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1940 s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Jewish Wedding Judaica Woodblock Print 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
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Quadriptych WPA Chicago Jewish Artist
By Harry Mintz
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration WPA Federal Art Project during the 1930s. His artwork, realistic in the beginning, grew more and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Oil, Board

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
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Macaques 4.35.
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, July 14, 1963. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Moscow, Russia Workers Woodblock c.1930s WPA era Woodcut Print Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Congress. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Jewish Shtetl Russian Village Judaica Woodblock Print WPA Artist Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Coming Home Woodblock Print c.1930 s WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
and Immigrant social realist artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

The Worker Woodblock Print c.1930 s WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
and Immigrant social realist artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

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

Feeding the Horses
Located in Los Angeles, CA
hundreds of woodcuts, etchings, and lithographs under the auspices of the Federal Art Project during the
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Albert Kotin Abstract Expressionist Painting Nude Biomorphic Figure WPA Artist
By Albert Kotin
Located in Surfside, FL
. He participated in the Federal Art Project: Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) (1933–34) and Works
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

Untitled. Abstract Swirl.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
teacher under the Federal Art Project. In 1944 he began working at Atelier 17 in New York, exhibiting in
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1930s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled. Palm Vista.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
to New York. Despite the Depression, he flourished as both artist and teacher under the Federal Art
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

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
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20th Century Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

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

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
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20th Century Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Blue Tondo" Graphic Abstract, Deep Blues, Black, Acrylic, Circular
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in Detroit, MI
Brooklyn was one of the first abstract murals done under the Federal Art Project. In the 1960s, he began
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1970s De Stijl Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

WPA Mural Study American Scene Modernism San Francisco Post Office 20th Century
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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Unchallenged Weathervane.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
to New York. Despite the Depression, he flourished as both artist and teacher under the Federal Art
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, July 14, 1963. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints
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American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

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
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1930s Portrait Prints

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

Wpa Woman Laborer woodblock print
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's. Who Was Who in American Art Who's
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Rare Judaica Shtetl Synagogue interior Study House
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 Interior Prints

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
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's. Who Was Who in
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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
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1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, July 14, 1963. The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Racing Form
By Albert Pels
Located in Los Angeles, CA
New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects. The WPA operated the Federal
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1870s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

LAKEWOOD N.J., 1936 Modernist Oil Painting, Judaica
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint El Station, Interior NYC Subway, WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
art division of the Federal Art Project, which he ultimately led. Under various elements of the WPA
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1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Large Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint Under Riverside Drive NYC WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Art Project, which he ultimately led. Under various elements of the WPA program, many young
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1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Abstract Interior Scene
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its entire duration from 1935 to 1943. Rather
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the WPA Federal Art Project
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Expressionist Provincetown Seascape Oil Painting
By Joseph Kaplan
Located in Surfside, FL
career he worked on several WPA Federal Art Projects and Treasury Relief Art Projects. Joseph Kaplan was
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Expressionist Provincetown Seascape Oil Painting
By Joseph Kaplan
Located in Surfside, FL
career he worked on several WPA Federal Art Projects and Treasury Relief Art Projects. Joseph Kaplan was
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Double-sided color study 1183
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
through the Federal Art Project as a member of the Easel Painting Division which strove to create “works
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Federal Art Project as a member of the Easel Painting Division which strove to create “works of art for
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Eaton’s Landing
By Samuel Margolies
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
’ publications. In 1935 Margolies joined the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA
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1930s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Congress of Wonders, Carnival Show" Dennis Burlingame, WPA Figurative Modernism
Located in New York, NY
of a 1939 New York Federal Art Project easel paintings exhibition; his work, Winter Hay, was selected
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Scribbler in Autumn" Helen West Heller, Modernist, Figures in Landscape
By Helen West Heller
Located in New York, NY
Federal Art Project during the Great Depression. Participation in the WPA gave her some much-needed
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

“View of the Pantheon, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
, working through the Depression and taking a commission from the Federal Art Project to paint frescoes for
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

“Place de la Concorde, Paris”
Located in Southampton, NY
, working through the Depression and taking a commission from the Federal Art Project to paint frescoes for
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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