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Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Image/Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Edward
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms
By Agnes Hart
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
realist artist in the 1930’s. She was also WPA artist. Her longtime friend Milton Avery encouraged her
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neighbors
By Norman Barr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
comparison to Neighbors. During the 1970s, Barr served as President of the New York WPA Artists, Inc. In 1987
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl in Profile
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, and the Depression was hitting the nation causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Female Nude Study
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in northeastern Ohio.
After his death
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Standing Female Nude
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
line drawing style.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Edward Sommer (his son
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
An artist on the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Magic Realism Oil Painting National Gallery MOMA Thornberg Female 1930
s
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by WPA era artist Cleo Sara Thornberg whose work is represented in the
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude Woman in Chair
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, and the Depression was hitting the nation causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Tromp L
Oeil
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
was hitting the nation causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in
Category
1920s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Deco Woman
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in northeastern Ohio.
After his death
Category
1910s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in northeastern Ohio.
After his death at age 82, he
Category
1910s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in northeastern Ohio.
After his death
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA artist, doing murals in northeastern Ohio.
After his death
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Studio
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Sheffield, MA
. The US Government initiated the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project. Farruggio
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Covered Bridge
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Sheffield, MA
Depression set in. The US Government initiated the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signals
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Sheffield, MA
the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project. Farruggio took part in the project and
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Nude in Profile
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
example of the artist's "match stick" drawing technique, created by dipping a match stick in ink and using
Category
1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Traveling
by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Gauthier who was an illustrator, watercolorist, and a WPA artist. Lisa has a doctorate in clinical
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Words and Deeds
By Ben Wilson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who identied strongly with the plight of the Jews in Europe
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Hand signed and Estate stamped
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
acute awareness of the agony of the time, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Where Hummingbirds Swim,
by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
, watercolorist, and a WPA artist. Lisa has a doctorate in clinical psychology and her previous work as a
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
33% Off
Within,
by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
, watercolorist, and a WPA artist. Lisa has a doctorate in clinical psychology and her previous work as a clinical
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$480 Sale Price
33% Off
Ben Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
1975 by the artist and also with estate stamp - in addition to Ben Wilson's hand signature
Frame
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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
Rock Candy Mountain (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting) framed 70s
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who identified strongly with the plight of
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Permanent Marker
Submerging,
by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
her painting was her grandmother, Lucille Gauthier who was an illustrator, watercolorist, and a WPA
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$960 Sale Price
33% Off
The Hearth,
by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
, watercolorist, and a WPA artist. Lisa has a doctorate in clinical psychology and her previous work as a clinical
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
$560 Sale Price
33% Off
Modernist Rabbi In Synagogue Judaica Watercolor Harry Sternberg
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
composition, continuing to teach there for over 34 years.
During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Pink Vase with Flowers"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Czech American Floral Oil Painting Jan De Ruth Vibrant Modernist Flowers in Vase
By Jan De Ruth
Located in Surfside, FL
Gasser and Romain (Erte) De Tirtoff. He was a contemporary of many of the Jewish WPA artists who lived in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"City View"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,450
"Bottle
Glasses"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,625
Expressionist Judaica Havdalah Oil Painting Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
. He worked as a WPA artist.
Ben-Zion’s work is represented in many museums throughout the country
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Oil on Canvass "The Hunters" artist Benjamin Kopman
Located in Lambertville, NJ
by several others during the 1920s. Kopman worked for the WPA as an artist during the Depression and
Category
Vintage 1910s American Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children
Located in Yardley, PA
the Great Depression, was as a WPA artist. After a sojourn in Paris in 1938, he began a career as a
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Oil, Masonite
Charles White "Blues" 1971 African American Artist - Color Lithograph Framed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
able to work professionally with other artists with the WPA. In 1939 under the auspices of the W.P.A
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
, continuing to teach there for over 34 years.
During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
school of Abstract Expressionism. As a WPA artist, he painted the 12 feet by 235 foot mural, "Flight
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Studio Corner (Mid-Century Modern Abstract, Cubist Still Life of Interior Scene)
By Lionel Gilbert
Located in Hudson, NY
Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert
Mid century modern, abstracted still life painting, c. 1960
oil on
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tablescape (Mid-Century Abstract, Cubist Still Life Painting in Grey
Blue)
By Lionel Gilbert
Located in Hudson, NY
Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert
Mid century modern, abstracted still life painting, c. 1960
oil on
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ca. 1950, Black
White Ink Abstraction by Notable Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome ca. 1950 black & white Abstraction by important Modernist artist Jan Matulka. Image
Category
1950s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
After Showers – Maine Coast, an the anti-aging oil painting by Edward Christiana
Located in Hudson, NY
, noted WPA artist William Palmer came to MWPAI to establish the School of Art, forerunner of the current
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ozymandias (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting by renowned painter)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
acute awareness of the agony of the time, from the Holocaust to the Spanish Civil War. A WPA artist who
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rooftops (Framed 1970
s New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
University
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Tompkins Square (Abstract Figurative Urban Landscape Painting of New York City)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
color and simple brushwork.
This work straddles the artist's personal interest and commercial trends
Category
1960s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roebling
s Dream, The Great East River Bridge (NYC Cityscape by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
and comes with its original wood frame.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the
Category
1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Park Spring (Impressionistic Figurative Painting of Figures in a Park Landscape)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
Category
1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Early Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
University
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NEW DREAMS Signed Lithograph, Young Black Girl Portrait, Black History
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
Artists Guild was supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for many
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
EVENING THOUGHTS Signed Lithograph, Young Black Woman, Color Collage Portrait
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which provided employment for many artists during the
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fragments of August
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Surfside, FL
important abstract artists to emerge from there in the early 1940s. Kupferman worked as an artist for the
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
EVENING THOUGHTS Signed Lithograph, Young Black Woman, Color Collage Portrait
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
artists during the Depression. For Crichlow, the WPA was essential to the formation of many careers of
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NEW DREAMS Original Lithograph, Black History, African American Women
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
, and Aaron Douglas. The Artists Guild was supported by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Oil Painting Puerto Rican Outsider Latin American Art "Horsemen of Apocalypse"
By Juan De Prey
Located in Portland, OR
that also came to influence the artists of the WPA style.
The painting is signed lower left "Juan De
Category
1930s Outsider Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dean Meeker Horse and Rider, Silkscreen Print, 1970s
By Dean Meeker
Located in Littleton, CO
postwar printmaking — ideal for collectors of American modernism, WPA-era artists, or bold graphic works
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
$595 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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