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Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
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 Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
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 Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Circus Performers by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
, Smith painted for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Animal Kingdom,
Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artists in San Francisco for many years, and served as Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Tattoo Parlor Sailor (WPA era woman artist)
By Helen Malta
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Metropolitan Museum of Art reproduction rights stamp on reverse stretcher dated 10-37. Unframed.
Helen Malta
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
“New Americans" 1941 WPA Exhibited Carnegie Percy Albee
Located in Exton, PA
Monumental, important WPA painting signed by Percy Albee. The painting is oil canvas measuring 36
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Boats
— American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Tenant Farmers
— Depression Era, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Administration (WPA).
Literature: 'Depression Printmakers as Workers', Mary Francey, 1988.
Impressions of this
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
dimensions: 19 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.
Albert Pels was an art educator and painter of figures, genre scenes, urban
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unemployed Marchers
— American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
391 mm).
Exhibited: “Art, Activism, and the WPA,” University of Richmond Museums in Virginia, 2013
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mid Century Modern Mother and Baby Playing Figurative - Nude
Located in Soquel, CA
, having been assembled by the Washington office of the WPA art program for national tours that lasted for
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Outdoor Market WPA sketch
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, 2003) was an American artist known for his WPA murals in New York City. Margolis was born in born in
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Consort
, Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with his family as a child. Ulreich attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where he studied under
Category
1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period -
Midtown Galleries label on verso, Unframed Signed and dated upper right
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
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 Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Back Fence with Bird. - Mid-Century - WPA Artist
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Miami, FL
The Mid-Century mindset
As expected, 65 years ago.. people looked at art/painting a little
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Hilaire Hiler 1934 WPA Era Color Serigraph – Native American Fox Costume Art
By Hilaire Hiler
Located in Denver, CO
of WPA-era art, Native American themes, and American modernism.
Condition: Excellent vintage
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Oil Painting Alan Tompkins Surrealist Cubism WPA Artist
By Alan Tompkins
Located in Surfside, FL
the Later Pop Art works of Roy Lichtenstein. Alan Tompkins a prolific artist, he continued to paint
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loop Alley
— Modernist Chicago Cityscape, WPA
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
exhibition Beyond the Surface: WPA Works of Charles Turzak, presented at the Figge Art Museum from November
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Oregon Coast
, Art Institute of Chicago, AIC, Works Project Association, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
who first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and was commissioned to paint murals by the Works
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D
Paris WPA Female Equestrienne
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
fine arts at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Two Figures, " Louis Stone, Abstract, American WPA Modernism
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
dated lower right
Louis King Stone was born in Findlay, Ohio in 1902 and received formal art training
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter
Located in Marco Island, FL
1940. A WPA artist and talented muralist, Fredenthal depicts the working girls trying to relieve men
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
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
Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline
, New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1908, he also studied at the private art school of the Grand Duke of Hesse
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
South-Western Landscape
, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Sailing
— Modernism, New York City WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
condition. Scarce.
Created for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Negro
— California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Project (WPA).
Impressions of this work are held in the public collections of La Salle University Art
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"New Hampshire Winter" Georgina Klitgaard, Female WPA, Northeastern Landscape
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign artists to membership in one
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, WPA, American Modernist, New York
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, Modernist, Rich Green Vegetation, WPA
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Court
— WPA Social Conscience, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
City Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Collection: National Gallery of Art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Yenta gossips in the kitchen peeling. humorous Yiddish art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Steps
— WPA Era Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
225 mm).
Collections: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery.
ABOUT THE
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Man Seated on Front Porch (WPA Social Realist Era Landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
working people. He did not paint for the WPA, but eked out a living with private sales, augmented by
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mid-20th Century Folk Art WPA Style Oil on Canvas Painting, Pelham Bay Park
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Charming folk depiction of Pelham Bay Park.
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
WPA Artist woodblock print "Letter from overseas"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in
Category
1930s American Realist Interior Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Chorus Line
, Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. After graduating from art school, she was granted four years of WPA's Federal Arts Project funding.
In
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil Painting Panel "Ocho Rios" Jamaica
Located in Portland, OR
at the Art Students League of New York and was active in the WPA. Her papers are currently in the
Category
1940s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mexican Siesta Pastel Drawing Ecole D
Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
fine arts at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Portrait Drawing Bearded Man Ecole D
Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
fine arts at the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem. In 1917 he joined the British Royal Fuesiliers under
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
“Crossroads, c. 1940” WPA Polish-American Expressionist Modernist Oil Signed
By Sol Wilson
Located in Yardley, PA
.
Wilson’s teaching positions included the Y.M.H.A., the School of Art Studies, American Artists School and
Category
1940s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Board
Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
quit in 1922 to enroll at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and the Chicago Academy of
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Modern Art
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Modern Art
Louise Emerson
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, WPA, Modernist, Farm, Barn, Rural Scene
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Plowing It Under
— WPA Era American Regionalism
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
following museum collections: Albany Institute of History and Art, Crystal Bridges of American Art, Currier
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon
Located in Portland, OR
Works of Art Project, a relief program which preceded the WPA Federal Arts Program which employed him
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Workers (No. 1)
— 1930s WPA Modernist Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the artist for the Federal Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Image size 6 3/8
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Workers (No. 2)
— 1930s WPA Modernist Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Image size 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (152 x
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Abstract Landscape
, California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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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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