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Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the 1930s, workers began to organize in large numbers. A great wave of work stoppages in 1933 and 1934
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Great Depression 3, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
A great New york City street scene in a modernist realist style. done in the the great depression
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Paris during the Great Depression circa 1930, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
By Press Agency Keystone View Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Paris during the Great Depression, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Art Deco Barker Upright Piano Chrome Mahogany Geometric Case Styling
Located in Leeds, GB
of Fauvism. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more subdued. New materials
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Chrome
H 42.92 in W 55.12 in D 22.05 in
The New Great Depression 5, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category
1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Fred Lundy CA Great Depression Cartoon Illustration, circa 1938
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Examiner in 1938.
This was done during the great depression and shows a brown bear lamenting
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
artists. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly, and for
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera
Agentor Art Deco Bronze tray Denmark 1930s
Located in Valby, 84
monuments to the style.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more subdued. New
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Art Deco Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
Just Andersen Art Deco Light Bronze Dish Denmark 1930s
By Just Andersen
Located in Valby, 84
1930s are monuments to the style.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
Large Art Moderne Bronze Sculpture Esther Wertheimer Mother Baby Child Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
and Fritz Brandtner. During the Great Depression she worked to help support her family, while young
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 14.5 in W 8 in D 5.75 in
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
.
Grooms was born in Nashville, Tennessee during the middle of the Great Depression. Red Grooms came of age
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
1948 American Folk Art Watercolor, Gouache, Painting Horse Farm, Running Horses
Located in Surfside, FL
style.
Framed 22.5 X 28.5, image 16 X 23
During the dismal years of the Great Depression until World
Category
1940s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
born in Nashville, Tennessee during the middle of the Great Depression. Red Grooms came of age in the
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
Large Collage Painting Miami Outsider Artist Purvis Young Abstract Outsider Art
By Purvis Young
Located in Surfside, FL
explored other inspirations by watching historical documentaries about war, the Great Depression, commerce
Category
1990s Outsider Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Jonathan Winters Screenprint on Canvas Painting Umbrellas Hollywood Star Pop Art
By Jonathan Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
, owned the Winters National Bank, which failed as the family's fortunes collapsed during the Great
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Jonathan Winters Screenprint Canvas Painting Airplane Hollywood Hang Ups Pop Art
By Jonathan Winters
Located in Surfside, FL
, owned the Winters National Bank, which failed as the family's fortunes collapsed during the Great
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Screen
Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration (WPA) during the depression, Solman met and worked with and befriended many great artists, like
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Monotype
Huge Folk/Tramp Art Side/End Table Box on Legs
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
side or end table and would be a great addition to anyone's collection. Tramp art was a popular art
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Peace Mid-Century Modern Pop Art Enamel Painting Chaim Gross Modernist Ltd Ed
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
such as war, depression, and the Holocaust.
He is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; the
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Metal
Folk Art Wood Knife Dated 1931
Located in Los Angeles, CA
height of the Great Depression. Really interesting piece of art and sculpture. Great vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paint
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
social protest works of the Great Depression. Subjects included industrial strikes and incidents of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
and then went on to earn an M. A. in art from Stanford University in 1928. Marguerite returned to
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Serpent Diptych (Snake, Street Art, Collage, Colorful - ~54% OFF LIST PRICE)
By Amy Young
Located in Kansas City, MO
multidisciplinary artist whose methods and focus in art is as diverse as her neurobiology. Young’s work primarily
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
H 40 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Degué French Art Deco Table Lamp, Late 1920s
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
, whereas the items made after 1930 were frosted and more subdued, in response to the Great Depression.
Not
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wrought Iron
Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration (WPA) during the depression, Solman met and worked with and befriended many great artists, like
Category
20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Degue Large French Art Deco Chandelier, Late 1920s
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
, whereas the items made after 1930 were frosted and more subdued, in response to the Great Depression.
Not
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Great Depression, Meyerowitz painted murals in Connecticut post offices as a part of the WPA Federal
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
DEGUE French Art Deco Amber Pendant Chandelier, Late 1920s
By Studio Art Deco
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
and more subdued, in response to the Great Depression.
Not content with the success of his own
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
the city from the Staten Island Ferry. As the Great Depression had taken hold of the country, Dehn and
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Evan Jensen Bronze Vase, Denmark, 1930s
By Evan Jensen
Located in Valby, 84
1930s are monuments to the style.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
Evan Jensen Bronze Vase, Denmark, 1930s
By Evan Jensen
Located in Valby, 84
1930s are monuments to the style.
In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vases
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Ladies Powder Compact, circa 1935
Located in Westward ho, GB
after the great depression and the competitive environment of cosmetics this line was marketed to young
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Vanity Items
Monograph: I Need Art Like I Need God (Hand signed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin
I Need Art Like I Need God (Hand signed by Tracey Emin), 1998
Softback monograph with
Category
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset, Lithograph, Mixed Media, Ink
H 11.75 in W 8.5 in D 0.5 in
Boudoir lamp with roses
Located in Miami, FL
the factory closed three years later, a victim of the Great Depression.
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco More Art
Materials
Glass
George Ames Aldrich Cottage On A River
By George Ames Aldrich
Located in Dallas, TX
municipal art collection. Even before the privations of the Great Depression, however, Aldrich lived a
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Paintings
Materials
Paint
Evan Jensen Bronze Dish, Denmark, 1930s
By Evan Jensen
Located in Valby, 84
Depression, Art Deco became more subdued. New materials arrived, including chrome plating, stainless steel
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Bronze
Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
represented a turning point in the history of ocean liners. The Great Depression along with change in U.S
Category
1930s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Angel Without You illustrated monograph (Hand signed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
conversation with art history and a stage for life events: birth, sleep, sex, depression, illness, death. The
Category
2010s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
H 8.5 in W 11.25 in D 1 in
Monograph: You Left Me Breathing (Hand signed and inscribed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
commitment to the formal disciplines of art. Most recently, the artist has experienced her body as a
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art More Art
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
H 11 in W 10.5 in D 0.75 in
Glorifying The American Girl
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Fort Washington, PA
.
This painting was reproduced as figure 20 in The Great American Pin-Up by Charles G. Martignette and
Category
1920s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Board, Ink, Watercolor
Judaica Jewish Etching Hasidic Rabbi, Gaon, Genius, Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
scene with great charm and sensitivity.
Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898
Category
20th Century Expressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Yeshiva Talmudic Study Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
scene with great charm and sensitivity.
Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898
Category
20th Century Expressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Etching
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Reading the Newspaper Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
scene with great charm and sensitivity.
Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
George Segal Exhibition Poster for Whitney Museum of American Art
By George Segal
Located in Larchmont, NY
Museum of American Art, 1979
Framed: 34 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 3/4 in.
This poster accompanied the 1979
Category
1970s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Color
H 34.75 in W 23.5 in D 0.75 in
Judaica Jewish Shtetl Etching Hasidic Youth at Study Vintage Chassidic Art Print
By Paul Jeffay
Located in Surfside, FL
scene with great charm and sensitivity.
Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
American Regionalism Small Town Landscape in Style of Grant Wood
Located in Soquel, CA
the Great Depression, and ended in the 1940s due to the end of World War II and a lack of development
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vincent Glinsky Alabaster Reclining Nude Sculpture c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Great Depression, Glinsky found work as a WPA artist, and also as an architectural artist. As his
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures
Materials
Alabaster
H 7.5 in W 9 in D 4.5 in
Gum Kids
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in New Orleans, LA
composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Winged Male Figure - Apollo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
benefit of artists who were still struggling under the weight of the Great Depression and providing the
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Concrete
Sand Lot Baseball
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
reform school. During the Great Depression, Fasanella worked in garment factories and as a truck driver
Category
1950s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks)
By Karl Fortress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woodstock School artists and was a member of the Woodstock Art Association. During the Great Depression, he
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Houses and Railroad Tracks)
By Harry Lane
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Section of Fine Arts during the Great Depression, completing a 1937 mural for the Port Washington, New
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flowers and Arches
By Helen Lundeberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Although a bright and capable student, Lundeberg’s future was uncertain at the beginning of the Great
Category
1940s Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Transcendental Composition)
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
at the foot of Pike’s Peak. Like many artists during the Great Depression, Bunnell found work between
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
additional prizes at the Missouri State Fair. Later during the Great Depression, Hocker served as a District
Category
1950s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Applied Art in Greenwich Village, and the National Academy of Design.
During the Great Depression
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
the Great Depression. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then at Nashville's Peabody College
Category
1990s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Porcelain, Screen
H 10.5 in W 10.5 in D 2 in
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