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Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category

1930s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century

Jo Cain
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century, c. 1930s

$8,500
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era

Jo Cain
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era, c. 1930s

$6,000
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of steel mill and factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill and factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill and factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill and factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa. 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill and factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa. 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill factory worker by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist Harold Haydon, circa 1935

$385
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of steel mill factory workers by notable
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon, circa 1935

$385
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid- 20th Century WPA Era Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era

Jo Cain
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era, c. 1930s

$5,000
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1974, Artist on Top of the World
By Lotan Lotan
Located in Phoenix, AZ
resident of Cook County, Illinois. Several WPA era paintings signed Lotan Welshans are also known to exist
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint

Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1974, Artist on Top of the World
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1974, Artist on Top of the World

Lotan Lotan
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1974, Artist on Top of the World, 1974

$1,800
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court

Guy Pène Du Bois
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court, 1930s

$75,000
Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection (2023 - 24) at the Crocker Art Museum, the Oceanside Museum
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Winged Victory of Los Angeles

Edward Biberman
Winged Victory of Los Angeles, c. 1960

$65,000
Selection of Mid-Century Jazz Themed Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
" H x 28" W. 3) WPA era jazz age painting, unsigned, American, circa 1930s. It measures 27.5" H x 21.5
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper

Selection of Mid-Century Jazz Themed Paintings
Selection of Mid-Century Jazz Themed Paintings

Selection of Mid-Century Jazz Themed Paintings

$650 / item
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)
By George Biddle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
experimented with a variety of media during the WPA Era including murals, painting, and sculpture. He received
Category

1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Mixed Media

Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)

George Biddle
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife), 1936

$12,500
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green
By Paul Kauver Smith
Located in Denver, CO
This WPA-era signed oil painting by Paul K. Smith captures a stormy summer landscape in Colorado
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green

Paul Kauver Smith
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green, circa 1940

$1,950 Sale Price
35% Off
"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Fine Arts for landscape painting, and in 1935 the Carnegie prize of the National Academy. WPA
Materials

Gouache

"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.
"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.

Harry Gottlieb
"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece., 1939

$3,500
Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus
Located in Wiscasset, ME
It does appear to have a signature, but I cannot make out the name. Very well executed.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus

Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus

$3,900
"Navajo Women, " Important WPA-era Painting by Frances Badger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
their dignity and Navajo finery -- was painted by Frances Badger, an important Chicago painter and WPA
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Navajo Women, " Important WPA-era Painting by Frances Badger
"Navajo Women, " Important WPA-era Painting by Frances Badger

"Navajo Women, " Important WPA-era Painting by Frances Badger

$6,500
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

Eugenie Fish Glaman WPA Era Painting of Mother Dog and Pups
Eugenie Fish Glaman WPA Era Painting of Mother Dog and Pups

Eugenie Fish Glaman WPA Era Painting of Mother Dog and Pups

$1,795
WPA Era Painting of a Power Plant at the University of Cincinnati D Behm
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Wonderful WPA painting that captures the industrial realism of the 1930s. Oil on canvas, signed in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Paint

WPA Era Painting of a Power Plant at the University of Cincinnati D Behm
WPA Era Painting of a Power Plant at the University of Cincinnati D Behm

WPA Era Painting of a Power Plant at the University of Cincinnati D Behm

$3,950
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

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s, 1963

$5,500
Amusement Pier (WPA era Social Realist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
the Depression and taught art for the WPA. Charles moved to Los Angeles in 1938 when he got a job
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Rag Paper

Amusement Pier (WPA era Social Realist painting)
Amusement Pier (WPA era Social Realist painting)

Charles Schlein
Amusement Pier (WPA era Social Realist painting), ca. 1930

$800
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
El Pulsa de México, an English-language magazine. After that time, he dedicated himself to painting
Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Maurice Becker
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

$2,400
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper. In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era

Ervin B. Nussbaum
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era

$2,600
WPA Era Mural Style Painting of Men Working, American, 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic WPA era muralistic style painting of men working. Signed and dated 1937 on front. Oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Other

WPA Era Mural Style Painting of Men Working, American, 1930s
WPA Era Mural Style Painting of Men Working, American, 1930s

WPA Era Mural Style Painting of Men Working, American, 1930s

$3,400
New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Surfside, FL
Subject: American Family Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States In this painting
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins
New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins

Joseph Wolins
New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins

$2,600
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole. Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew. Birth place: Baltimore artist, blo...
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era

Theresa Berney Loew
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era

$1,800
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
not on account of his father's fame. In 1936 Romano was worked for the WPA Federal Art Project
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era

Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era, c. 1940s

$5,500
Dam Construction in the Mountains Colorado, 1930s WPA Era American Scene Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by Beulah House Beardsley circa 1935 depicting dam construction in the
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dam Construction in the Mountains Colorado, 1930s WPA Era American Scene Painting
Dam Construction in the Mountains Colorado, 1930s WPA Era American Scene Painting

Beulah Beardsley
Dam Construction in the Mountains Colorado, 1930s WPA Era American Scene Painting, circa 1935

$4,750
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

$6,500
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art

Abram Tromka
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art, c.1930 s

$3,600
"Seamstresses" American Scene Modernism WPA Figurative Depression Era Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
," a fine example of 1930's - 40s American realism, modernism painted in the WPA - Depression Era. A
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Seamstresses" American Scene Modernism WPA Figurative Depression Era Realism
"Seamstresses" American Scene Modernism WPA Figurative Depression Era Realism

Jo Cain
"Seamstresses" American Scene Modernism WPA Figurative Depression Era Realism, 1930s/40s

$33,000
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Bernard Gussow was
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist

Bernard Gussow
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist, c.1940s

$800
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
the mountains of Colorado, WPA Era, circa 1935. Colors include red, orange, brown beige, green, cream
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape

Louise Ronnebeck
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape, circa 1935

$2,470
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers Canvas measure 28
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers

Harry Gottlieb
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers, c. 1940s

$4,900
"Rag Pickers" NYC Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Figurative Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Rag Pickers" by Thomas Attardi is an oil painting showing a depression era New York City. Painted
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Rag Pickers" NYC Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Figurative Realism
"Rag Pickers" NYC Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Figurative Realism

Thomas Attardi
"Rag Pickers" NYC Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Figurative Realism, 1930s

$35,000
Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, Impressionist WPA Era
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
painting classes at Prince Alfred College under James Ashton and on leaving school continued to study under
Category

1930s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, Impressionist WPA Era
Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, Impressionist WPA Era

Hayley Lever
Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, Impressionist WPA Era, 1933

$1,800
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC
Located in New York, NY
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC Saul Kovner (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC

Saul Kovner
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC, 1945

$18,000
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William L Engle
Located in New York, NY
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Oil on board, 24
Category

1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism

William L Engle
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism, 1940s

$8,500
THREE MEN ON A BENCH Chicago WPA Figurative Urban Depression Era American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Institute of Chicago. He was an artist on the WPA. The painting measure 26 x 36 inches. Housed in a carved
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

THREE MEN ON A BENCH Chicago WPA Figurative Urban Depression Era American Scene
THREE MEN ON A BENCH Chicago WPA Figurative Urban Depression Era American Scene

Carl Nyquist
THREE MEN ON A BENCH Chicago WPA Figurative Urban Depression Era American Scene, circa 1935

$8,500
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist. Signed lower left
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist, circa 1930

$7,500
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right Framed by Bark Baker was a self-taught illustrator. Most of his works were covers for Time Magazine, although he was responsible for eleven covers for Fortune Mag...
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist, circa 1930

$4,500
Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Modernist WPA era painting by Arnold Blanch (1896-1968) of a Colorado Landscape, likely
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting
Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting

Arnold Blanch
Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting, circa 1935

$4,250
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
By Miron Sokole
Located in New York, NY
York City to rural Kansas by the Works Progress Administration. The WPA sent several well-known New
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial

Miron Sokole
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial, circa 1940

$3,300
Untitled (Vintage 1930s Modernist WPA Era Line Drawing of Kansas City)
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage circa 1935 WPA era Line Drawing of the Kansas City Skyline with buildings and road by
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Untitled (Vintage 1930s Modernist WPA Era Line Drawing of Kansas City)
Untitled (Vintage 1930s Modernist WPA Era Line Drawing of Kansas City)

Charles Bunnell
Untitled (Vintage 1930s Modernist WPA Era Line Drawing of Kansas City), circa 1935

$1,920
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor
By Louis Bouché
Located in New York, NY
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor. Louis Bouche (1986
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor

Louis Bouché
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor, c. 1933

$3,900
"Gas Pumps" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Early 20th Century Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Gas Pumps" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Early 20th Century Industrial Herbert Heyel
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Gas Pumps" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Early 20th Century Industrial
"Gas Pumps" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Early 20th Century Industrial

Herbert Heyel
"Gas Pumps" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Early 20th Century Industrial, c. 1922

$3,500
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era

Jo Cain
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era, c. 1930s

$5,000
Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism. Signed lower left
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism

William Gropper
Job Hunters WPA Depression Era Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism, 1925/26

$2,000
Large WPA Style Painting Of Hobos At California Train Station
Located in Chicago, IL
Very much in the style of WPA era artwork, this large painting on canvas depicts two vagabonds at
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large WPA Style Painting Of Hobos At California Train Station
Large WPA Style Painting Of Hobos At California Train Station

Large WPA Style Painting Of Hobos At California Train Station

$3,500
1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist
By Charles Silberman
Located in Surfside, FL
14x15.5 framed , 3x4.75 sight size Miniature Landscape Study by American artist, CHARLES SILBERMAN Des Moines, Iowa, b. 1925, d. 2011
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Pen, Pencil

1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist
1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist

Charles Silberman
1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist, 1950

$450
American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Social Realism WPA Era Scene Pin-Up
Located in New York, NY
American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Social Realism WPA Era Scene Pin-Up Arthur Rosenman Ross
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Board

American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Social Realism WPA Era Scene Pin-Up
American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Social Realism WPA Era Scene Pin-Up

Arthur Rosenman Ross
American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Social Realism WPA Era Scene Pin-Up, 1933

$5,000
Winter (Winter on the Hudson)
By George Biddle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
experimented with a variety of media during the WPA Era including murals, easel painting, and sculpture. He
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter (Winter on the Hudson)
Winter (Winter on the Hudson)

George Biddle
Winter (Winter on the Hudson), 1927

$30,000
Remarkable Futurist Italian Ceramic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Italian style. The figural detailing on the body of the piece is reminiscent of the depression era WPA
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

Remarkable Futurist Italian Ceramic Sculpture
Remarkable Futurist Italian Ceramic Sculpture

Remarkable Futurist Italian Ceramic Sculpture

$24,000
Edith Hamlin
By Maynard Dixon
Located in Soquel, CA
his strong linear WPA era paintings. Minor age toning and wear on paper.
Category

1940s Expressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Edith Hamlin
Edith Hamlin

Maynard Dixon
Edith Hamlin, 1940

$3,500
Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
that WPA period feel. A pensive painting sure to bring you peace. With frame it measures 33" x 27
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)
Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)

Bernard Green
Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)

$2,500
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Wpa Era Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of wpa era paintings for sale on 1stDibs. There are many Modern, Abstract and Impressionist versions of these works for sale. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add wpa era paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, black, beige and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Albert Sway, Ernest Hamlin Baker, Stephen Csoka, Harry Gottlieb and Maurice Kish are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Wpa Era Paintings?

Wpa era paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $3,400, while the lowest priced sells for $200 and the highest can go for as much as $75,000.

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