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Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Philip Krevoruck 1919-1999 an accomplished WPA artist . A Gritty atmospheric Bar Scene from a
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era

Philip Krevoruck
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era, 1940s

$951
New York City Tenement Building Oil Painting Wpa Era
By Dorothy Grotz
Located in Surfside, FL
American Woman Artist Born in Philadelphia Studied: Berlin Univ., 1929; Columbia University. (M.S., 1945); ASL, 1947. Exhibited: Columbia Univ. Avery Library, NYC 1950; Van Diemen ...
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York City Tenement Building Oil Painting Wpa Era
New York City Tenement Building Oil Painting Wpa Era

Dorothy Grotz
New York City Tenement Building Oil Painting Wpa Era

$950
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern. The Whitney
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern

Michael Loew
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern, 1937

$40,000
Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting by Joep Nicolas (1897 - 1972). Oil on board, circa 1949
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting
Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting

Joep Nicolas
Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting, 1949

$1,750
Mid-Century Oil Painting In the Marketplace WPA Era NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
the mid-1930s, while practicing insurance as well as law, he began painting and print making with
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid-Century Oil Painting In the Marketplace WPA Era NYC Tenements
Mid-Century Oil Painting In the Marketplace WPA Era NYC Tenements

Frank Kleinholz
Mid-Century Oil Painting In the Marketplace WPA Era NYC Tenements, 1950

$2,600
Antique Signed Florida Modernist Fishing Pier Signed WPA Era Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist dock scene. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 30L x 24H.
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Signed Florida Modernist Fishing Pier Signed WPA Era Oil Painting
Antique Signed Florida Modernist Fishing Pier Signed WPA Era Oil Painting

Antique Signed Florida Modernist Fishing Pier Signed WPA Era Oil Painting, 1944

$716
Street Corner Mid Century Modernist Street Scene Oil Painting WPA Era
Located in Surfside, FL
20 X 16"; FRAMED 30 X 26" Signed Feigenbaum, oil on canvas modernist street scene depicting youth on a corner. Classic Americana.
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Corner Mid Century Modernist Street Scene Oil Painting WPA Era
Street Corner Mid Century Modernist Street Scene Oil Painting WPA Era

Street Corner Mid Century Modernist Street Scene Oil Painting WPA Era

$1,200
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century. 30 x 25 inches
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century

Norman Barr
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century, 1930 s/1940s

$6,500
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era. 30 x 40 inches. Oil
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era

Herman Volz
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era, c. 1939

$7,500
Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial This 24 x 36 inch
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial

Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial, 1930s/40s

$4,900
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in New York, NY
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism. Gregorio
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism

Gregorio Prestopino
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism, c. 1920s

$9,500
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
& painting, New York Hospital Lg., 1963-64. Provenance: Directly from the estate of Irma Sway, wife of
Category

1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era

Albert Sway
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era, ca. 1935

$200
"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s, " Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of stylized Social Realism influenced by Art Deco and WPA painting, this scene
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s, " Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene
"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s, " Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene

"Breakfast, New York Rowhouse, 1940s, " Brilliant WPA-Era Genre Scene

$3,400
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC Syd J. Browne
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern

Syd Browne
"Lower Manhattan" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern, c. 1930

$6,500
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne Jobless
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern

Syd Browne
"Jobless Men" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern, c. 1930

$6,500
"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and stunning example of WPA-era idealization of the American worker, glowing from
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth
"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth

$7,500
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing Mt. Adams WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing Mt. Adams WPA era
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing Mt. Adams WPA era

Albert Sway
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing Mt. Adams WPA era, ca. 1935

$300
Portrait of a Young Woman drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
., 1972; also medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New
Category

1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Portrait of a Young Woman drawing WPA era
Portrait of a Young Woman drawing WPA era

Albert Sway
Portrait of a Young Woman drawing WPA era, ca. 1935

$200
"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Located in New York, NY
"Ice Sakting" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC Syd J. Browne Ice
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC

Syd Browne
"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC, c. 1930

$6,500
Mid-Century Modern American Scene WPA Era "Cruise Ship Antics" c. 1940s Nautical
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern American Scene WPA Era "Cruise Ship Antics" c. 1940s Nautical Frederick Heppner
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern American Scene WPA Era "Cruise Ship Antics" c. 1940s Nautical
Mid-Century Modern American Scene WPA Era "Cruise Ship Antics" c. 1940s Nautical

Frederick Buchholz
Mid-Century Modern American Scene WPA Era "Cruise Ship Antics" c. 1940s Nautical, c. 1940s

$3,920
"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper . Daniel Celentano
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper
"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper

Daniel Ralph Celentano
"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper, c. 1930s

$2,900
Picnic by the River, WPA-Era Mural Study with Sailboats and Kite, Detroit Artist
By Edgar Yaeger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artists in Michigan's WPA program, depicts a series of figures along a rivers cape, boating, flying a kite
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Picnic by the River, WPA-Era Mural Study with Sailboats and Kite, Detroit Artist
Picnic by the River, WPA-Era Mural Study with Sailboats and Kite, Detroit Artist

Picnic by the River, WPA-Era Mural Study with Sailboats and Kite, Detroit Artist

$3,200
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century. Signed lower left
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century

William Gropper
WPA Social Realism American Scene Political Cartoon Depression Era Mid-Century, c. 1946

$2,700
Breaker Slope (the landscape construction by a coal mining operation / WPA era)
By Chet La More
Located in New Orleans, LA
A unique WPA era ink wash of the breaker slope at the construction site of a coal mine Chet La
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Breaker Slope (the landscape construction by a coal mining operation / WPA era)
Breaker Slope (the landscape construction by a coal mining operation / WPA era)

Chet La More
Breaker Slope (the landscape construction by a coal mining operation / WPA era), 1937

$500
Kansas City Skyline, 1930s WPA Era Modernist Line Drawing, Black White, Framed
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Modernist, 1930s WPA era cityscape of the Kansas City Skyline by Charles Bunnell (1897-1968
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Kansas City Skyline, 1930s WPA Era Modernist Line Drawing, Black White, Framed
Kansas City Skyline, 1930s WPA Era Modernist Line Drawing, Black White, Framed

Charles Ragland Bunnell
Kansas City Skyline, 1930s WPA Era Modernist Line Drawing, Black White, Framed, circa 1935

$780
The Bronx WPA Era American Modernism Mid-20th Century Work on Paper Realism NYC
Located in New York, NY
The Bronx WPA Era American Modernism Mid-20th Century Work on Paper Realism NYC. "Reservoir Oval
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Bronx WPA Era American Modernism Mid-20th Century Work on Paper Realism NYC
The Bronx WPA Era American Modernism Mid-20th Century Work on Paper Realism NYC

Goldie Lipson
The Bronx WPA Era American Modernism Mid-20th Century Work on Paper Realism NYC, 1948

$1,950
Study of a Male Nude (Original Thomas Hart Benton, Signed Authenticated)
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New Orleans, LA
his WPA-era paintings of rural Midwestern scenes, his drawings are less familiar - but they
Category

Mid-20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Study of a Male Nude (Original Thomas Hart Benton, Signed Authenticated)
Study of a Male Nude (Original Thomas Hart Benton, Signed Authenticated)

Thomas Hart Benton
Study of a Male Nude (Original Thomas Hart Benton, Signed Authenticated)

$3,840
"Coulee Dam Construction" WPA Precisionist Industrial Figurative American Scene
By Anton Refregier
Located in New York, NY
Anton Refregier painting "Coulee Dam Construction, " a WPA era industrial American Scene oil
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Coulee Dam Construction" WPA Precisionist Industrial Figurative American Scene
"Coulee Dam Construction" WPA Precisionist Industrial Figurative American Scene

Anton Refregier
"Coulee Dam Construction" WPA Precisionist Industrial Figurative American Scene, 1930s/40s

$30,000
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1976, Apocalypse
By Lotan Lotan
Located in Phoenix, AZ
was a resident of Cook County, Illinois. Several WPA era paintings signed Lotan Welshans are also
Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1976, Apocalypse
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1976, Apocalypse

Lotan Lotan
Lotan Lotan Surreal Painting Signed and Dated 1976, Apocalypse, 1976

$3,800
Woman in the city
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original 1930's WPA era modernist painting a woman seated in a downtown area
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in the city
Woman in the city

Woman in the city, 1930

$850
Henney "Side Servicing" WPA Era Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Incredibly beautiful painting by J W Kennedy.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Henney "Side Servicing" WPA Era Painting
Henney "Side Servicing" WPA Era Painting

Henney "Side Servicing" WPA Era Painting

WPA Era Jocks Room Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
My favorite purchase of the day ! This painting so completely captures the focus and thoughtful
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Board

WPA Era Jocks Room Painting
WPA Era Jocks Room Painting

WPA Era Jocks Room Painting

$2,200
WPA Era Jocks Room Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A classic inside peak of the Jocks Room at Bay Meadows.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Board

WPA Era Jocks Room Painting
WPA Era Jocks Room Painting

WPA Era Jocks Room Painting

$2,800
"Pittsburgh", WPA era
Located in San Francisco, CA
From the estate of Ben Harper comes this richly detailed WPA era industrial landscape depicting the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Board

"Pittsburgh", WPA era
"Pittsburgh", WPA era

"Pittsburgh", WPA era

WPA-era Mother and Child Painting
By Drossins
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vibrant and lovingly painted oil on canvas of mother and child. *We ship internationally*
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

WPA-era Mother and Child Painting
WPA-era Mother and Child Painting

WPA-era Mother and Child Painting

Amazing WPA era mural
Located in Treasure Island, CA
This mural depicts the history of Califonia. It was done by Marion Simpson, and originally hung in the Alameda/Contra Costa Pavillion at the 1939 Golden Gate Exhibition on Treasure ...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Linen

Amazing WPA era mural
Amazing WPA era mural

Amazing WPA era mural

$12,000
WPA Era "Coal Miners" by Iver Rose
Located in San Francisco, CA
: Exhibited at Marbella Gallery, NYC, NY "Narrative Paintings, March 16 - April 30, 2004 #35
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Masonite

WPA Era "Coal Miners" by Iver Rose
WPA Era "Coal Miners" by Iver Rose

WPA Era "Coal Miners" by Iver Rose

WPA Era A. E. Meltzer s New York City, c. 1939
By Anna Elkan Meltzer
Located in San Francisco, CA
canvas measures 13 3/4“ x 11 ¼”. The painting is signed and dated '39 on the lower left. It is housed in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

WPA Era A. E. Meltzer s New York City, c. 1939

WPA Era A. E. Meltzer s New York City, c. 1939

WPA Inspired Industrial Street Scene Painting
Located in Pasadena, CA
Highly decorative and well done WPA Depression Era painting in attractive gold leaf gallery frame
Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

WPA Inspired Industrial Street Scene Painting
WPA Inspired Industrial Street Scene Painting

WPA Inspired Industrial Street Scene Painting

$1,800
Early 20th Century WPA Style Industrial Painting of Men at Work in Period Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 1930's era WPA style industrial painting of men at work by Romanian / American artist John Barber
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Early 20th Century WPA Style Industrial Painting of Men at Work in Period Frame
Early 20th Century WPA Style Industrial Painting of Men at Work in Period Frame

Early 20th Century WPA Style Industrial Painting of Men at Work in Period Frame

$1,695
Colorful Mexican Street Scene Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A lively mexican street scene painting by WPA era painter, Drossins
Category

Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Colorful Mexican Street Scene Painting
Colorful Mexican Street Scene Painting

Colorful Mexican Street Scene Painting

Nice Saddle
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA era burro painting. To me there is nothing more chic than this type of simple expression
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Board

Nice Saddle
Nice Saddle

Nice Saddle

"Sunday. Pleasant Street" by Gertrude Andrews. Dated1942
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A WPA era oil on canvas painting by Gertrude Andrews of a street scene in Baltimore, MD.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

"Sunday. Pleasant Street" by Gertrude Andrews. Dated1942
"Sunday. Pleasant Street" by Gertrude Andrews. Dated1942

"Sunday. Pleasant Street" by Gertrude Andrews. Dated1942

$3,250
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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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