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Wpa Styled Oil Paintings

Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1935, when this painting was finished, and at the Revsin Gallery.
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

WPA styled Cubist Industrial Oil Painting by Joan Hedman
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A cubist industrial WPA styled oil painting depicting a storage tank compound in the 1930's-40's
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

"Of Truth or Consequences", WPA-style Oil Painting, 1940s, Deep Pink, Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
exhibited widely, including at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1935, when this painting was
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvas painting of fishing boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
$1,500
H 40 in W 53.5 in D 2.5 in
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
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid-20th Century Folk Art WPA Style Oil on Canvas Painting, Pelham Bay Park
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Charming folk depiction of Pelham Bay Park.
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

41st 10th: Abstract WPA Style Cityscape, New York City Rooftops Water Tower
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
environments inspire my oil paintings: Puerto Rico, where I grew up, New York City, Fire Island Pines, and
Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gesso, Wood Panel

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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

Set of Four WPA Style Ship  Paintings
Set of Four WPA Style Ship  Paintings
H 27 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
WPA Style Bar Scene Oil Painting on Panel, Signed and Dated 1935
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA style oil painting on panel of three guys enjoying a drink outside of a restaurant. Matted and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

Huge Aschan School WPA Style Social Realism Interior Scene Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned.
Category

1960s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Signed WPA Style Oil On Canvas Painting Of Boats In A Habor
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvass painting of boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and reds
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

East River Panorama I (WPA Style Horizontal Cityscape Painting of Brooklyn, NY)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on linen 36 x 72 inches unframed, 39 x 75 inches in black frame This painting is being offered
Category

2010s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

WPA Style Scene of Working Men Seated with Newspapers by John Deforest Stull
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated large scale oil on canvas painting was realized by the esteemed
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Canvas Abstract Oil On Canvas by WPA Painter Leon Wall
By Leon Wall
Located in New York, NY
Art. Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Urban Landscape c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Oil on board. Approximately 20" wide x 16" high. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Share Cropper, American WPA Style Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of African American woman. American WPA Style Painting. Oil on board. Unsigned, Mid 20th
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique American Modernist Surreal Old Master Style WPA Era Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist painting by Joep Nicolas (1897 - 1972). Oil on board, circa 1949
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Asian Workers in the Market WPA Style Social Realist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed with a K. It is not dated but we estimate it to the 1950's. It appears to be Asian but it might be Latin American or Mexican. Market scene.
Category

1950s Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man Sawing Wood (WPA style Painted Lumberyard Scene in Vintage Frame)
By Arthur Hammer
Located in Hudson, NY
work that evoked the WPA style of painting associated with American artists emerging in the 1920s, 30s
Category

2010s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

WPA Style Social Realism -- Working on a Tunnel 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
WPA Style Social Realism -- Working on a Tunnel 1920s Wonderful WPA-style social realism painting
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Artist Working At His Easel in WPA Style Michael Tanzer New York 1961-67
By Michael Tanzer
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful WPA style figurative of an artist (potentially a self-portrait) at easel by Michael
Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Road Work (Framed Cityscape Oil Painting of Manhattan Construction Workers)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
simple black frame This small WPA style cityscape oil painting on panel in a black frame was painted by
Category

Early 2000s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace
Located in St. Louis, MO
Signed 1940s WPA style Industrial oil painting of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation of Pennsylvania
Category

Vintage 1940s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Early 20th Century American WPA Style Oil Painting of Women in Art Studio Framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique, early 20th century, WPA style painting of women and women artists in an art studio. The
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

1930s WPA Style Art Deco Boxing Oil Painting
Located in North Hollywood, CA
corner, undetected from the front side. The painting came from a collection of wonderful WPA works and
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

1930s WPA Style Art Deco Boxing Oil Painting
1930s WPA Style Art Deco Boxing Oil Painting
H 21.25 in W 25.25 in D 1.25 in
WPA Style Depression Oil Painting by Morris Topchevsky
By Morris Topchevsky
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, great influences also on his style. He died in Chicago in 1947. Our painting, executed in oil on canvas
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Wood

20th Century American Regionalist Double Sided WPA Style Painting of Man and Boy
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique, early 20th Century, American Regionalist / WPA style double sided oil painting of a man
Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

WPA Style 1930s Oil Painting of Road Workers by Mitchell
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A great depression era original oil painting by Mitchell. In Classic WPA style, it depicts the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

WPA Style 1930s Oil Painting of Striking Workers by a. Martinelli
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A very strong and passionate image by American artist A. Martinelli. The subject matter is a group of striking workers involved in a scuffle. A great use of bold colors, the work is ...
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

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By Juliana Lima Vasconcellos
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Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

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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 (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plissé White Edition Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Textile

Abstract Mid Century on Canvas
Located in Redding, CT
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Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Abstract Mid Century on Canvas
Abstract Mid Century on Canvas
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Four Italian Fauns Stone Garden Statues Representing Musicians
Located in Rome, IT
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Category

2010s Italian Statues

Materials

Limestone

Hand-Painted Four-Panel Screen with Palladian Arch Motif in Tempera on Wood
Located in Yonkers, NY
A four-panel screen from circa 1950-1970 depicting Palladian style architecture. Introduce timeless elegance to your home with this four-panel Chinese folding screen, featuring exqui...
Category

20th Century Chinese Palladian Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Orientalist Venetian painting - 18th century figure painting - Turkish scene
Located in Varmo, IT
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Category

Mid-18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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 and verso 8 x 10 inches oil on board. BIO The son of a men's haberdasher, Mervin ...
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique 1820s Set of Six Ladder Back Chairs Rush Seat Paint Decorated
Located in Newfoundland, PA
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Antique 1820s American Primitive Chairs

Materials

Wood

French Distinguished Gentleman in Formal Attire Classical Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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Category

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Materials

Oil

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Materials

Marble, Spelter

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By Bruce of Los Angeles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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Category

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Materials

Paper

Vintage 1950s Male Original Nude Photo of Brothers Playing Records
Vintage 1950s Male Original Nude Photo of Brothers Playing Records
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H 11 in W 14 in D 0.5 in
12 Minton Cobalt Blue Gilt Encrusted Dinner Plates, Custom Antique, circa 1900
By Minton
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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Category

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Materials

Gold, Enamel

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Located in Chesterfield, MI
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Category

1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique American Modernist Art Deco Exhibited Signed Portrait Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
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Category

1930s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Wpa Styled Oil Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of wpa styled oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, abstract or Expressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 149 modern, 79 abstract, 23 Impressionist, 15 Post-Impressionist and 13 Expressionist examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add wpa styled oil paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, gray, black, blue and more. William Gropper, Maurice Kish, Jacques Zucker, William Clutz and Vance Kirkland took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are Wpa Styled Oil Paintings?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — wpa styled oil paintings in our inventory begin at $300 and can go as high as $156,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,783.