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Artists Hand Signed and Inscribed "Ballet Dancers" Holiday Greeting Card
By Moses Soyer
Located in Surfside, FL
This piece a holiday card with hand painted print by the Social Realist artist Moses Soyer. Here
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Raphael Soyer "Woman With Her Suitcase" Litho, c. 1950
By Raphael Soyer
Located in New York, NY
with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Born
Category
1950s Modern Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Modernist Sculpture Figural Portrait Bust Brutalist Wire Work
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Greenwich Village, Camp Lexington in the Catskills and Jewish themes, as well as both Social Realist and
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and prints.
He
Category
1920s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Raphael Soyer "George the Iceman Woolf"
By Raphael Soyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raphael Soyer: 1899-1987. Very important and well listed American artist. One of the early social
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
, etcher, painter of townscapes, landscapes, figures, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Apache Love, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Miami, FL
American artist recognized for his Social Realist paintings of New York City life in the 1920s and ‘30s
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Teracita, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Cosechando Alcachofas (harvesting artichokes), by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Tex-Mex, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
.
Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
PORTRAIT OF THE ACTRESS LAUREN BACALL
By Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Located in Portland, ME
"Pele" Murdock de Lappe was an American artist, known for her social realist paintings, prints, and
Category
1940s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hermanita (Little Sister), by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
for liberation.
Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Self Portrait (With Model)
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause
Category
1950s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Gondolas at the Dock, Venice, Italy" Louis Wolchonok, Boats in the Harbor Scene
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
, painter of townscapes, landscapes, figures, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
RARE 1950’s Avante-Garde FEMALE American Abstract Expressionist painting
By Minna Citron
Located in New York, NY
– December 21, 1991). She was wife of the famous social realist Bernard Koopman. Reginald Marsh and Raphael
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
La Comadre, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Si Se Puede, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
19th century oil painting of yorkshire flither pickers by Robert Farren
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
in the social realist style, created towards the end of the victorian period.
The composition is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Paintings
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Xiemena Busca La Paz, by Juan Fuentes
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
"False Faces" Sonia Gechtoff, circa 1950 Social Commentary Realist Painting
By Sonia Gechtoff
Located in New York, NY
Gechtoff to shed her previous indebtedness to Ben Shahn’s socialist realist style and concerns.
Category
1950s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
THE FERRY
By John R. Grabach
Located in Portland, ME
Jersey, and he is most often grouped with the Social Realist school of artists. We have not located the
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,500
WOMAN IN RED STOCKINGS PORTFOLIO
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Aventura, FL
known for his Social-Realist paintings of daily life in New York. His painterly yet detailed
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
SEAMSTRESS II PORTFOLIO
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Aventura, FL
known for his Social-Realist paintings of daily life in New York. His painterly yet detailed
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
SEAMSTRESS I PORTFOLIO
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Aventura, FL
known for his Social-Realist paintings of daily life in New York. His painterly yet detailed
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$900 Sale Price
25% Off
Seated Couple
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Letter-American Scene Painting. Ladies Gossiping. Best Friends.
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Street Life New York - Haunting Faces Windows Expressionism Mid-Century
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Miami, FL
, the New Objectivity art movement, and social realists such as Ben Shahn and William Gropper. The more
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
DANCE MARATHON
By Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Located in Portland, ME
for her social realist paintings, prints, and drawings. She also worked as a journalist, newspaper
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Standing Figure - Mid-Century American Portrait Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Market Woman- American Regionalist Oil Painting of Mid-Century City Life
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Twosome - Meeting for Coffee Original Oil Painting. 20th Century Coffee Date.
Located in Marco Island, FL
the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
organizer and Social Realist activist, Gropper continued to bring attention to his radical reputation with
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Girl Sitting on Wall
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Red Coat - Mid-Century Figurative American Painting. Woman in New York City.
Located in Marco Island, FL
. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim
Located in Marco Island, FL
Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg
By Ron Blumberg
Located in Pasadena, CA
reflect a sensitivity to human ritual and labor, aligning his vision with social realists and West Coast
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
El Rio Grande
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez. His
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
“Untitled (Women Walking), c. 1945” Double-Sided NYC Street Manhattan Cityscape
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Yardley, PA
Marsh’s social realist ethos.
Dating to the mid-1940s, this drawing is characteristic of Marsh’s ongoing
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Miami, FL
, Reginald Marsh was an American artist recognized for his Social Realist paintings of New York City life in
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
La Danzante
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
poster involvement.
Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
$740 Sale Price
20% Off
Danzante
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
poster involvement.
Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of
Category
2010s Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Wig City, 1969 New York City American Scene, Oil on Masonite, Signed Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Market Day, Greenwich Village, New York City, Impressionist, Oil on Board
By Rachel Hartley
Located in Wiscasset, ME
and the Clearwater Art Club. Hartley is best known for her urban genre, social realist street scenes
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
City Peril. Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.
Located in Marco Island, FL
. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Patched Front. Original Urban American Street Scene Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene. Americana Bicycle Minnesota
Located in Marco Island, FL
Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and
Category
1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Puddle Jumper. Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil
By Dorothy Eisner
Located in Yardley, PA
the celebrated Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She wrote that she was never a ‘social realist,’ but
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
African American Sitting Portrait
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
social-realist American life with mystical overtones and a child-like seeming style. He was also a
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Stephen Greene
Located in Surfside, FL
abstract paintings and in the 1940s his social realist figure paintings. Stephen Greene was born in New
Category
20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Clara, Signed Oil Painting, 1932, Framed 32 x 25
Located in Marco Island, FL
Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tracks To Home?
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
AFTER THE BATH Signed Lithograph, Pencil Drawing Nude Portrait, Woman Dressing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique American Still Life with Flowers in a Blue Pitcher Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
figure in the early 20th-century American Scene and Social Realist movements. In this intimate
Category
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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