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A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
By Leon Kroll
Located in New York, NY
A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
Leon Kroll (1884
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
NYC 1939 World
s Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Eugene Savage (1883
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
Jo Cain (1904-2003
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
A view of the
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
& painting, New York Hospital Lg., 1963-64.
Provenance: Directly from the estate of Irma Sway, wife of
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
., 1972; also medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Quarry Men, " Striking Art Deco-WPA Depiction of 1930s Laborers, Rockport
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
north shore of Boston, Rose worked under the auspices of the WPA in the 1930s, painting in Chicago and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
By Richard Whorf
Located in New York, NY
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
TILL THE COULDS
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Arnold Ronnebeck
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Black on Black No. 3"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
the Depression, Ney worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), painting murals and teaching
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Family w/ Rocking Horse, " Ptg. by WPA Artist De Forest Stull
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dated 1945, just before the end of World War II, this important and powerful painting by John De
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
By George Samerjan
Located in St. Louis, MO
Artist George Samerjan's (1915-2005) WPA style watercolor titled "Roller at Van Nuys" 1941, in its
Category
Vintage 1940s American Expressionist Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
urban spectacle of New York during the Depression and the horror of the Holocaust. WPA Artist.
Best
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Tending the Nets a c1930 WPA era watercolor by Sculptor and Painter Albert Wein.
By Albert W. Wein
Located in Southampton, NJ
This painting was exhibited in Albert Wein: An American Modernist, September 17, 2008 - November 29
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Glass, Oak, Paint, Paper
"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
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"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
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"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
other painters in the period, such as Rockwell Kent and Marsden Hartley. The painting is executed on
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artists, jugglers and animals in piquant detail. This painting retains a remnant of its exhibition label
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
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
Category
Early 20th Century American French Provincial Paintings
Materials
Paint
$10,000 Sale Price
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"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940
s
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
Helen Clark
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
creation of the acclaimed mural. Gropper continued to produce more Social-Realist oil paintings and to
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Cincinnati Ohio Ida Street cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg., 1963-64.
Provenance
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dust Bowl, monotype, black and white, wpa style
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
limited scale of monotypes, however, he switched to painting on slick-surfaced plastic.
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait
By Paul Meltsner
Located in New York, NY
represented the social realism that was popular with WPA artists of the time. His oil paintings portrayed
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Streetscape" American Scene WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Streetscape" American Scene WPA Era Social Realism Mid 20th Century Industrial
Herbert Heyel
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Navajo Family
, Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York and worked as a WPA artist painting murals throughout the United States. His works include murals
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures, Houses
Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative watercolor on paper painting, titled The Way War First Comes (1940), was created by
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Tehuantepec Woman
, WPA, California, Oaxaca, Rivera, GGIE, ASL, NY MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
paintings were the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec.
In 1940, Sottosanti was invited to
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era Eden Parks Drive
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
WPA Sailor and Floozy Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fabulously fun, mixed media painting, probably done during the WPA period. Mostly oil with a little
Category
1930s Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
Louis Wolchonok
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century, Sight size is 16 x
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative.
Chris Ritter
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Oregon Coast
, Art Institute of Chicago, AIC, Works Project Association, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Project Association (WPA) in the 1930's. Over the course of a long career, McDuffie exhibited widely and
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
By William Baziotes
Located in New York, NY
(MoMA), New York, and in 1933 he moved to that city to study painting. From 1933 to 1936, Baziotes
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
South-Western Landscape
, Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Pedro, Pineapple Seller
, WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
subjects of his paintings were the people he met on his travels down to Tehuantepec.
In 1940, Sottosanti
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
painting, muralist, and graphic silkscreen artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Reginald Marsh
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
Ernest Hamlin
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA.
David Fredenthal
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
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