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Ben Shahn Common Man

Basketball Player
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, D.C. Reference: James Thrall Soby, Ben Shahn Paintings (New York: George Braziller, Inc., ), finished
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Pastel, Ink Drawing Rocks And Cloud Landscape Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
has his hands on the pulse of the common man and his natural world” As he emerged as an artist Ben
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
great Judaic masters such as, Sigmund Menkes, Arthur Kolnik, Tully Filmus, Ben Zion, Ben Shahn, Marc
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache, Board, Watercolor

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
Gellert, William Gropper, George Grosz, Jack Levine, Alice Neel, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer Harry Sternberg
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Wood, Terracotta

The Demogogue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
representing the common man who is being pushed down by the powerful, while the robed figure of liberty with
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Demogogue
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in

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Early Summer Creamsicle, Oil Painting
By Judy Mackey
Located in San Francisco, CA

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Antique American School Abstract Cubist 1930s Wine Bottle Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American abstract cubist table top still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930. No signature found. Image size, 20L x 16H. Framing available.
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1930s Cubist Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Coastal Landscape Oil Painting - Coastal Hill
Located in Bristol, GB
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1960s Modern Landscape Paintings

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"Tour through the universe", 2022. Fantastic Realism painting golden
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
A tour of the universe, a visit to another invisible world where you can live in peace. The beloved animals and us united in one life. "Around the universe” Figurative Painting 51" x...
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Brandywine Farm Collotype Lithograph Hand Signed Henriette Wyeth Americana Art
By Henriette Wyeth
Located in Surfside, FL
Henriette Wyeth-Hurd Hand signed, Collotype, Limited Edition of 490 Image Size: 20" x 26" framed 28.5 X 34.5 Provenance: printed at Triton Press and has their certificate of authen...
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Lithograph

"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor Landscape by Byron Randall "Tacuba Series 1940"
By Byron Randall
Located in Pasadena, CA
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"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
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1920s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

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Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

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"The Beggar and Rich Man", Contemporary Portrait of Two Figures in Istanbul
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
saw other inspiring exhibits. It was the exhibit of Ben Shahn that "floored" him at the Museum of
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

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Oil

"Waiting for the Train"
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
Pen and ink drawing of a man in a car waiting for a train to pass by. The work is framed in a
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Resolving Door at Christmas
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
Manhattan, where he saw other inspiring exhibits. It was the exhibit of Ben Shahn that "floored" him at the
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Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Revolving Door at Christmas" Figurative Painting
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
Manhattan, where he saw other inspiring exhibits. It was the exhibit of Ben Shahn that "floored" him at the
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Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Waiting for the Train" Figurative Drawing
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
exhibits. It was the exhibit of Ben Shahn that "floored" him at the Museum of Modern Art. Two months after
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Istanbul Tenement" Architectural Yellow Toned Painting
By Frank Freed
Located in Houston, TX
exhibits. It was the exhibit of Ben Shahn that "floored" him at the Museum of Modern Art. Two months after
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1960s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
great Judaic masters such as, Sigmund Menkes, Arthur Kolnik, Tully Filmus, Ben Zion, Ben Shahn, Marc
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Mixed Race Family American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner and many more
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Supermarket Still Life (Pop Art woodblock print).
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
State University, Chico, CA. American Impressions 2012, Jan. 30 – March 9, 2012, Ben Shahn Center
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1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints

Materials

Printer's Ink, Rice Paper

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