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"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
By Rollin Crampton 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA
Category
Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
INDUSTRY American Scene Modernism WPA Mural Study Industrial Mid-Century Realism
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
INDUSTRY American Scene Modernism WPA Mural Study Industrial Mid-Century Realism.
John Edward
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Antique American Modernist WPA Mural Study Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed mural study oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed.
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Deco WPA Mural Study of Man in Front of Giant Cog by Frank Reilly
By Frank J. Reilly
Located in New York, NY
This pencil and charcoal by Frank Reilly (an American painter, illustrator and teacher. He taught drawing and painting at the Grand Central school of Art and Illustration at Pratt In...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
"Male Nude with Hand on Hip, " Fine Drawing by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
painted an important WPA mural for the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts as well as decorations for a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
"Diana Keeping Watch, " Important Art Deco Mural Study by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
WPA mural for the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts and his work to decorate a piano donated by
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Adam and Eve" by George Biddle, 1926
By George Biddle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
the Great Depression. He painted a series of WPA murals and easel paintings,
Category
Early 20th Century American Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Mid Century Purple Desert Mountains
By Conrad Buff
Located in Soquel, CA
, and later evolved into more abstract work. Buff did WPA murals with artist Edgar Payne, they painted a
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Nudes with Guitars", Mid Century Painting w/ Male Nudes by Christopher Clark
By Christopher Clark (1875-1942)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Clark painted WPA murals in the 1930s, did illustration art for
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
the WPA mural project from 1934-1937. In addition he was on the WPA easel project from 1937-1943
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
EASTER HAT
By John Law Walker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
California and Arizona and traveled throughout the country as doing murals. As a WPA mural artist, he did
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Artist Working At His Easel in WPA Style Michael Tanzer New York 1961-67
By Michael Tanzer
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful WPA style figurative of an artist (potentially a self-portrait) at easel by Michael
Category
1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Geronimo", Two Studies for Major Painting with Male Nudes at Swimming Hole
By Henrik Mayer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hartford, decorating distinguished venues such as the Cosmopolitan Club in New York and undertaking WPA
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Geronimo", Large, Important Painting with 21 Male Nudes at Swimming Hole, 1940s
By Henrik Mayer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in New York and undertaking WPA murals in Indiana and elsewhere. He exhibited widely, and in his
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Lobster Trappers, Nova Scotia
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
: WPA mural, USPO, Masontown, PA.
Comments: He came to the U.S. from England, in 1935. Preferred
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fresh Coat, Nova Scotia
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Commissions: WPA mural, USPO, Masontown, PA.
Comments: He came to the U.S. from England, in 1935. Preferred
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Worker American Scene 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Industrial Mural
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Worker American Scene 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Industrial Mural
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Knickerbocker Mural Study WPA Modernism 20th Century 1930s NYC American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Knickerbocker Mural Study WPA Modernism 20th Century 1930s NYC American Scene
Mural Study
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
English Garden in Fontainebleau (Park Scene) by William Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
the WPA's mural division in New York City. From 1941 until his retirement in 1973, he served as
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American School WPA Modernist Dancing Diptych Original Mural Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school surreal dancing figure painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Image size, 41H x 46.5L
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Let The Spirit Live, WPA Poster Design NRA Illustration Mural Modernist Woman
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed lower right
Vintage frame
Likely a design for a WPA poster, note the NRA (National
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boat Worker (New England landscape, New Hope Impressionist)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Work: PAFA; NAD; Phila. WCC; Woodstock AA. Commissions: WPA mural, USPO, Masontown, PA.
Comments: He
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Picnic by the River, WPA-Era Mural Study with Sailboats and Kite, Detroit Artist
By Edgar Yaeger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and sophisticated, this superb mural study by Edgar Yaeger, one of the most prominent
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
“Untitled Abstract”
By James Brooks
Located in Southampton, NY
Art Museum, Brookville, NY (2000); Rediscovering James Brooks: WPA Murals & Other Figural Works
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Acrobat on Horse Silkscreen Print William Gropper American WPA Modernist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
had produced significant murals for American cities like Washington D.C. His 1938 WPA mural
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Screen, Lithograph
Gothic Towers" – 1950s Abstract Serigraph by Eduardo Chavez, Framed Modern Print
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
WPA murals can be found in West High School (Denver, CO) and U.S. Post Offices in Center, TX, Geneva
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled Abstraction
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
gained recognition and admiration for their color and expressive line.
Usui worked for the WPA mural
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Free Space
By Lee Krasner
Located in Missouri, MO
, the Art Students League, and the National Academy of Design. From 1934 to 1943, she was a WPA mural
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
"Study for Saratoga in the Racing Season" Guy Pène Du Bois, Modern Horses, Track
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
WPA mural commission to depict John Jay at His Home for the post office in Rye, N.Y. John Jay Study
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Untitled (cubist still life painting)
By John von Wicht
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. In 1938, he created WPA murals for WNYC radio station, with Stuart Davis, Byron Browne, and Louis
Category
1950s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Arizona, Framed 1955 Abstract Oil Painting, Orange Pink, Lilac, Black
Located in Denver, CO
., NYC, 1970s.
Works held: WPA mural, USPO, Horton, KS; Montclair Mus., NJ; Colorado Springs FAC
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950s Abstract Modern Portrait of American Indian Chief, Black White Drawing
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
. WPA Murals: West High School, Denver, CO; USPOs, Center, TX, (1938), Geneva, NE, and Glenwood Springs
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Signed "Alston" painting: Black African American figures in a Harlem dance hall
By Charles Alston
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
first African American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration. He supervised the WPA murals
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Coulee Dam Construction" WPA Precisionist Industrial Figurative American Scene
By Anton Refregier
Located in New York, NY
buildings.
He won the national WPA competition to paint murals in the Rincon Annex Post Office in San
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yeibichai Dancer
By Louis Ribak
Located in Denver, CO
, Albemarle, North Carolina (WPA mural); University of Arizona; Whitney Museum of American Art.
Further
Category
1930s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
Apache Dinner at Dulcea, 1950s Casein Painting, Scene Around Campfire, Figures
By Louis Ribak
Located in Denver, CO
Museum; United States Post Office, Albemarle, North Carolina (WPA mural); University of Arizona; Whitney
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Casein
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Mixed Race Family American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
the WPA where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boys on a Stoop, NYC, WPA, New Yorker Illustration Modernist American Scene
Located in New York, NY
and painted murals for the WPA.
We acquired the work directly from the artist's daughter.
The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Casein
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
1950s Modernist Geometric Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Female Figures
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Denver, CO
Artists Assoc. WPA murals, USPOs, in Fredonia (NY), Norwalk (CT), and Columbus (WI).
Further Reading
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"James P. Johnson Love, " Adolph Gottlieb, Harlem Renaissance Jazz Music Abstract
By Adolph Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
sculpture.
He was a WPA mural artist and painted a mural in 1939 for the Post Office in Yerington, Nevada
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
TERRIBLE WITH BANNERS"
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
supervisor for all WPA mural projects in the State. Other mural commissions followed, including his eight
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Under the Stairs
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
been appointed supervisor for all WPA mural projects in the State. Other mural commissions followed
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Under the Stairs
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
appointed supervisor for all WPA mural projects in the State. Other mural commissions followed, including
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Summer Shadows" Antique American Impressionist Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
that county.
My favorite feather in the cap of Ringgold County is a Depression-era WPA mural that
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
modern sketch of woman in pastel tone
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in New York, NY
the WPA to do many important mural commissions in Post Offices and Court Rooms. He was a figurative
Category
1920s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dream
By Frederick Conway
Located in Missouri, MO
Purcell, OK (his earliest mural, a WPA project).
He also illustrated a book, "How to Keep Your Temper on
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Wood Panel
$12,500
“Flowers and Radishes”
By Anton Refregier
Located in Southampton, NY
wanted to paint murals, and in 1936, the Federal Art Project of the Works Project Administration (WPA
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Kansas Farmyard / Missouri Farmyard
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
distribution of this print. This is a larger scale Benton derived from his Missouri Capital Mural series
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
New Yorker Illustration Mid-Century Modern Realism American Scene "Antique Shop"
Located in New York, NY
New Yorker cover artist of the 20th Century. He was also a fine artist and painted murals for the WPA
Category
1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Golf Bags, Caddy with Golf Bag on His Back
By Frederick Conway
Located in Missouri, MO
, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy grande Chaumiere.
He has done murals for the WPA (Works Progress
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Harry Sternberg Original Pencil Signed Etching, 1929, "Roundhouse #1"
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Phoenix, AZ
, Harry Sternberg was a painter, muralist, lithographer and educator. During the Depression he was a WPA
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper
Surrealistic Nude Figures,
by Leonard Kaplan, Painting, c. 1960s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Dean Fausett who invited the young artist to painting murals for the WPA. Kaplan is considered one of
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Chalk, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Modern Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
.
In 1936 Romano worked designing and painting murals for the WPA, one of his murals is in the Klondike
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Study of a Young Woman
, Kunstgewerbe Schule, LACMA, Carnegie, UCLA, Biltmore
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
undertook numerous murals for the WPA including for the Hot Springs (NM) Post Office, the Reedley (CA) Post
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Other Medium
Red Above Blue, 1966
By Michael Loew
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
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- What is a WPA mural?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A WPA mural was a public work of art owing to a federal government program that came to fruition in the United States during the 1930s. WPA stands for Works Progress Administration. As part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the government-funded Works Progress Administration hired artists, illustrators, graphic designers and more to paint murals and create sculptures in schools, municipal buildings and elsewhere all over the United States — the effort, which included teaching art classes to children and budding artists, was put in place to build morale and offer employment during the Great Depression.
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