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— Renowned Black American, Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
step further into an apocalyptic world, a world of revelation and shifting lights. … He works on large
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
$3,500
H 8.19 in W 6.75 in
"Rehabilitation", Impressive, Large Art Deco Study for Queens, NYC Courthouse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
mural to be executed in mosaic was painted for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Paint
$12,500
H 37 in W 37 in D 2 in
Peace
By Anton Refregier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, 1905 – October 10, 1979) was a painter and muralist active in Works Progress Administration Federal Art
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Original American Airlines San Francisco vintage travel poster Golden Gate
By Dong Kingman
Located in Spokane, WA
in the Works Progress Administration, painting over 300 works. In the 1950s and 1960s, Kingman worked
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$625
H 20 in W 15 in D 0.3 in
"Seven Deadly Sins", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New York. The central figure
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Cumbres Pass, Colorado" Chuzo Tamotzu, 1956 Intense Color, Modernist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
was denied participation in the Works Progress Administration because he was not an American citizen
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$24,000
H 42.5 in W 54.5 in
"Tama, Mimi, Chan" Chuzo Tamotzu, Japanese American Modernist Still Life, Cats
Located in New York, NY
the Public Works of Art Project in New York, but was denied participation in the Works Progress
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Chuzo Tamotzu Litho, Southwestern Landscape with Donkeys
Mission
Located in New York, NY
approximately 1932-1938 he was involved in the Works Progress Administration.
Immediately after Japan’s attack
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$600
H 19.5 in W 23.25 in D 1 in
"Blue Fossil" Gerome Kamrowski, Abstract Surrealist, Biomorphic Expressionism
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
mural painting division of the Minnesota FAP/WPA (Works Progress Administration). In 1936 he contributed
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Foam, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17 in W 46 in
"Mine Shaft", Soviet Union: An Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Abramovitz
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Alamo, CA
Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York. His works are in the collections of the
Category
1930s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$940 Sale Price
20% Off
H 13.38 in W 8.88 in
Joseph Hirsch Original Lithograph, Pencil Signed, 1961, "Coffee"
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in Phoenix, AZ
United States, his notoriety was largely derived from a set of murals commissioned by the Federal Works
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
$750
H 13 in W 10 in D 0.05 in
Strange Terrain, Contemporary Oil Landscape Painting by Matt Higgins
Located in Philadelphia, PA
interior space.
This series of works is currently in progress, I am continuing on with these works but in
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,800
H 40 in W 30 in D 2 in
"Untitled" Gerome Kamrowski, circa 1944 American Surrealist Composition
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
, and found a position in the mural painting division of the Minnesota FAP/WPA (Works Progress
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Justice Triumphant", Mural Study for Queens, Ny Courthouse, circa 1941-1942
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New York -- was painted by
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18.13 in W 38.75 in D 1 in
Horn Island Landscape
Located in New Orleans, LA
Company. In 1934, he painted murals for the Ocean Springs High School with the WPA (Works Progress
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins", Study for Queens Supreme Courthouse Mosaic
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,900
H 14.5 in W 12.25 in D 0.1 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Myth of Sisyphyus IV Cloudy Sky (It is not despair that urges him to death..)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
and neon rocks in the foreground. Images are examples of similar works framed.
From the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus XI (Revolt devoid of future) - Contemporary Painting
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
, and consumerism play into established power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus XII (Creating is living doubly) - Contemporary Painting
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
into established power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus VIII (Starting out from the absurd over the ruins of reason)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the Greek myth of Sisyphus. After
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$2,935
H 26.12 in W 30.12 in
Myth of Sisyphus III Black Sky (If it were sufficient to love)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
a black background. Images are examples of similar works framed.
From the artist: "Gender and
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$3,805
H 26 in W 40 in
Myth of Sisyphus V (Under the fatal lighting of that destiny) - (Blue+Pink)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
outline of a white Roman pillar. Images are examples of similar works framed.
From the artist: "Gender
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus XIII (Comedy perpetuated by nature) - Contemporary Painting
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
into established power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Canvas
Myth of Sisyphus X (A Man Defines Himself by his make-believe)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
into established power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$3,805
H 40 in W 26 in
Young Man Sidelined (Rush Week Sisyphus I) - Contemporary Painting (Pink+Blue)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
game day. These sets become animations but also act as narrative anchors and maquettes for works in a
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus II (Abstract thought returns to prop of flesh) - (Pink+Black)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the Greek myth of Sisyphus. After
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus VII (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain), 2022
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the Greek myth of
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus VI (Each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
power dynamics.
These works accompany an animation in progress that addresses the Greek myth of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Myth of Sisyphus I (I think at this point of all those who absolutely insist..)
By Vivian Liddell
Located in Gilroy, CA
game day. These sets become animations but also act as narrative anchors and maquettes for works in a
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Feininger, also German or German-American in background. The artist was active in the Works Progress
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$8,500
H 35.5 in W 29 in D 1.75 in
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
the Works Progress Administration sent him and several other artists to Alaska to document the towns
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). In the 1940s, he taught at the New School for Social
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
at the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Monograph on post-Minimal sculptor Richard Nonas (hand signed by Richard Nonas)
Located in New York, NY
high with artifacts and relics as well as past and in-progress works.... with the unexpected surprises
Category
Early 2000s Post-Minimalist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Raymond Phillips Sanderson Sculpture 1937
By Raymond Phillips Sanderson
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Phoenix in 1937 to teach at the Phoenix Art Center under sponsorship by the Works Progress Administration
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mahogany
"Grecian Nude and Broken Column, " Art Deco/Surrealist Painting by Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Works Progress Administration in the Roosevelt years.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
Jo Mora, Evolution of the Cowboy 1933, from Jo Mora Estate
Located in Phoenix, AZ
about the West. In 1939, a Works Progress Administration project was completed, with Mora bas-relief
Category
1930s Other Art Style More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$8,500
H 31 in W 25 in
"Tony, " Superb 1940s Portrait of Male Youth by Marion Huse, Hawthorne Pupil
By Marion Huse
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charles Hawthorne on Cape Cod, and painted for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
$7,500
H 33.5 in W 32 in D 1 in
"Subway Construction, Moscow": An Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Abramovitz
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Alamo, CA
multiple shows and collections. Abramovitz produced murals for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress
Category
1930s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12.75 in W 14.5 in
"The Pool Players" by Vincent Richard Campanella
By Vincent Campanella
Located in Wiscasset, ME
easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
The Pool Players
By Vincent Campanella 1
Located in Wiscasett, ME
easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Windows"
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Lambertville, NJ
was able to secure a scholarship to the American Artists School and a position with the Works Progress
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Concrete Mixer, Moscow": Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Albert Abramovitz
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Alamo, CA
murals for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York. His works are in the
Category
1930s Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
H 9.5 in W 11 in
Audrey Flack On Painting (hand signed, dated and inscribed by Audrey Flack)
By Audrey Flack
Located in New York, NY
landmark volume we see Audrey Flack at work and we see the works themselves in progress, together with many
Category
1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$660
H 10 in W 10.5 in D 0.75 in
Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Nude and Unicorn, " High Style Art Deco Painting by Matulka, Blue
Black, 1944
By Jan Matulka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Works Progress Administration in the Roosevelt years. This painting shows all the hallmarks of high Art
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12.25 in W 17 in D 1 in
Subjective Farm Landscape abstract oil painting by Ralph Rosenborg
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Hudson, NY
Teaching, Easel, and Mural divisions of the Works Progress Administration. While in the Mural division he
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$20,500
H 24 in W 30 in
White Field
By MORRIS, CARL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
making figurative paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
By MORRIS, CARL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled
By MORRIS, CARL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Untitled (Triptych)
By MORRIS, CARL
Located in Palm Desert, CA
interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His figures became more
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Saddle Back Light"
Located in Southampton, NY
Golden Gate Exposition of San Francisco in 1939.
He was a supervisor for the Works Progress
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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