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True Leader, Contemporary Social Realist Art Political Portrait Humor Green Red
By Yuriy Zakordonets
Located in London, England
'True Leader' is a humorous figurative social realist acrylic painting on canvas by emerging
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hollywood Melodrama in Social Realist Sculpture by Charles Schlein
By Chsrles Schlein
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Charles Schlein
Untitled Man in Chains
1952
plaster patinated to resemble bronze
signed and dated at bottom
excellent condition
Charles Schlein (1899-1988) was born in Satano...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Albert Pels, American 1910-1998 Social realist figural Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Albert Pels
Located in Hallowell, ME
Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Albert Pels was an art educator and painter of figures, genre scenes, urban and rural images, and illustration. He also did murals and worked in ...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Junkman
s Serenade
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Hudson, NY
An important early work by American social realist Gregorio Prestopino.
Category
Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Male Female Erotica
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Reginald Marsh was a Social Realist, and studied under Georg Luks.
watercolor is 8.5 x 4
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Russian School
Social Realism Painting by Vladimir Klenov
By Vladimir Mikhailovitch Klenov
Located in Charlevoix, MI
their teacher, this painting by Russian artist Vladimir Klenov showcases the true feel of Social Realist
Category
Vintage 1960s Russian Paintings
Crouching Male Figure by Louis Wolchonok
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Lambertville, NJ
. He was primarily a social-realist during the 1930's.
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Pierre Dionisi, "Foundry Workers" Oil on Board
By Pierre Dionisi
Located in Southampton, NY
Pierre Dionisi, (French, 1904-1970) "Foundry Workers," oil on board, unsigned, a Social Realist
Category
Early 20th Century French Industrial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Hamilton Beach
By Joseph Lomoff
Located in Lawrence, NY
Russian-American artist Lomoff is best known for his highly colored Social Realist works. This
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By David Alfaro Siqueiros
Located in Bethesda, MD
pencil
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican social realist painter, better known for his large murals
Category
1930s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Roundhouse
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Oakland, CA
, dehumanizing, and environmentally threatening, to Gottlieb and the depression-era Social Realists, a working
Category
1920s Realist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Meeting Place
By Louis Ribak
Located in Santa Fe, NM
League. He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York, even
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canyon Series #17
By Louis Ribak
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Students League. He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Canvas
Winter Structure
By Louis Ribak
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Students League. He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$13,500
Seated Girl, Ed. 240 /275 Signed
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Raphael Soyer was referred to as an American scene painter. He is considered to be a Social Realist
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hamilton Beach (Queens)
By Joseph Lomoff
Located in East Hampton, NY
] 'Hamilton Beach' is delightfully imaginative." Lomoff was primarily known for his social realist works. He
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Louis Wolchonok, Abstract, Ink on Paper Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
, muralist and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils and
Category
Early 2000s North American Drawings
Backyard Windowsill Still Life 1940-60s Ink
By Barbara Rogers Houseworth
Located in San Francisco, CA
Surrealism and the Social Realist painting style.
Good vintage condition.
Category
1940s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cortez: The Conquest of Mexico Four-Panel Screen Painting
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Nogales, AZ
celebrates the simplicity of his subjects. He was greatly influenced by Picasso and worked with social
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Paintings
Materials
Paint
Loose Portrait Abstraction 1940-60s Charcoal
By Barbara Rogers Houseworth
Located in San Francisco, CA
reminiscent of both Surrealism and the Social Realist painting style.
Estate stamped lower right. Good
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
BLUE ANGEL
By Jack Levine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blue Angel by the social realist artist Jack Levine is a lithograph with color separations from
Connoisseur of Prints
By John Sloan
Located in Wellesley, MA
, Pennsylvania, John Sloan became one of the major early 20th- century figures in New York, pioneering the Social
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Three Ballerinas
By Isaac Soyer
Located in East Hampton, NY
, Isaac painted in the Social Realist style early on. He is also known for his portraits of ballerinas
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"
By Arthur Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
without illusion. Social realists represented people and events for what they were and for how they were
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Camp Doriance
By Leon Wall
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Leon Wall
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,600
Untitled
By Leon Wall
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
Camp Doriance
By Leon Wall
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Leon Wall
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
Hessians at Trenton
By Leon Wall
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Leon Wall
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Guignolette (Puppet Show)
By Mabel Dwight
Located in Wellesley, MA
Williamson Dwight was active/lived in New York, Ohio. Mabel Dwight is known for social realist lithography
Category
1920s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Joseph LeBoit, New York Depression Era Funeral Scene
Located in Treasure Island, CA
1937"
Excellent condition
Joseph Leboit (1907-2002) is a noted American social realist painter and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Boy
s Head
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in New York, NY
by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chronology
His strongest influences were American Social Realists
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Study for Shooting" Carnival Arcade Scene with Clown Heads
By Jane Dickson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
with the observant eye of a social realist, Dickson is also interested in experimenting with different
Category
Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Lord, Oh My Lord
By Iver Rose
Located in Wellesley, MA
. Iver Rose is known for social realist genre and figure painting, illustration, lithography, commercial
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Nude in Profile)
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers
Category
20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Old Black Man
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman
By Robert Gilbert
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
was not a Social Realist – his work simply depicted reality without condemning big business.
Later
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Song of David
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MEDITATION- RABBI STUDYING
By Frank C. Kirk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
portraits, still-life and many pictures of laborers, workers and the unemployed in social realist paintings
Category
20th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Allee A Merville
By Maximilien Luce
Located in London, GB
and colour on the subject.
Luce painted urban social realist scenes of labourers and fishermen in
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Nude Woman with Cloth Draped over Shoulder
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Graton, CA
Born in Borisoglebsk, Russia in 1899, Raphael Soyer is identified as a Social Realist* painter
Category
20th Century American Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noche SOCIAL, Cuban Art, Mixed Media, Andres Conde
Located in Coral Gables, FL
The series SOCIAL by Andres Conde is based on the Cuban magazine of the same name. SOCIAL captured
Category
2010s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold
MALCHIK
Located in Santa Fe, NM
genre of “theme” painting and was a leading Social Realist, recognized for his superb painterly handling
Category
1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beatrice
By Robert Gilbert
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
, Robert Gilbert was not a Social Realist – his work simply depicted reality without condemning big
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Old Fashioned Golfer - Original Illustration, British social satirist
By Sue Macartney Snape
Located in London, GB
social satirist Sue Macartney-Snape
Sue Macartney-Snape was born in Tanzania, brought up in Australia
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Pen
Mother, Portrait of the Artist
s Mother
By Moses Soyer
Located in Graton, CA
reputable auction house.
Dedicated to art expression with social-realist themes of the Depression Era in
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"SOCIAL Queen of Mississippi", Cuban Art, Oil on Cotton Paper, 2018
Located in Coral Gables, FL
The series SOCIAL by Andres Conde captures the cultural and social life of Pre-Revolutionary Havana
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Seymour Fogel
Located in Lawrence, NY
catalogue (image attached).
Seymour Fogel was an American artist whose artistic output included social
Category
1980s Constructivist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$28,000
Un Crime Passionell - Gouache, Ink, Cool Tones, Dynamic, Social Criticism
By Frans Masereel
Located in Wien, AT
social criticisms and contributed to Masereel's international popularity.
Also in the 1920s
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache, Board
Un Crime - Oil/Board, Figurative, Dynamic, Social Criticism, Modern, Cool Tones
By Frans Masereel
Located in Wien, AT
social criticisms and contributed to Masereel's international popularity.
Also in the 1920s
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Composition
By Agnes Hart
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of her compatriots, Agnes Hart first began to paint in a social realist, or WPA, style
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$22,000
Un homme qui tombe - Gouache/Paper, Black, White, Modern, Social Criticism, 1964
By Frans Masereel
Located in Wien, AT
social criticisms and contributed to Masereel's international popularity.
Also in the 1920s
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Naples and Violets
By Agnes Hart
Located in Lawrence, NY
Like many of her compatriots, Agnes Hart first began to paint in a social realist, or WPA, style
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Fly, earrings by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, 2012 - Artist Jewellery
Located in London, GB
the conceptual. While their work is deeply rooted in the Soviet social and cultural context in which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Enamel
Untitled Sand Painting
By Agnes Hart
Located in East Hampton, NY
Like many of her compatriots, Agnes Hart first began to paint in a social realist, or WPA, style
Category
1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
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