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Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
" for his art. "I thought the Thirties was a very vital time for American art. . . . With the WPA, you
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Raging Bull Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By William Baziotes
Located in New York, NY
Academy of Design. During the late 1930s, the artist worked for the WPA Federal Art Project, both as a
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
“Figure in a Landscape”
Located in Southampton, NY
1938, her figurines of cowboys, Indians and soldiers toured California as part of the WPA Federal Art
Category
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
, (1937-1938). She also worked as an apprentice to Sterne on the Federal Art Project (WPA) murals in San
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art Center at the 92nd Street Y, which
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arthur Smith Original Painting of Acrobats
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
. They continue to be highly collectible, especially among those who want both WPA and boxing venue art
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
York City where he was appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Philip Reisman Early Painting New York Subject - Delaney Street
By Philip Reisman
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Harry Wickes from 1927-1928.
The Works Project Administration (WPA) and the Public Works Art Project
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Original Arthur Smith Modernist Erotic Painting
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
continue to be highly collectible, especially among those who want both WPA and boxing venue art pieces
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
was on the WPA project art project, Solman painted full time. New York streets, harbors, parks
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Denver Art Museum, 1938
Springfield (MA) Museum of Fine Art
WPA Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Art Museum, among others. For a time, Folinsbee worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where he was an
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Demagogue or Tale in a Tub
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Queens, New York, and was an instructor at the WPA’s Queensboro Art Center. He was so committed to
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
art institution sparked by the WPA.
His art collection once included more than 1,000 paintings from
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Maresca Encaustic Wax Oil Painting and Tile On Board Still Life w Fruit
By Joseph Maresca
Located in Surfside, FL
University and at City University of New York, and has authored a book—WPA Buildings: Architecture and Art of
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
Church in Leadville, Colorado, 1930s Framed Landscape Watercolor
Ink Painting
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
her murals featured in post offices across the country as part of the WPA's Federal Art Project. Known
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor
1945 Portrait of Bessy Lyon by Hayes Lyon, Mid-Century American Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
later in life. A key member of the WPA Colorado Art Project, his works are held in prominent collections
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,550 Sale Price
51% Off
Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape
By Fred O. Bohne
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco in 1933-40. Bohne was employed by the Federal Art Project WPA, a painter and lithographer.
Source
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
1970s Mid-Century Minimalist Black
White Abstract Oil by Edward Chavez
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
significant contributions to American abstract painting and the WPA mural movement. His public art commissions
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Silk Screen Unit of the Fine Arts Project of the WPA.
Jules studied art at Baltimore City College, and
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Southern Landscape
Located in Milford, NH
remained for the balance of her career, participating in the Public Works of Art and WPA Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Nude with Drape
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
numerous awards and strong critical response.He completed several WPA and Federal Art Project Commissions
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
either the Public Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
worked on murals for the WPA Federal Art Project including ones for Queensborough Public Library
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mother and Child, expressionist painting
By Victor Thall
Located in San Francisco, CA
. He participated in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939. He taught at
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting
By Victor Thall
Located in San Francisco, CA
the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939. He taught at the Art Students
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Naturalistic Woman Holding a Calf Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
(WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Nude Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Plaster
"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Houston, TX
(WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Naturalistic Three White Lotus Waterlilies Still Life Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the
Category
1970s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Abstract Bronze” Modern Gold Ribbon Sculpture with Stand
Located in Houston, TX
(WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Dancers
— 1930s American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
abstraction.
The Figge Art Museum mounted an exhibition of Turzak’s WPA-era graphics, ‘Beyond the Surface
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Barn in Moonlight by Frederick John Mulhaupt American Oil Canvas Laid on Board
Located in West Hollywood, CA
artists to participate in WPA art projects, he painted murals during this time still hang in Gloucester
Category
Early 20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$16,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Alston founded the Harlem Artists Guild with Savage and Elba Lightfoot to work toward equality in WPA art
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue
Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
Masses and joined the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. When Maynard Walker Gallery closed
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$5,440 Sale Price
31% Off
STILL LIFE WITH FROWERS
By Philip Reisman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Harry Wickes from 1927-1928.
The Works Project Administration (WPA) and the Public Works Art Project
Category
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$925 Sale Price
43% Off
Macaques 4.35.
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1963.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!
By Bernard Joseph Steffen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
are in many museums. His WPA / Federal Art Project prints are held in 13 Museum collections according
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
“Untitled”
By James Brooks
Located in Southampton, NY
, Missouri, and moved with his family to Dallas in 1916. He studied art at Southern Methodist University
Category
1960s Post-Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Judaica Shtetl Synagogue interior Study House
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in American Art
Who's Who in
Category
1930s Interior Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1963.
The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Union City, NJ
including Cooper Union. From 1935 to 1938, he was a WPA artist with the Federal Art Project, and this job
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peace
By Anton Refregier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
opportunity to choose between two assignments for his first WPA—Federal Art Project. He was given the choice
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
either the Public Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
either the Public Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Avalon South
—— Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, developed as a fine art medium by WPA artists, was gaining broad recognition. He experimented with pochoir
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
GLADYS
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA. 14 1/2 x 10 inches, 370 x 253 mm. Scarce. In excellent
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,000
BACKSTAGE
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Portland, ME
. Signed in pencil, lower right, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA," lower left. 8 3/8 x 6 7/8
Category
1930s Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
available. Artists were included in the Public Works of Art Project and then the WPA Federal Art Project
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Nude — Mid-Century Modernism, Renowned African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
joined the WPA at the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest New York center for instruction in the
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Dropping In
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Works of Art Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where he was an
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
untitled (Duck taking to flight, flushed by a dog)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Project or the Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where he was an instructor at the
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Canadian Geese in Flight
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Minnesota WPA Federal Art Project.
In Minneapolis, where he was an instructor at the Minneapolis School of
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
"Abstract Composition" by Louis Schanker
Located in Wiscasset, ME
available. Artists were included in the Public Works of Art Project and then the WPA Federal Art Project
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
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- What is a WPA poster?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022WPA, or Work Projects Administration posters were a government program from 1936 to 1943 that supported the arts, health and educational programs. More than 2000 posters are said to exist. You can shop a collection of WPA posters from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- What is a WPA mural?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A WPA mural was a public work of art owing to a federal government program that came to fruition in the United States during the 1930s. WPA stands for Works Progress Administration. As part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the government-funded Works Progress Administration hired artists, illustrators, graphic designers and more to paint murals and create sculptures in schools, municipal buildings and elsewhere all over the United States — the effort, which included teaching art classes to children and budding artists, was put in place to build morale and offer employment during the Great Depression.
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