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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

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

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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