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Peace Cadet - Large Scale Portrait of Woman in Space Suit Surrounded by Bunnies
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Burning Desire - Sable Mare with Flower Butterfly Mane Amber-Rose Background
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
figurative painter in New York City. My maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
foray into Social Realism. The Little Gallery of Contemporary Art purchased the Absinthe Drinker in 1931
Category

1920s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Come In Peace - Futuristic Woman in Space Suit Seated Next to a Bunny
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed into the Dominican
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Carving William Pellicone
Located in Surfside, FL
early work was influenced by the Social Realist movement of the 1930s and 1940s, with his paintings
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Government mural projects during the 1930s and early 1940s. In addition to the San Pedro Post Office for
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The Railway Station
Located in Los Angeles, CA
of Biberman's precisionist and magic realism oriented paintings from the 1930s. Painted in New York
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Wood Decoy oil painting by Paul Sample
By Paul Sample
Located in Hudson, NY
also marked his work as characteristic of Social Realism. Sample was born in 1896 as the son of a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Bouquet in Porcelain Pitcher”
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Southampton, NY
modern European art. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was linked with American Scene painting and Social
Category

1950s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

San Pedro Harbor
By Paul Sample
Located in New York, NY
categorized as “social realism.” Art history and art criticism lives through labels. Labels have not served
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"
By Arthur Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the 1930s and 1940s. Social realism, a form of American Scene Painting, focused upon the city and its
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Lord, Oh My Lord
By Iver Rose
Located in Wellesley, MA
the WPA. Many of Rose's works dating from the 1930s and '40s have a social realism flavor. This
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Around East River
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Record of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1914-1968 Hills, Social Concern and Urban Realism
Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930, however, Gottlieb's art was allied much more closely to the tradition of social realism in the
Materials

Gouache

Southwest Plains Oil Painting by Ben Shahn,
By Ben Shahn
Located in Graton, CA
specific social themes date from the 1930s. His art was influenced by photographer Walker Evans, with whom
Category

Early 19th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Men Working Industrial Waterway
By Iver Rose
Located in New York, NY
under the auspices of the WPA. Many of Rose's works dating from the 1930s and '40s have a social realism
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

SILOS American Scene WPA Depression industrial Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Vincent Campanella 1
Located in New York, NY
SILOS American Scene WPA Depression industrial Mid Century Modern Social Realism Vincent
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Long Beach WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
Long Beach WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan Daniel Ralph
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan. Signed lower right
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William L Engle
Located in New York, NY
American Art in 1958. Interestingly enough, another example of Bill's dedication to social realism was
Category

1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Men Working Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Men Working Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Modernist Social Realist Seamstress Portrait Painting
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Surfside, FL
whatever was in vogue at the time. In the 1940s, his generic subject matter was overlooked by the social
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum, Jerusalem, Curator: Yigal Zalmona 1998 “Social Realism in ‘50s, Political Art in the ‘90s,” Haifa
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Third Balcony" WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modernism Concert
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
him in the early 1930's. After he won a traveling scholarship to Europe from The Museum of Modern Art
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
under the Art Students League directed by social realist painter John Sloan. In the 1930s and 40s the
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ben-Zion (Ukraine, 1897-1987) circa 1930 s "Floral Still with White Vase"
By Ben-Zion
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Floral Still Life Ben-Zion (Ukraine, 1897-1987) Circa 1930's Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. 17 3/4 x
Category

1930s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Expressionist Bronze Judaica Rabbi Sculpture Los Angeles Modernist
By Peter Krasnow
Located in Surfside, FL
, are accomplished examples of social realism and Art Deco. In 1934, after a three-year stay in France
Category

1930s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Night and Day
By Ben Shahn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
specific social themes date from the 1930s. His art was influenced by photographer Walker Evans, with whom
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
American art, including regionalism, social realism, and caricature. A two-time recipient of the Guggenheim
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil

1970 s American Abstract Expressionist Color Stain Aquatint Etching WPA Artist
By Jacob Kainen
Located in Surfside, FL
and ferocity of social realism during the 1930s. In 1934 he rents a studio in Greenwich Village, meets
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

“Gay Youngsters”
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Southampton, NY
manner that reflects his earlier exposure to modern European art. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was
Category

1950s Post-Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Blue Mountains - Original Oil Painting with Soft Light and Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Unbroken, Grey Mare with Flower and Butterfly Mane, Framed Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Promise of Spring, Reflective Sky in Pink, Blue, and Gold Tones, Original Oil
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Midlife Madonna, Female in Teal and Red Silk Holding a Persian Cat, Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Safe Space, Woman On Teal Couch with a Persian Cat and Butterflies, Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
figurative painter in New York City. My maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"March Avery in Beret, " Milton Avery, American Modernism, Portrait of Artist
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
. Always at odds with the dominate style of the time, be it the American Scene Painting and Social Realism
Category

1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor himself was an instructor at the
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
and fantasy scenes. In the 1940's he turned towards figural studies. Later in his career, Kantor
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pittsburgh Alleyway
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Los Angeles, CA
oriented, nostalgic and to a large extent romantic. The second type, called Social Realism, was urban
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Jules Perahim Surrealism Oil Painting on Paper Romanian French Surrealist Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
with Surrealist circles at the beginning of the 1930's, he contributed to the early development of what
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Bridge in Sag Harbor"
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Southampton, NY
European art. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was linked with American Scene painting and Social Realism in
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

“The Kiss”
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Southampton, NY
modern European art. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was linked with American Scene painting and Social
Category

1930s Post-War Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Carousel in Central Park”
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Southampton, NY
that reflects his earlier exposure to modern European art. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was linked
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Afterglow - Original Oil Painting with Setting Sun Reflecting Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Blood Moon - Original Oil Painting with Soft Light Reflecting Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Burning Desire - Original Oil Painting, Soft Light Reflecting Romantic Colors
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The People
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s and 1940s is what the American art world of the time viewed as a rationale modernism. Writing of
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cocooned - Oil on Panel Painting of a Young Man
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
figurative painter in New York City. My maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Renaissance
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Daybreak
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Linocut

In Memory of Unicorns
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

One Bad Apple
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Night Vision - Platinum Blond Woman, Black Cat, Roses, Butterflies, Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United States, they were welcomed
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Willful Oblivion- Oil Painting, Woman Wearing Rose Sunglasses with Chihuahua Dog
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Self-Made, Woman Lounging on Teal Couch with Persian Cat, Original Oil Painting
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
maternal Grandparents fled Hitler's Germany in the late 1930's. After being refused entry to the United
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Little Tesuque Falls" SANTA FE NEW MEXICO PICNIC SCENE 1940
Located in San Antonio, TX
interest in psychology and the social sciences. Rather than being a diversion from his art, he saw these
Category

1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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