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Liza Monk (1906-?) Brutalist nail sculpture of Hercules WPA artist based in CA
By Monk Designs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Brutalist sculpture of Hercules by Liza Monk - Los Angeles based WPA artist.
Heavy and welded
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide
Located in Stamford, CT
1939 The WPA Guide to New York City: The Federal Writers’ Project Guide. Rare Hardcover 1st edition.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the 1930's. Titled "Aztec" and is signed on the lower edge. Listed in the Donal Hord book....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Of Truth or Consequences", WPA-style Oil Painting, 1940s, Deep Pink, Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in gorgeous shades of deep pink, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan, a celebrated modernist from Phi...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male
Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
scene in the 1930s and 1940s, and was the administrator for the WPA Illinois Art Project for several
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
"Half Nude Standing Male", WPA Era Sculpture, Brents Carlton, Golden Gate Expo
By Brents Carlton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Handsome and important, this glazed ceramic sculpture of a standing half-nude male, dressed in a pair of pants held up by a rope for a belt, was sculpted by Brents Carlton in the 193...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not signed, this brilliant scene of a nude black male figure, marvelling at a vision of angels in the heaven from his position on the ground below, is reminiscent of the ear...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Rima the Jungle Girl", Art Deco/WPA Sculpture by Eckhardt, from Green Mansions
By Edris Eckhardt
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, and was primarily known for ceramic sculpture in the 1930s and 1940s. This sculpture is a WPA piece
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Guy Pène du Bois (American, 1884-1958) "La Chapelle Des Pecheurs" WPA Modernism
Located in Atlanta, GA
This captivating oil on board painting, titled "La Chapelle Des Pêcheurs" (The Fishermen's Chapel), exemplifies Guy Pène du Bois's distinctive style, blending modernism with a deep s...
Category
Early 20th Century American French Provincial Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red
Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$12,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign ann...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
"Falling Satyr, " Superb Art Deco Panel with Male Nude by WPA Sculptor
By Don Griffith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
falling satyr, his legs and arms akimbo, was carved by Don Griffith, a WPA artist in Colorado. Dated 1933
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Wood
"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
example of WPA-style portraiture, and in the tradition of Evans' documentary photographs, it depicts a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$14,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
successful muralists, and he painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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
Caution School Zone WPA Style Wood Sign Red White and Blue Hand Painted
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Chunky red, white and blue hand painted school safety zone sign. Super graphic and bold. Nice thick construction.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Signs
Materials
Wood
"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " WPA-Era Painting, Semi-Nude Male Figure, Dark Pink
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman, this vivid painting, glowing with the colors of red clay, slate and dusty pink, ca...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$7,125 Sale Price
25% Off
"Adam and Eve on Island of Peace, " Remarkable WPA-Era Print of Peace Amidst War
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This print depicts a nude Adam and Eve in a small island of peace and plenty, surrounded by the ravages and storms of World War II. The placid scene at the center, full of innocence ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints
Materials
Paper
Rare Hand-Carved and Hand-Adzed WPA Period Trastero from New Mexico
Located in San Francisco, CA
Colonial tradition, Works Progress Administration (WPA) furniture is among the most visible vestiges of the
Category
Early 20th Century American Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
WPA Painting of a Nubian Male
By WPA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Truly a great WPA style portrait of a Nubian male. In the original frame.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
WPA Style Painting
Located in Washington, D.C., DC
Alley scene painted in the WPA style. Unsigned
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
WPA Ceramic Sculpture Balloon Man
By Louise Pain
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a whimsical figurine of a clown or carnie with balloons by Chicago WPA artist Louise Pain
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
WPA Color Lithograph by Francis Shields
Located in Coral Gables, FL
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. The print measures 11 ¾” high by 15 ¾ wide and is
Category
20th Century American Prints
Signed WPA Painting Horses and Riders
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted very much in the style of WPA murals, this is a handsome painting from that period.
The
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Board
WPA Painting by William Lewis Clarke
By William Lewis Clarke
Located in San Francisco, CA
downward. It is finely painted in
a modernist, realist style and may have been a study for a WPA
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Incredible WPA Marble Table by Gaetano Duccini
By Gaetano Duccini
Located in Los Angeles, CA
WPA in the SF Bay area and his work is seen in numerous installations. Rarely does a piece of his work
Category
Vintage 1930s American Center Tables
Terrific WPA Painting Titled, "Catwalk" by Fisher
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A terrific WPA painting circa 1930s-1940s titled, "Catwalk," and signed Fisher. The painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Set of Four WPA Style Ship Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four framed WPA style oil paintings probably painted in the late 1930's-late 1940's Signed
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$7,600 / set
WPA Mural from Bank of St. Louis
By John M. Heller
Located in Pasadena, CA
This magnificent example of WPA art, showing self determination in the work place, hung in the Bank
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Paintings
Pietro Lazzari
1895-1979
WPA Signed Etching
By Pietro Lazzari
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gallery, along with Picasso and Modigliani. Lazzari created murals and commissions for the WPA and the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
California WPA Painting "Airplane Factory" by Helen Ludwig
Located in San Francisco, CA
Attractive and historic WPA - World War II period painting of an
airplane factory in San
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Masonite
WPA Painter, John Law Walker, Oil on Canvas
By John Law Walker
Located in Tucson, AZ
WPA mural artist, he did work in United States Post Offices in Pasadena and Lockhart, Texas, and the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
WPA Period "Prime Grade, North Carolina" by William Schwartz
By William S. Schwartz
Located in San Francisco, CA
true gem from the WPA period.
*We ship internationally*
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Art deco styled machine age representation of floating river-island factory.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Bernard Zakheim, WPA Style Sculpture of Moses With Horns
By Bernard Baruch Zakheim
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Bernard Zakheim
Untitled, Moses with Horns
1953
Terracotta
11.75 x 4 x 1.5
Bernard Zakhiem (1896-1985)
Painter, wood sculptor, muralist, teacher. Born in Warsaw, Poland on Ap...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Folk Art Sculptures
John Muir, Oil on Canvas, WPA Skyscraper, Military Waterfront Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed, dated, numbered.
Excellent machine age image from 1938 by listed artist.
Actual painting is darker and less contrasted under ambient light. Pictured under flash photogra...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Private Collection of Lerone Bennett Jr William Sylvester Carter WPA Artist
Located in Chicago, IL
part of the WPA’s Illinois Federal Art Project from 1937-1939, and the Illinois Art & Craft Project
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Striking Pair of Ceramic WPA Era/Art Deco Figurines Depicting Workers
By Phoenix Pottery
Located in Tucson, AZ
Striking pair of WPA/Art Deco figurines of a male and female, depicting Workers in the field. He is
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American circa 1940’s WPA / surrealist style landscape painting by French American female artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Louis Lozowick "Above the City" WPA Skyscraper litho Ney York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Dallas, TX
Fantastic masculine Lozowick machine age image.
Pencil signed, 21 of 200, Louis Lozowick (a.L.).
Originally printed in an edition of 50 in 1932. In 1982, the artist's widow, A...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Art Deco Prints
Art Deco WPA Pottery Horse Sculpture by Jordan 1937
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well done handcrafted pottery fired clay horse in the Art Deco WPA style with strong build
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Early 20th Century Rare Folk Art WPA Gameboard with Horses and Cows
By WPA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing inlaid early 20th century game board is a reversible and contains the original wood checkers with in the hidden drawers. This handmade board also has hearts and arrows o...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Game Boards
Materials
Pine
Vintage Survey Sticks with Stands
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A vintage survey stick in the style of the WPA with markings that have a very tribal Folk Art look
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Wood
WPA Cityscape Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA era oil on canvas in original frame, signed Gertrude Andrews and dated 1942. Has original paper
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
$1,200
Large WPA Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large cityscape painting. Place unknown, possibly Chicago.
Category
20th Century American Paintings
$2,450
The Riveter: 1939 Oil Painting by WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This iconic image of a Depression-era riveter high atop an Art Deco skyscraper was painted by Vincent Maragliotti, one of the most prolific muralists of his day. No doubt created in...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Selection of WPA
Modern Art
Located in New York, NY
"Warrior and Winged Horse" Bronze by Important WPA Sculptor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important study was created by Walker Hancock in 1936 for one of four monumental stone sculptures erected at the Soldier's Memorial in St. Louis, representing "Courage," "Vision...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
WPA Style American School Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very large painting of an American farm scene in its original frame.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
WPA Watercolor by Ray Flynnarie
By Ray Flynnarie
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
New York City Scene
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Wood
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
Quirky WPA Style Still Life Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Great bold colors on this interesting painting. Signed and dated 1937. The painting is unframed.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cityscape O/C by Listed WPA Artist
Located in Bellport, NY
Good WPA Cityscape by Edward Bright Bruce(Ned Bruce,American 1879-1943)Bruce both a well connected
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Hand Painted WPA Road Improvement Project Signs
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Americana collection.
Created by order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the WPA was
Category
20th Century American Signs
Materials
Wood
Midcentury WPA Sculpture of a Family
Located in Astoria, NY
A vintage sculpture of a family, produced, circa 1930s by an unknown, possibly American artist, in plaster with a grey glaze. The piece, likely a study or maquette for a monumental s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
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