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The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
grandfather of a building all the tired small workers are leaving behind. Much of Kish's work, for the FAP
Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Impressionist Oil Painting Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Portland, OR
portraits, which included not only the industrial portraits of workers but also many paintings of friends
Category

1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Harvesters oil on canvas painting Spain european art
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
expressive realism, sculptural figures, and powerful compositions. His paintings, featuring rural workers
Category

1970s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Traditional Seaweed Harvesting Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Traditional Seaweed Harvesting Scene By Fanch Lel
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Fire Door", Expressionist, Interior, Factory, Red, Blue, Teal, Oil Painting
By Catherine Picard-Gibbs
Located in Franklin, MA
the factory hallway where a suggestion of a factory worker is sketched. This dynamic painting is
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Clown Surrealist Oil Painting Maurice Kish WPA Artist American Modernist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
grandfather of a building all the tired small workers are leaving behind. Much of Kish's work, for the FAP
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Social Worker #11 - Colorful Figurative Original Painting
By Fabio Coruzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Graphite

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
grandfather of a building all the tired small workers are leaving behind. Much of Kish's work, for the FAP
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Red Barn Dark Atmospheric painting of a welsh landscape, building, hills
By Will Roberts
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Red Barn' by Will Roberts. A Dark Atmospheric painting of a welsh landscape, with a building with
Category

20th Century Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the Social Realists
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Luna Park, became a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked past the Social Realists
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Girl with Basket of Flowers -British 18thC Old Master oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This charming 18th century Old Master cartouche portrait oil painting is attributed to the circle
Category

18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
affection for that rambly grandfather of a building all the tired small workers are leaving behind. Much of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
affection for that rambly grandfather of a building all the tired small workers are leaving behind. Much of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large 19th C Italian Venetian Oil Painting w/ Murano Beads St. Mark’s Lion
Located in Katonah, NY
Venetian Workers' Society), this oil painting is a rare blend of craftsmanship and cultural heritage
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paintings

Materials

Glass, Wood

The Protestor
Located in London, GB
messages - for example, depicting a protesting worker, as in this painting. The WPA was an extensive
Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Provincetown Black Americana Fish Market Sellers
By Sol Wilson
Located in New York, NY
a man's life with nature. He is best known for his landscapes, and paintings of workers or fisherman
Category

1960s Paintings

Materials

Board, Watercolor

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
By Georges Rouault
Located in Dallas, TX
amongst modernists who wanted to represent the lives of "ordinary" workers, Rouault's prostitute paintings
Category

1930s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Woman Listening" Honore Sharrer, Magical Realism Landscape with Flora Figure
By Honore Sharrer
Located in New York, NY
, Workers and Paintings (1943). At a time when most artists were moving into abstraction, she chose to paint
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Casein

The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artist’s Union which had the goal of advancing artists’ position as “worker.” Mark’s painting, Restaurant
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
a place richly symbolic of workers’ rights. For the dreamlike paintings he set there, Kish looked
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flag, Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2001 by David Graham, C-Print
By David Graham
Located in Denton, TX
photograph. This photograph depicts workers painting a massive American Flag mural on the side of a brick
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

American Mid Century Copy of "The Statue of Liberty" (1946), by Norman Rockwell
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of a 20th century oil painting depicting workers repairing the statue of liberty\'s torch
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
By Georges Rouault
Located in Dallas, TX
amongst modernists who wanted to represent the lives of "ordinary" workers, Rouault's prostitute paintings
Category

Vintage 1930s French Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Niberg Abbey “Working Men” 1940’s New York Scene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful evocative painting of workers by the noted New York Artist Niberg Abbey (1920-1990
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in Depression Era America. This painting of quarry workers in Rockport, Massachusetts, is an
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Lunchroom Conversations, " Glimpse of 1920s Black Social Life in Philadelphia
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Worker," exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, was admired by Eleanor Roosevelt. This painting is
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Portrait Sketch by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected his painting Young Worker for
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Sketch of a Man with Mustache and Hat by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
his painting Young Worker for the permanent collection of the White House. Bloch also organized the
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Profile Portrait by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected his painting Young Worker for
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Portrait of a Man by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
his painting Young Worker for the permanent collection of the White House. Bloch also organized the
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
cousin, Romare Bearden (right), discussing one of his paintings, Cotton Workers, in 1944. Both were
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Khamsa II (Yasamine)
By Aubrey Roemer
Located in New York, NY
with life jacket swatches and emergency blankets from the island, the painting was created by tracing
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Khamsa I (Ali)
By Aubrey Roemer
Located in New York, NY
life jacket swatches and emergency blankets from the island, the painting was created by tracing the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Khamsa III (Moria)
By Aubrey Roemer
Located in New York, NY
projects in Nicaragua with La Isla Foundation addressing the CKDnT epidemic among sugarcane workers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

C Print

A Bed to Lie In
By Aubrey Roemer
Located in New York, NY
projects in Nicaragua with La Isla Foundation addressing the CKDnT epidemic among sugarcane workers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hammer and Anvil, Oil Painting
By Onelio Marrero
Located in San Francisco, CA
/>Words that describe this painting: blacksmith, metal, worker, interior, anvil, man, fire
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Les Deux Amoureux, Musee de Lyon, Lithograph, 1955
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
. Leger glorified workers in his paintings, as he saw them as the true heroes of the modern Industrial Age
Category

1950s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE, HELENA, AR 1991.
By James Perry Walker
Located in Portland, ME
Silver print, 1991. A beautiful and haunting portrait of a worker dressed for painting, or removing paint
Category

1990s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fine German 19th Century Porcelain and Gilt-Bronze Mounted Potpourri Urn Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the King that he could make porcelain. Böttger refined the formula and with some Dutch co-workers
Category

Antique 19th Century German Regency Revival Planters, Cachepots and Jard...

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu

Emile, Haitian Artist, Naivist School, Oil on Canvas, 1970s, Local Workers
Located in København, Copenhagen
Emile, Haitian artist. Naivist school. Oil on canvas, 1970s. Local workers walking by the river
Category

Vintage 1970s Haitian Paintings

Workers
By Philip Buller
Located in Park City, UT
PHILIP BULLER is a figurative painter who is known for his historic, large scale paintings and
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Dock Workers)
By Miron Sokole
Located in Bethesda, MD
. During the 1930's & 1940's Miron Sokole's paintings were shown in competition with the best artists of
Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil

Circus Workers
By Albert Gold
Located in New York, NY
a group of large oil paintings based on his war drawings. He taught at the Philadelphia Museum
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

The Worker - Original Haitian Oil Painting Framed
By Pielle
Located in Haverstraw, NY
This framed original vertical 39"x29" depicts a "Neg Combit" oil on canvas signed by Haitian contemporary artist Pielle.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Workers and fishers
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
It is two side painting. Framed Maximilien LUCE (1858-1941) (France) is an artist born in 1858 The
Category

Late 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oyster Dock Worker
By Carol Devereaux
Located in San Antonio, TX
known for her loose painterly paintings of portraits, figures and landscapes.
Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

3 Hard Workers
By Mike Swaney
Located in New York, NY
Fountainhead Residency in Miami and in the summer of 2010 he was shortlisted for the Guasch Coranty Painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art Brut Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Boat Workers, Sausalito
By Helen Rousseau
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed l/r: H. Rousseau
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

The Worker by Anthony Fazzinga
Located in MADRID, ES
a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

The Worker Bee by Jean Dolande
Located in MADRID, ES
The Worker Bee by Jean Dolande
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

"Workers" by Jessica Rice
By Jessica Rice
Located in New York, NY
"Workers", 1984 by Jessica Rice (b.1941, Belgium) Bio: Jessica Rice ,nee Jessica Patricia
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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