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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

Vintage "Bali Rice Fields" Original Oil Painting c.1989
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Bali Rice Fields" Original Oil Painting c.1989 Beautiful original oil painting of workers
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

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

Mid Century Modern Mini Original Abstract Figurative Oil Painting - The Stall
Located in Bristol, GB
the workers. The painting conveys a sense of daily life and labour, celebrating the simple, honest
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

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

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

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

Fiddler on the Roof Modern 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

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

German Expressionist Floral Oil Painting Wild Foxglove Flower
By Max Maier-Rott
Located in Surfside, FL
for the painting "Brückenarbeiter" ("bridge worker") in the Künstlerlexikon Dressler he is entered as
Category

20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

Ashcan School, W P A Style Painting Oil on Board by C.Heltzel, circa 1966
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ashcan School, W P A style painting, oil on board by C.Heltzel, circa 1966. Great little painting
Category

20th Century American Outsider Art Paintings

Materials

Wood

The Clown
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

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
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

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

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
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

Landscape
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
paintings were burned in a fire in the Harcourt Studio Building in Boston, but he was a productive worker
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

19th Century Folk Art English Coat of Arms
Located in London, GB
only be described and farm workers. This painting is on pine board, with aged painted surface
Category

Antique 1850s British Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Pine

Le Chapeau Epinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1894
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
means of brushes and palette: «working like a good worker», «painting worker», «making good painting
Category

1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Baigneuse Debout à Mi - Jambes - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1910
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
means of brushes and palette: «working like a good worker», «painting worker», «making good painting
Category

1920s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Le Chapeau épinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - Early 20th Century
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Roma, IT
brushes and palette: «working like a good worker», «painting worker», «making good painting» are in fact
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

1958 Ronald Markman Whimsical Figural Entertainers Etching New Haven 18"
Located in Dayton, OH
characters. Markman was a highly disciplined worker, painting or drawing every day that he was not
Category

Vintage 1950s Prints

Materials

Paper

Swedish Original Painted Box Dated 1866
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
used to bring food out in the fields or forests for rural workers, but this well done painting
Category

Antique 1860s Swedish Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

American Expressionist Offset Lithograph Poster
Located in Surfside, FL
first received public notice when her work Workers and Paintings (1943) was included in the legendary
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

Mid-Century Modernism Painting
Located in Utrecht, NL
Large abstract 1950s 'Forrest and Wood Workers' painting from Scandinavia, signed (unknown) and
Category

Vintage 1950s European Scandinavian Modern Paintings

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Shipyard Workers Original Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shipyard Workers Original Oil Painting 19th Century Original oil on canvas Dimensions 40" wide x
Category

19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Regionalist WPA Period Industrial Worker Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait painting of an industrial worker. Oil on canvas, circa 1925
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harvest Workers Threshing Machine French Post Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers French Post-Impressionist circa 1930's pastel drawing board, unframed board
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

Victorian Traditional English Rural Landscape Signed Painting Harvest Workers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest Workers English School, circa 1900 signed 'R. Parry' oil on canvas, framed gilt slip
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Worker
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Worker', oil on board, by unknown Eastern European artist (circa 1950s). Portrait of
Category

1950s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Worker in the Field
By Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
An exceptional oil on paper laid on panel by the 19th century artist depicting a worker in a field
Category

19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Laid Paper, Oil, Panel

French Impressionist Oil Painting of Factory Workers Exiting a Factory
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Factory Workers Exiting a Factory By Fanch Lel (French
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Road Work (Framed Cityscape Oil Painting of Manhattan Construction Workers)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Small WPA style cityscape painting on panel of New York City construction workers with yellow crane
Category

Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Abstract Figurative of Workers
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling and evocative abstract figurative oil painting by unknown artist with cubist aspects and
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Social Worker #10
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Antique French Impressionist Oil Painting - Harvest Workers in Golden Fields
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: oil
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist WPA Workers Industrial Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist WPA oil painting of men working in an industrial setting. Oil on board
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract American WPA Ashcan School Inspired Painting of Dock Workers
Located in Houston, TX
Early abstract figurative painting of dock workers by an unknown artist. Inspired by the dynamic
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Workers" Post-Impressionism Scene with Figures Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a landscape of workers done sometime in the mid-century on sight with figures
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Workers on a Southern Plantation Thornton Utz Illustration Art
By Thornton Utz
Located in Surfside, FL
Thornton Utz (American, 1914-1999). An oil on panel board of a plantation workers picking in a
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Asian Workers in the Market WPA Style Social Realist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed with a K. It is not dated but we estimate it to the 1950's. It appears to be Asian but it might be Latin American or Mexican. Market scene.
Category

1950s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Lavender Harvest Provence Harvest Workers in Fields Large Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lavender Harvest, Provence by Vittore Gandini (Italian b. 1965) signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 30 x 25.5 inches canvas : 25 x 21 inches Provenance: private collection, Nice...
Category

Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gouache Painting Hand signed and dated '39 lower left. Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. Label verso
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"A Moment s Rest, " Painting of Shirtless Male Worker, Schnakenberg, WPA Muralist
By Henry Schnakenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
portrait of a young male worker resting from his labors in the garden or field, is a very fine genre
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

French Folk Art Naive Oil Painting Workers in Vineyard, Les Vignes aux Gitans
Located in Surfside, FL
Max Savy Oil on canvas painting depicting a village scene with winemakers in a vineyard by artist
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Folk Art Naive Oil Painting Workers in Vineyard, Les Vignes aux Gitans
Located in Surfside, FL
Max Savy "Les Vignes Aux Gitans" (the gypsy grape vines) Oil on canvas painting depicting a
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Workers Rally, " Painting of 1935 May Day Rally, Brilliant Red, Orange, Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a Fauvist palette of orange, red, green and yellow, this painting by Sandor
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Kim Stoddart - Framed 1981 Oil, Field Workers
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a large gilt effect frame. Signed and dated. On canvas on stretchers.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Boat Worker (New England landscape, New Hope Impressionist)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful New England landscape painting by American artist, Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

UNTITLED (SEAFOOD FACTORY WORKERS).
By Iver Rose
Located in Portland, ME
Rose, Iver (American, 1899-1972). UNTITLED (SEAFOOD FACTORY WORKERS). Gouache on Paper, not dated
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

The Flower Workers, Rome
By Henry Martin Gasser
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Measures 9.5" x 11.25" painting and 13" x 15" including frame. In excellent condition.
Category

1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Old Workers Enjoying a Drink, Double Sided Impressionist Oil Paintiing
By Claude Benard
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Old Workers Enjoying a Drink, Double Sided, Impressionist Oil Paintiing By French artist Claude
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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