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'Negro' — California WPA, 1930s Social Realism – African American Subject
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
278 mm).
Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
angels in the heaven from his position on the ground below, is reminiscent of the early work of African
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1930, this abstract yet representational biomorphic charcoal work by African American
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
primitive arts such as African and American folk.
Zorach found his sculptural direction by instinct, but
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
painting. He won several commissions to paint murals in the naturalistic American Scene style including one
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
The board measures
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
The size of the
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
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
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won
Category
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
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Blues" 1971 African American Artist - Color lithograph Framed
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful print by African American artist, Charles White (1918 - 1979)
"Blues"
Color lithograph
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Archival Paper
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
Michael Loew
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Reclining Nude — Mid-Century Modernism, African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
joined the WPA at the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest New York center for instruction in the
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing.
Study to Scale
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
William Gropper
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper
The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
forms a powerful link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean counterparts. The figure
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Social Realist Street Scene of Youth at Play (African American)
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
this urban street scene sensitively captures a group of African American kids at play.
Paul Zimmerman
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
experience, the Holocaust, and African American church services. Friedlander’s prints convey tremendous
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
NEW DREAMS Signed Lithograph Young Black Girl Portrait, African American History
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
many careers of African-American artists. He said that the WPA was "the greatest stimulant the American
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of an African American Woman by Tony Sisti (1901-1983). Sisti was a master draftsman. With
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 29 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of an African American Woman by Tony Sisti. Sisti was a master draftsman. With just a few
Category
Mid-20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
Eugenie Gershoy (January 1, 1901 – May 8, 1986) was an American sculptor and watercolorist. Eugenie
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Nude with Hand on Hip Leaning Against Chair" Joseph Delaney, African-American
Located in New York, NY
African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Watercolor with pencil painting
Rabbi Klezmer music concert
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
) and architectural renderings of buildings.
This is a wonderful piece by one of America's most
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
scene of a lynching of African American men done by Art Smith. Born in New York City, Smith painted for
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Watercolor painting
Rabbinical Talmudic Discussion
Hand signed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991)
Patinated cast bronze sculpture,
Three Acrobats,
signed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 26 in W 14.5 in D 7 in
Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a group of tenement children of mixed races, African
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA funding, he teaches at his 38 West 22nd Street studio and at the American Artists' School. On the
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Heavy-Lidded Female Head" Dignified Art Deco Sculpture by WPA Artist
By Jean de Marco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by stylized Etruscan and African sculpture, this heavy-lidded female head is a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
and after. He had done pieces during the mid-1930s about the oppression of African-Americans
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
odd jobs there as a gold and silversmith. When he was seventeen, Gross immigrated to America where
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 7 in W 7.5 in D 1.5 in
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
after. He had done pieces during the mid-1930s about the oppression of African-Americans, including
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
.
She married Oscar H. Hunter, an African-American writer, in 1946. Together they founded a wallpaper
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint
Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful original hand carved unique marble sculpture by one of America's most treasured
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
H 8 in W 4.5 in D 3.5 in
"North African Skyline with Mosque, " Stunning Drawing in Sanguine by Reznikoff
By Misha Reznikoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully realized in sanguine, a ruddy chalk, this view of a North African cityscape dominated
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
H 13.88 in W 17.25 in D 0.1 in
Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit, 1945 American Modern Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
many Americans who participated in the WPA-era mural projects in the United States in the 1930s and
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 35.25 in W 29.25 in D 1.75 in
NYC School Abstract Expressionist Russian-American Painter Pastel Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
-American painter born in Czarist Russia in Hretzk, near Slutsk, Belarus. He excelled in art as a youth
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Crayon
Mid Century Modern Clown print, hand signed 144/250 Russian born American artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in New York, NY
graphite on the front
34 x 27.5 inches
Unframed, affixed to matting
Published by American Color Slide Co
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Pencil
Pennies
Located in Raleigh, NC
RgrFineArts is pleased to offer this rare WPA lithograph of African American children collecting
Category
1930s American Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Sunday Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Samuel J. Brown.
Dox Thrash (1893–1965) was an African-American artist who was famed as a skilled
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
MARKET IN ERONGARICUARO
By Morton Dimondstein
Located in Santa Monica, CA
is an Artist hangout in Michoacan, Mexico.
Very nice serigraph in the WPA tradition. Morton
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Dropping In
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled (Three Ducks Taking to Flight)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
"Arab Children, " Portrait of Two Figures Lithograph signed by Fletcher Martin
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Smithsonian American Art Museum. Perhaps his most ambitious mural, also done under the WPA, was painted for
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in Larchmont, NY
Mervin Jules (American, 1912-1994)
Folk Singer, 20th century
Oil on masonite
18 x 7 1/2 in.
Signed
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Jury
By Mervin Jules
Located in Concord, MA
left: JULES
PROVENANCE
ACA Galleries, New York, NY
EXHIBITED
Cahoon Museum of American Art
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Hillside, Colorado, 1930s Landscape Oil Painting, Hillside Farm with Truck
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
Siqueiros. Their work was admired by many Americans who participated in the WPA-era mural projects in the
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36.25 in W 50.25 in D 0.75 in
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
African-American and WPA artists, including Charles White, William Carter, Charles Sebree and Richard Hunt
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 19.5 in W 44.5 in D 2 in
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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