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Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
An artist on the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Vintage Boho Wpa Original Oil on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
painting on board, potentially a piece created under the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This artwork
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
WPA Style Industrial Landscape Oil on Board, Signed By Artist
Located in Atlanta, GA
Industrial Landscape in WPA Style by Isaacson, Mid-20th Century. Oil on Board, Measures: 35.5" w x
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings
Materials
Paint
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Landscape American Hungarian European Modernism 1938 Realism Long Island WPA era
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Landscape American Hungarian European Modernism 1938 Realism Long Island WPA era. The canvas
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn Bridge NYC American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
Cecil C. Bell
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
Ernest Fiene (1894
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Georgia Moonshiner, c. 1935" by Athos Menaboni (1895-1990) American WPA Era Oil
Located in Yardley, PA
A fantastic WPA-era painting of a Georgia moonshiner by famed Italian-American artist Athos
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist
Located in New York, NY
"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist
Juanita Guccione
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
James McCracken
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Seymour Fogel (1911
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
"Union Square" NYC American Scene Social Realism Modernism WPA Mid-20th Century
By Agnes Hart
Located in New York, NY
"Union Square" NYC American Scene Social Realism Modernism WPA Mid-20th Century
Agnes Hart
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Watercolor painting
Rabbinical Talmudic Discussion
Hand signed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Thomas Hart Benton
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
Louis Stone (1902
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Bohrod (1907-1992)
Listed Wisconsin WPA American Artist
Original Watercolor Painting
Hand
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern
By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962
Located in New York, NY
"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern
Ludwig Bemelmans
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
By Philip Evergood
Located in New York, NY
"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA
PHILIP HOWARD
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life
, Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, CWS, Hollywood
Signed, lower
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$2,137 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique American WPA Figurative Pastel Drawing
By Charles William Ward
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Measuring: 18 by 15 inches overall and 14 x 11 painting alone. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Pastel, Paper
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Coney Island Fire Eaters American Scene Modernism WPA Social Realism Mid-Century
Frederick "Fritz
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eduard Buk Ulreich WPA Artist Proposed Mural, 1940s, Freedom of the Seas
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Phoenix, AZ
this painting was submitted
for a proposed mural at the American British Art Centre at 44
W. 56th St
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
George Pearse
Category
1910s American Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Buffalo, NY Steel Mill American Scene Modernism WPA Era Industrial 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Buffalo, NY Steel Mill American Scene Modernism WPA Era Industrial 20th Century
Ruth A. Haven Gay
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961)
Factory on the River
Oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches
Initialed lower left: WS
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, New York
Swann Au...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
the next two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Harold Haydon
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman Artist in Studio Pastel Drawing 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
Female Nude, Pastel Drawing After Renoir 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 Nude Paintings
Materials
Pastel
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Marion Gilmore
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Bernard Gussow
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Morning Beneath the EL NYC American Scene WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"Morning Beneath the EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Bernard
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
MAURICE BECKER
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Pear" Henry Schnakenberg, Realist Fruit Still Life, WPA Artist, Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Schnakenberg moved away from the city to Newtown, Connecticut. He spent many summers painting the bright
Category
1920s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism
The painting
Category
1930s American Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Manhattan Looking East, " Herman Rose, WPA New York City View from Midtown
By Herman Rose
Located in New York, NY
inches
Signed lower right
Fairfield Porter wrote an essay in ArtNews on this exact painting in 1955
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
Carlos Lopez (1910
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Syd J. Browne
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisian Street Scene, Oil on Canvas 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 Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Under the Viaduct American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Under the Viaduct American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Syd J. Browne
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, " Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Gallery in New York, which completely sold out all fifty-two works, including paintings, watercolors
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
provided Marsh with a good income and a great amount of free time, which allowed him to study painting at
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Lower Manhattan Cityscape American Artist WPA Era NY School c. 1930 Henry Ensol
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original modern 1930's oil painting by WPA era American artist Henry Ensol. This work comes in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hook Creek Hungarian American European Modernism WPA 1935 Long Island Canal Boat
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Hook Creek Hungarian American European Modernism WPA 1935 Long Island Canal Boat Oil on canvas
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1940
s American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1930
s American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Harlem River Dr
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
Victor Arnautofff
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative
Cecil Bell (1906
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category
1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Factory on the River" Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961)
Factory on the River
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches
Initialed lower right: WS
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, New York
Swann A...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
41st
10th: Abstract WPA Style Cityscape, New York City Rooftops
Water Tower
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
Cityscape painting on muslin of iconic New York City water towers against an abstract maroon
Category
2010s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gesso, Wood Panel
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Don Freeman
Located in New York, NY
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Don Freeman (1908
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
"Late Afternoon
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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