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The Protestor
Located in London, GB
messages - for example, depicting a protesting worker, as in this painting.
The WPA was an extensive
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Erotic Nude Mid-Century Watercolor Original Painting
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare nude watercolor and ink painting from noted WPA artist Joseph Wolins (1915-1999
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
Monotype Painting Title: Table and Chairs, 1980
Medium: monotype or monoprint painting
Size
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Monotype
Vintage American Erotic Group Sex Mid-Century Watercolor Original Painting
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare erotic watercolor and ink painting from noted WPA artist Joseph Wolins (1915-1999
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Untitled
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
Depression, eventually earning him a decent living painting WPA and private murals, as well as a fast-selling
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,200
Downtown New York
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Artists. During the Great Depression, Dix was involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Great Kills, Staten Island" Dry Docks in Winter, Snowy Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
WPA artist. Two of his paintings are in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Book of 1000 Sorrows
By Ted Gilien
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original painting by WPA artist Ted Gilien.
Book of 1000 Sorrows, is an original
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Winged Victory of Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, October 8 to 27, 1962 (see i) Biberman, Edward, Time and Circumstance: Forty Years of Painting by Edward
Category
1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Farmer
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare early oil painting from the, "WPA" period, 1941, by American artist Ron Blumberg
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$14,500
The Corner Barber Shop
By Jirayr Hamparzoom Zorthian
Located in West Hollywood, CA
two (42) murals throughout the United States. Zorthian worked and taught painting at some of the
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Polish Expressionist Profile Portrait Drawing TWO CHILDREN
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
urgency of the Great Depression, eventually earning him a decent living painting WPA and private murals
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)
By George Biddle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
experimented with a variety of media during the WPA Era including murals, painting, and sculpture. He received
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Mixed Media
1970s Mid-Century Minimalist Black
White Abstract Oil by Edward Chavez
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
significant contributions to American abstract painting and the WPA mural movement. His public art commissions
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorado Hill Town with Storm Clouds, 1940s Modernist Landscape, Lush Green
By Paul Kauver Smith
Located in Denver, CO
This WPA-era signed oil painting by Paul K. Smith captures a stormy summer landscape in Colorado
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Family Life"
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a important, rare social realism oil painting by the WPA (Works
Category
1930s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Roebling
s Dream, The Great East River Bridge (NYC Cityscape by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA
Category
1990s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
University
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Acrobats at Rest", Vivid Circus Scene w/ Elephant by Woman Artist, 1930s
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vividly painted in a palette of orange-red, pink, forest green and scarlet, this WPA-period
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Music with Conch and Lyre, " Study for White House Piano by Dunbar Beck, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
by Dunbar Beck. Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Ted Egri Taos Modernist Judaica Cubist Bronze Sculpture Rabbi
Torah WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Arts Project, the WPA, making mural paintings and silkscreen prints as well as easel painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Seated Nude
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sandusky.
In the 1920s and 30s, he did numerous American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during
Category
1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
York Road Near Rt. 82
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and 30s, he did numerous American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite
untitled (Exotic Bird in Fantastic Landscape)
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Painting of Exotic Birds in Fantastic Landscape leaning against a wall))
Graphite on
Category
1960s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Rooftops (Framed 1970
s New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
By William Clutz
Located in Hudson, NY
-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947-51
University
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Pablo Casals
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From 1913 to 1952, he earned his
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York World's
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
High Wide and Handsome by Fletcher Martin 1953, Original Stone Lithograph
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painting with the legendary Siqueiros. He became a WPA artist painting murals at North Hollywood High, San
Category
1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Riders at Sundown
— Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
By Gene Kloss
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
state. She also created watercolors and oil paintings for the WPA. In 1935, she was one of three Taos
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
THE FIT YOURSELF SHOP
By Kyra Markham
Located in Santa Monica, CA
under the WPA/FAP as well as paintings. She was associated with many in the New York art world. She was
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Harry Shoulberg "The Bridge" Serigraph c.1944
By Harry Shoulberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
studios of artists Sol Wilson (1894-1974) and Carl Holty (1900-1973). In 1938, he worked for the WPA and
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Terrific WPA Painting Titled, "Catwalk" by Fisher
Located in Mount Penn, PA
A terrific WPA painting circa 1930s-1940s titled, "Catwalk," and signed Fisher. The painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
WPA Painting of a Nubian Male
By WPA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Truly a great WPA style portrait of a Nubian male. In the original frame.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Signed WPA Painting Horses and Riders
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted very much in the style of WPA murals, this is a handsome painting from that period.
The
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Board
WPA Painting by William Lewis Clarke
By William Lewis Clarke
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautiful oil painting, circa 1939, by California artist, William
Lewis Clarke.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
California WPA Painting "Airplane Factory" by Helen Ludwig
Located in San Francisco, CA
Attractive and historic WPA - World War II period painting of an
airplane factory in San
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Masonite
WPA Style Painting
Located in Washington, D.C., DC
Alley scene painted in the WPA style. Unsigned
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Set of Four WPA Style Ship Paintings
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four framed WPA style oil paintings probably painted in the late 1930's-late 1940's Signed
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$7,600 / set
WPA IN PROGRESS
Located in Chicago, IL
Wpa wall relief. Original and framed. This is a spectacular example of WPA Post-war and is in
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Concrete
$14,000
Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Art deco styled machine age representation of floating river-island factory.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Paintings
Portrait of a Clown WPA
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns and carousel horses and riders that he did in the 30s and 40s. The artist uses a vib...
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
WPA Man
Located in Chicago, IL
WPA Water and Pastel
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,600
"Rock Drillers, 1939" WPA era piece.
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Fine Arts for landscape painting, and in 1935 the Carnegie prize of the National Academy.
WPA
Materials
Gouache
Monumental Art Deco Nude by California Modernist
By Avis Zeidler
Located in Treasure Island, CA
the 1930s, and who's influence permeates much of the region's WPA painting. Zeidler's work is less
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Masonite
Oil Portrait of Woman and Child WPA
By Tully Filmus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil portrait of a woman and a child was painted by Tully Filmus (1903-1988), the noted Moldovan-born American realist painter and portraitist. The artist depicts the subject in ...
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
WPA Mural from Bank of St. Louis
By John M. Heller
Located in Pasadena, CA
This magnificent example of WPA art, showing self determination in the work place, hung in the Bank
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Paintings
Pietro Lazzari
1895-1979
WPA Signed Etching
By Pietro Lazzari
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Gallery, along with Picasso and Modigliani. Lazzari created murals and commissions for the WPA and the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paper
Stewart
s
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Oakland, CA
to Cadmus' brightly colored WPA painting, Greenwich Village Cafeteria, from the same year. According
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$16,200
WPA Painter, John Law Walker, Oil on Canvas
By John Law Walker
Located in Tucson, AZ
John Law Walker vibrant oil on canvas signed lower left. Abstract figural and whimsical painting by
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
WPA Period "Prime Grade, North Carolina" by William Schwartz
By William S. Schwartz
Located in San Francisco, CA
true gem from the WPA period.
*We ship internationally*
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
John Muir, Oil on Canvas, WPA Skyscraper, Military Waterfront Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
painting is darker and less contrasted under ambient light. Pictured under flash photography for extreme
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Private Collection of Lerone Bennett Jr William Sylvester Carter WPA Artist
Located in Chicago, IL
part of the WPA’s Illinois Federal Art Project from 1937-1939, and the Illinois Art & Craft Project
Category
Vintage 1960s American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Sailing Ship of 1850s in San Francisco Bay - WPA Mural Study for Post Office
By Otis Oldfield
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
"Sailing Ship of 1850s in San Francisco Bay. WPA Competition Entry for Rincon Annex Post Office
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American circa 1940’s WPA / surrealist style landscape painting by French American female artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
WPA Still Life with NYC Street Scene Aaron Berkman Circa 1950-60.
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Hallowell, ME
:
AARON BERKMAN (1900-1991)
"THE WPA MASTER TEACHER AND ARTIST"
by Jeanette Hendler
Aaron Berkman was
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Showing Size of Circumference" Mid Century WPA Watercolor
By John Deforest Stull
Located in San Francisco, CA
industrial scene where a large reel of rope is being measured. It is signed by the WPA artist, John Deforest
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Scene of Manufacturing Paper (from Hemp) Watercolor, WPA Art
By John Deforest Stull
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA muralist whose mural work was done for Radio City Music Hall with artist Ezra Augustus Winter
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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