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Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA Antonio Petruccelli
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Historically Important American Army Soldiers in Paris Cafe WPA Ashcan Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 18 by 22 inches.
Category

1930s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Period "Coastal Village" American Modernist Realism Oil Painting Lev Landau
By Samuel David Lev-Landau
Located in Surfside, FL
. Worked primarily in oil and casein. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist WPA Social Realist Carnival Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist carnival scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Samuel Brecher WPA Artist Mid Century Mod Modernist Oil Painting Circus Clowns
By Samuel Brecher
Located in Surfside, FL
artists in the style and subject matter of Brecher’s work. He was one of the mid century Jewish WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz
Located in Miami, FL
1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz Offered for sale is a large 1940s WPA
Category

Vintage 1940s Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Wood, Paint

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
painting of flute player. Boris Deutsch was a modernist figurative painter important in Southern
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Rare Judaica subject matter for this social realist, WPA artist. The New-York born artist William
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
Riot, Revolution, Police figures on Horseback in City Streets. Hand signed lower right. Painting
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Massive WPA Mural Study
Located in Palm Springs, CA
for years. It appears to have been cut down on the left side. Clearly a WPA Mural product. When we
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Paint

American Modernist Oil Painting Expressionist Vase, Flowers WPA Artist Ben ZIon
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, Wood Panel

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
and for other WPA projects during the 1930s. His murals are at the Butler Institute of American Art
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
the WPA Federal Art Project creating murals. ( there were many jewish artists active with in the WPA
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Modernist Oil Painting Gestural Landscape 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, Wood Panel

Pastel Painting Woman in Interior Polish Ecole D Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Rare Self Portrait Oil Painting Polish, Ecole D Paris, WPA, Bezalel School
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Sand Pit Hungarian American Painting Workers Horses European Modernism 1928 WPA
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Sand Pit Hungarian American Oil Painting Workers Horses European Modernism 1928 WPA The board
Category

1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

Andrene Kauffman Circus or Zoo Abstract Oil Painting Chicago WPA Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
paintings, 25 murals and 7 sculpture projects earning $24.50 per week. Some of her first works for the WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
) Oil painting on canvas Hand Signed lower left. Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist WPA Winter Ice Skating Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American modernist winter landscape. Detailed and well painted skating scene. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed.
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rare 1946 WWII Judaica Abstract Oil Painting Nahum Tschacbasov WPA Artist Rabbi
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
. Tschacbasov’s paintings of the 1930’s reflect the social and political preoccupations of the times. He received
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Street Scene Oil Painting Circa 1930s Albert Abramovitz WPA Artist Mexican Town
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed lower right Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963), born in Riga, Latvia, on January 24, 1879. He studied art at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and at the Grande Chaumière in P...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
John August Groth (American, 1908-1988) "Wrestling Match," Watercolor painting, hand signed
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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

WPA Oil Along the East River
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6067 WPA oil on board of the east river from Astoria NY Signed Whiteford 1939 Framed image size
Category

1930s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Crayon, Oil

"Dockside with Seagull, " Important Painting by WPA Artist Stull
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in rich hues of cerulean, purple, deep pink and burnt siena, this abstracted view of a dockside scene was painted by John De Forest Stull. The artist shows many ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Marian Anderson at Lincoln Memorial", Important WPA-Period Painting by Smeltzer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extraordinary artistically and historically, this oil painting by WPA muralist Sterling Smeltzer
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Signed Sunset In Columbia Modernist Street Scene Framed WPA Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil on board. Signed. Framed. Measuring 26 by 32 inches overall and 24 by 30 painting alone
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Carnival Circus Big Top Ferris Wheel WPA
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Surfside, FL
Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist. Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting WPA Era Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an artist. Upon arrival at
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

American Abstract Color Monotype Painting Tar Cart #2 Joseph Solman WPA Artist
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
artist in the Works Project Administration (WPA) during the depression, Solman met and worked with and
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monotype

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, 1901 - 1987) Mothers with children oil on canvas painting Frame: 27 X
Category

20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Classical Nude with Flowers and Temple, " Important WPA Period Painting
By Arthur D. Brooks
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Art in 1933, this large WPA-influenced painting by Arthur D. Brooks depicts a nude female torso in a
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
atmospheric, moody painting depicts two male figures in the foreground, deep in conversation, as the morning
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

WPA Magic Realism Oil Painting National Gallery MOMA Thornberg Female 1930 s
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by WPA era artist Cleo Sara Thornberg whose work is represented in the
Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA Antonio
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
An ink drawing Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait of an old
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Woman in Salon French Interior Oil Painting Ecole D Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tree Lined Park Path Oil Painting Ecole D Paris WPA Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large-scale WPA Style Painting by Chicago Artist Amelia Helper with Locomotive
Located in Miami, FL
Large-scale WPA Style Painting by Chicago Artist Amelia Helper Offered for sale is a very large
Category

Late 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

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The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a wpa painting in our inventory may begin at $300 and can go as high as $95,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,020.