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Russian American Abstract Oil Painting Nahum Tschacbasov WPA Artist Group of Ten
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was a Jewish Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
themes, Judaica, balancing acrobats, cyclists, trapeze artists and mothers and children convey
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
optimistic, affirming themes, Judaica, balancing acrobats, cyclists, trapeze artists and mothers and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
careers as academicians and evolved into modernists and increasingly abstract artists.
Over thirty pieces
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA in this period. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil
American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
Society of Independent Artists, 1938
World's Fair, New York, 1939
Library of Congress, 1943-45
Albright
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
WPA Styled Painting by John Imhoff
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A painting in the style of the works of WPA artists depicting a person painting shutters done in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Primitive Paintings
Materials
Paint
Fantastic Hand Carved W.P.A. Artist "End Of The Run"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LARGE HAND CARVED WPA ARTIST INDIAN ON HORSEBACK ,KNOW AS THE END OF THE RUN.THIS LARGE OVERSIZE
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Mother and Child Painting by M. Roe
Located in Manhasset, NY
M. Roe WPA Artist from 1946.
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Wonderful WPA plaster kneeling nude woman estate of Paul Rudin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the WPA artist Paul Rudin's works and papers. We have handled some of Rudin's work in the past as as
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Wonderful WPA plaster kneeling nude woman estate of Paul Rudin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the WPA artist Paul Rudin's works and papers. We have handled some of Rudin's work in the past as as
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
egyptian inspired "black kings" by african-american artist thelma johnson streat
By Thelma Johnson Streat
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
WPA artist with sargent johnson and diego rivera.
Category
Vintage 1940s American Tribal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Ballerina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic portrait by American WPA artist Buckley MacGurrin.
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
Sheep Grazing
By Earle N. Scherm
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modernist landscape painting by American WPA artist Earle N. Sherm
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Composition of Two Women by Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in New York, NY
WPA Artist. Ulreich painted murals for Radio City Music Hall.He exhibited at The Art Institue of
Category
20th Century Paintings
Richard Ayer Painting "Phyllis"
Located in Oakland, CA
Late 30's Cubist painting by San Francisco WPA artist, Richard Ayer. A portrait of Ayers wife
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
Eugenie Fish Glaman WPA Era Painting of Mother Dog and Pups
Located in Peabody, MA
A 1930s era painting of a mother dog and her pups (litter of six) by the esteemed Chicago artist
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Backyards (WPA Philadelphia cityscape Urban landscape)
By Thomas Flavell
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
buildings in old Philadelphia neighborhoods. Flavell was also a Pennsylvania WPA artist.
Thomas Flevell
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
GRAIN
By Frank Cassara
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, inches, sheet 19 x13 inches
Cassara was a WPA artist and worked n Detroit
Labor, Regionalism, Farms
Category
1930s American Realist More Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CORN
By Frank Cassara
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Image 10 ¾ x 8 ½ inches.
Sheet 13 x 9 ¾ inches.
Cassara was a WPA artist and worked in Detroit
Labor
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Early Folding Screen by Georg Jensen
By Georg Jensen
Located in Pawtucket, RI
, printed by WPA Artist Bernard Steffen. Number 19 of 200. Executed in 1945. Signed "Tony Palazzo 45
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Wood
"Barber Shop" Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modernism NYC
By Harry Sternberg
Located in New York, NY
educator. During the Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago, Chester
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life of Flowers" by Zoltan Sepeshy
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Tempera on board, signed lower left. WPA artist.
Born 1898, Kassa, Hungary (now Kosice, Czech
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
A Still Life of Flowers
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Tempera on board, signed lower left. WPA artist. Born 1898, Kassa, Hungary (now Kosice, Czech
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Oil on Canvas of Mariners Sharing a Meal, USA c 1930s
Located in Norwalk, CT
A group of mariners, sharing a meal on-board their ship. In the style of WPA artists featuring
Category
Vintage 1930s American Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Paint
Downtown New York Painting by Hubert Davis, circa 1940
By Hubert Davis
Located in Doylestown, PA
A fabulous and important painting of New York City, Downtown, by Hubert Davis (1902-1981) noted WPA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Cubist "Lovers" by Albert Wein
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful terracotta sculpture by the noted American artist Albert Wein. He was a WPA artist and
Category
20th Century American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Lightning on the Beach" NYC Modern WPA American Scene Mid-Century LGBT
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
1939, as well as, on the board the WPA Artists. One of the most important murals done by Albert Pels
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Cubist Portrait
By Van Hood Ferguson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
York City.
Ferguson worked as a WPA artist during the depression. In 1937, he was awarded a prize at
Category
1940s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
Located in New York, NY
in 1955. As a WPA artist during the Depression, he did murals in Western New York and chose boxing
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Figural Nude Sculpture Attributed to Dorothy Robbins
By Dorothy Robbins
Located in Peabody, MA
example of the American social realist style popular among WPA artists of the 1930s and reflective of an
Category
Vintage 1940s American Sculptures
Materials
Iron
1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Hellenic Study, " Superb Art Deco Male Nude by Sambugnac
By Alexander Sambugnac
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, was drawn by Alexander Sambugnac, a WPA artist responsible for bas reliefs in several U.S. Post
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Pencil
1940
s American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1940
s American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1930
s American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Harlem River Dr
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely modernist nude by WPA artist Adelaide Briggs.
Briggs attended the Cornell School of
Category
1940s Other Art Style Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940 Modernist Figurative Landscape Painting American Hopscotch Surreal
Located in Buffalo, NY
a WPA artist and administrator, Fortess taught at the Art Students League, Brooklyn Museum Art
Category
1940s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
Riva Helfond (1910–2002) was an American artist and printmaker best known for her social realist
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color
Large Abstract Painting by William Freed
By William Freed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
York and the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art. Freed was also a WPA artist.
Freed's paintings are in
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Oil on Canvas Painting of Finger Lakes, NY by Frank A. Barney, circa 1950
Located in Big Flats, NY
(first prize), 1946 (prize)
Member: SC
Work: Syracuse Mus. FA; Binghamton Mus. A. WPA artist.
Sources
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
1940
s Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
right
Country Scene
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
w/Frame: 17 1/2" x 21 3/4"
Riva Helfond (1910–2002) was an American artist and printmaker best
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Early Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Early Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Quadriptych WPA Chicago Jewish Artist
By Harry Mintz
Located in Surfside, FL
In this abstract quadriptych composition by Harry S. Mintz, the artist demonstrates vigorous
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA
Modern Expressionist Artist
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Fulton, CA
A WPA style lithograph titled "The Argument" by Herman Roderick Vols (1904-1990). Pencil signed and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Woman Artist in Studio Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D
Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Woman Artist in Studio Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D
Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous Jewish American artist
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
, muralist, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
of etchings, each composed of Ben-Zion’s biblical themes. He worked as a WPA artist.
Ben-Zion’s work
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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