Art Project. In 1933, he painted a mural
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
CANDACE 1992 Tribute To African American Women Black Woman Graphic Portrait Head
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Food Not Cannon
— WPA Modernist Work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Medical School.
In 1936, Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE Signed Linocut Portrait, Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social activism of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue
Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
Masses and joined the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. When Maynard Walker Gallery closed
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures, Houses
Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
, including the Treasury Relief Art Project and Federal Art Project, shaped much of his work during the Great
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
THERE IS A WOMAN IN EVERY COLOR Signed Relief Print, Black Woman Rainbow Figures
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Coast July No. 2" - Multi Layer Landscape Screenprint (9 of 23)
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Soquel, CA
the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project as a painter in the mural division. She
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Union City, NJ
including Cooper Union. From 1935 to 1938, he was a WPA artist with the Federal Art Project, and this job
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Village by a Road
Located in San Francisco, CA
advisor for the Federal Art Project (1935-38), and as principal of the World's Fair in New York (1938-39
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
GLORY Signed Linocut, Opaque Taupe, Buff Paper, Profile Portrait Black Woman
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
GLORY Signed Linocut on Black Arches, Standing Profile Black Woman Portrait
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Abstract Boats
— American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Medical School.
In 1936, Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
CHILDREN WITH FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Multicultural Portrait, Smiling Faces
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tenant Farmers
— Depression Era, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, after which he was employed by the Federal Art Project from 1935 until 1941. Barlow’s wood engravings
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief piece, Industry and Landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Clown
— WPA American Expressionism
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City WPA. He was assigned to
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Rare Poster Edition Lithograph, Black Lawyers, People
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,400 Sale Price
28% Off
1940
s Abstract Composition Jazz Lithograph Pencil Signed and Dated WPA Artist
By Konrad Cramer
Located in Surfside, FL
, Cramer briefly joined the (WPA) Federal Art Project, administering the regional program in Woodstock. In
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Unemployed Marchers
— American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Federal Art Project of the New York City WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Hand Signed Lithograph, Lawyer and Clients, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE DOOR OF JUSTICE Signed Lithograph, Black Lawyers Civil Rights Social Justice
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
DANCING II, Signed Lithograph, Men Women Dance Portrait, Black Culture
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Amish Farmscape #2 Study
By Edmund Lewandowski
Located in Los Angeles, CA
success in 1936 when two of his watercolors were shown at the Phillips Collection as part of a Federal Art
Category
1980s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
KEISHA M. Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Black Woman Face Portrait Afro Hairstyle
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
. Porter. While working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE Signed Linocut, Thurgood Marshall Portrait, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social activism of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
worked on murals for the WPA Federal Art Project including ones for Queensborough Public Library
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE Signed Linocut, Thurgood Marshall Portrait, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Art Project Easel Painting Project in Rockland County, New York. In the 1940s some of his summers
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
to work with fellow painter Raphael Soyer.
She joined the New York City WPA Federal Art Project in
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Antoine Bourdelle.
Harkavy was a WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
ALL THE PEOPLE Signed Lithograph, For My People-Margaret Walker, Rainbow Faces
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
“Untitled”
By James Brooks
Located in Southampton, NY
Art Project in the late 1930s and early 1940s. His best-known project was a mural titled Flight (1940
Category
1960s Post-Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Outdoor Market WPA sketch
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
of Artists and the Federal Art Project. In 1995, Margolis received a Design Award from the Public
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Nude, arms raised
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brandywine, Ohio. He worked on several large-scale murals for the Federal Art Project, including Rural
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
A Handsome Woodcut on Paper of the Univ. of Chicago Chapel by Siegfried Weng
Located in Chicago, IL
in 1935-1936, he was the State Art Director of Ohio, Federal Art Project. He was Art Instructor
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Under the auspices of the wpa, Ben-Zion
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
supervisor of the Federal Art Project Easel Painting Project in Rockland County, New York. In the 1940s some
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Modern Abstract Watercolor Painting of a Nude Figure Viewed from Behind
By Konrad Cramer
Located in Houston, TX
many paintings and drawings. Back in Woodstock in 1935, Cramer briefly joined the Federal Art Project
Category
1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Court
— WPA Social Conscience, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
with the Federal Art Project Graphic Division from August 1935 until April 1942. She produced over
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
PLAYMATES Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Black Children
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SECOND GENERATION Signed Lithograph, For My People by Margaret Walker, Protest
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Woman Listening" Honore Sharrer, Magical Realism Landscape with Flora
Figure
By Honore Sharrer
Located in New York, NY
toward abstraction, Sharrer looked back to the realistic public art of the Federal Art Project of the
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Casein
$8,800 Sale Price
20% Off
YOUNG DOUGLASS Signed Linocut, Black Portrait Head African American Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
. Porter. While working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where he was an
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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