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Vintage American Industrial Modernist Landscape Oil Painting, ca 1930’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is an unsigned but wildly expressionist American industrial landscape that dates to the 1930’s
Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original 1930s Painting Fortune Cover Proposal. Industrial Modern American Scene Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Surrealist Female Nude in Industrial Landscape Oil Painting, 1930s Modern
By Virginia True
Located in Denver, CO
one of her painting trips to neighboring New Mexico in the early 1930s. Using a limited color palette
Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

1930's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Industrial Docks & Boats on River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: René Bellanger (French 1875-1964), signed Title: Industrial port, France Medium
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century c. 1930s
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Industrial Landscape
By George Luks
Located in Miami, FL
yards. Luks bravura style of putting paint to canvas anticipates action painting of the Abstract
Category

1930s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lloyd Lozes Goff Industrial Landscape Painting, American 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lloyd Lozes Goff painting of a rural industrial landscape in gilt wood frame. Signed oil on board
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paint

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
Avenue N.Y.C. 1927 Meets Herbert Tschudy, curator of painting at the Brooklyn Museum 1930 Changes his
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
during the summer of 1932. Its success led to many subsequent showings of his work during the 1930’s and
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism Antonio
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Proposal. American Mid Century Industrial
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Proposal. American Mid Century Industrial Antonio Petruccelli
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

Cubist Industrial Oil Painting by Joan Hedman WPA Styled
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

"Shipyard" Realist Industrial Landscape
By Robert Lavin
Located in Austin, TX
realists of the 1930’s, Lavin, a former Marine pilot, portrayed steelworkers, roughnecks and trainmen
Category

20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ensemble of paintings, studies and prints, collected together as a kind of
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Construction Scene Industrial Cityscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Advertising Agency. In the 1930's he branched out into photography. His photographs, even today, could be
Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Smokestack at the Refinery - Realistic Industrial Illustration in Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Industrial illustration of a smokestack by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). A large
Category

1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard

"America, Old and New", Mural Painting W/ Industrial Scene, George Browne, 1926
By George Elmer Browne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
George Elmer Browne in 1926. Like the Social Realism paintings of the 1930s and 40s, this impressive
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Brattleboro Vermont VT Industrial Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
with the Kardonne Advertising Agency. In the 1930's he branched out into photography. His photographs
Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
,. Oil on board, c. 1930’s. Signed lower left. Stowell Sherman (1886 – 1973) was born in Providence
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

1930's Tremont Temple, Judaica Watercolor, Bronx New York City
By Ben Ganz
Located in Surfside, FL
techniques. A New York City watercolorist, Ganz studied at CCNY (B.S., 1919; M.A. in art educ., 1930s); and
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
paintings. The 1930s and 1940s were very successful for Marsh. He exhibited in most of the annual
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwestern Chicago artist Aaron Bohrod painted in 1931 this modernist industrial cityscape during
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern 1930s Workers
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Bricklayers House Beautiful Cover Proposal American Scene Modern WPA 1930s Industrial Workers
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

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

"Newark Industrial Exposition", Poster Design Celebrating the American Worker
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
backdrop of an industrial landscape in beautiful hues of purple, lemon yellow and tangerine, this painting
Category

Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Paintings

Musician - Original Drawing by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
1930's. This charcoal drawing is a study for the graphic collection entitled "Africa". The work is
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It measures 23.5" H x 27.5" W. 2) Industrial oil
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
H 33.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.5 in
Social Realist Painting of a Grain Warehouse by Robert Lavin
Located in San Mateo, CA
painted in the American Social Realist style of the 1930's. His works portrayed industry and workers.
Category

Vintage 1960s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Frog - Drawing in pencil by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Frog is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"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

Gouache, Paper

Woman at Rest - Original Charcoal Drawing by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
) in 1930s. This charcoal drawing is a study for the graphic collection entitled "Africa". The work
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Maurice Kish 20th century genre painting
By Maurice Kish
Located in Larchmont, NY
support himself as a painter and to place his work in exhibitions, by the late 1930's, at such prestigious
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Africa - Life in the Village - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
- Parigi, 1934) in 1930s. Original Lithograph on ivory paper. This drawing is part of a collection
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph

William Gropper Important New York Artist and Caricaturist Painting, "Mug-Wump"
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Politically charged oil on canvas by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper. Painting
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
college prior to WWII and taught art. In the late 1930’s, when he was only 20 years old, Krevoruck was
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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. Sight size: 18 x
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Modernist wooden garden table 1930's
Located in Forest, BE
new forms of art, philosophy, and social organization which reflected the newly emerging industrial
Category

Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
remains relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all are available on 1stDibs
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all are
Category

1930s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
lived until Krevoruck completed 4 years of college prior to WWII and taught art. In the late 1930’s
Category

1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
expressionism of his Russian roots. Tschacbasov’s paintings of the 1930’s reflect the social and political
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Irene Rice Pereira Modernist Gouache Drawing Painting Abstract Expressionist Art
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Surfside, FL
. Pereira painted throughout her life. Her paintings first gained recognition in the early 1930s, when she
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
'Abandoned (Colorado)' is an oil painting by William Sanderson (1905-1990) depicting an abandoned
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Castello (Castle) signed unique painting abstract expressionist mid century art
Located in New York, NY
Remo Farruggio Castello (Castle), ca. 1958 Oil on paper painting (hand signed twice by the artist
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Graphite

Duet (Mid century modern abstraction) original (unique) painting by renowned
Located in New York, NY
important relationships in the art world. From the late 1930's to 1981, the artist painted, had several
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media

Large Colorful Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Beach Landscape
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Surfside, FL
artist whose paintings were described as both expressionist and abstract and who was a colleague of the
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Jute

Abstract Composition Tempera Painting Russian Soviet Avant Garde Ksenia Ender
By Ksenia Ender
Located in Surfside, FL
. Due to poor health she gave up painting early on and in the 1930s worked as a designer in an
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Canadian Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting Color Field Claude Vermette
By Claude Vermette
Located in Surfside, FL
, August 10, 1930 and who died in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, April 21, 2006. Artist of international
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Canadian Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting Color Field Claude Vermette
By Claude Vermette
Located in Surfside, FL
, August 10, 1930 and who died in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, April 21, 2006. Artist of international
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Canadian Modernist Abstract Expressionist Painting Color Field Claude Vermette
By Claude Vermette
Located in Surfside, FL
10, 1930 and who died in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, April 21, 2006. Artist of international reputation
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled Mid Century Modern abstraction (original signed oil painting on board)
Located in New York, NY
in the art world. From the late 1930's to 1981, the artist painted, had several teaching posts and
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Bride - British 1934 Romantic art female portrait oil painting
By Frank Owen Salisbury
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British 1930's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Frank Owen Salisbury or
Category

1930s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Colorful MCM Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modernist Ralph Rosenborg
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Surfside, FL
hand signed recto and verso, artists label and Snyder Fine Art gallery label, The painting is dated
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Jute, Oil, Canvas

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
Morris Kantor, American, 1896-1974 Seaside View, 1930 Hand signed M. Kantor and dated 1930 lower
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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