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WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
include Custom Made (1940), a lithograph showing a woman slumped over her work in a WPA sewing room, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
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
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Depression era watercolor painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) titled "The Way War First Comes" from 1940 of an outdoor village scene. Presented in a custom black frame wi...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Harlem Art Center. He also taught at P.S. 94 and Bronx House in New York City.
Bibel’s WPA program ended
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
both P.S. 94, and Bronx House, in New York City.
Bibel’s program in the WPA ended in 1941, and he
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Unemployed Marchers — 1930s Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
to 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Created while Bibel worked in the New York City WPA (Works
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
taught at P.S. 94 and Bronx House in New York City.
Bibel’s WPA program ended in 1941, and he moved with
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the WPA Federal Arts Project and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
In his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
WPA Harvester & Foundry Worker Ceramic Sculptures by Rosario R. Fiore
Located in Savannah, GA
Rosario Russell Fiore
(American, 1908-1994)
WPA ceramic sculptures of a harvester and a foundry
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
.
In New York City in the 1930s, John Von Wicht was an active WPA artist, working beside Stuart Davis
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 18 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
x 20 inches
Housed in a Lowy frame.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 2006, Lot 113
D
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
'Food Not Cannon' — rare WPA modernist work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
taught at P.S. 94 and Bronx House in New York City.
Bibel’s WPA program ended in 1941, and he moved with
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
right
Country Scene
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, and his steeply-gabled houses and somber colors have parallels in the work of Henry Gasser and Lyonel
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 35.5 in W 29 in D 1.75 in
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
services such as forestry and hurricane cleanup. Many other objectors housed alongside him were of artistic
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
H 22.5 in W 30.75 in D 0.1 in
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
taught at both P.S. 94 and Bronx House.
Bibel's program in the WPA ended in 1941, and he moved with his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
opened an office in the tower of the Auditorium Building that also housed the Little Gallery, an
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era. 10 x 11 inches oil
Category
1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Cardboard, Watercolor
"Park Street Church, Boston, " John Whorf Impressionist Watercolor WPA Cityscape
By John Whorf
Located in New York, NY
inches
Signed lower right
Housed in its original frame
Provenance:
Milch Gallery, New York, circa 1930
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
Antonio
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
"Balcony" 1938 WPA Print Mid 20th Century American Broadway Theatre Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
taught at both P.S. 94 and Bronx House.
Bibel's program in the WPA ended in 1941, and he moved with his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
York, N.Y. Assistant director for Asia House gallery. (she was friends with John von Wicht and Andy
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Mailman, " Rare and Important WPA Maquette and Bronze by Rudolf Henn
By Rudolph Henn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
WPA bas relief at the post office in Loudonville, Ohio, was created by Rudolf Henn in 1938. Henn was a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
An artist on the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
Bronx House.
Bibel's program in the WPA ended in 1941, and he moved with his wife to South Brunswick
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Man on First" James Chapin, Baseball Sports, Figurative WPA, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
wife moved to an old farm house in New Jersey with their two sons.
In 1969 the Chapins moved to Toronto
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
Ernest Fiene (1894
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Gallery where he had an exhibition of 20 lithographs in the spring. Fiene sold his house in Woodstock in
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape American Hungarian European Modernism 1938 Realism Long Island WPA era
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Landscape American Hungarian European Modernism 1938 Realism Long Island WPA era. The canvas
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
WPA Magic Realism Oil Painting National Gallery MOMA Thornberg Female 1930's
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on canvas by WPA era artist Cleo Sara Thornberg whose work is represented in the
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sand Pit Hungarian American Painting Workers Horses European Modernism 1928 WPA
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Sand Pit Hungarian American Oil Painting Workers Horses European Modernism 1928 WPA
The board
Category
1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
right
Lower East Side Tenements Pushcart Market
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
streets. I drew a cross-section of tenement house: through one window could be seen a man attacking his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
streets. I drew a cross-section of tenement house: through one window could be seen a man attacking his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
streets. I drew a cross-section of tenement house: through one window could be seen a man attacking his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
American 1940’s WPA Surrealist Style Landscape French Female Artist Cecile Belle
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American circa 1940’s WPA / surrealist style landscape painting by French American female artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
H 33.75 in W 38.75 in D 2 in
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
. Denis in France; Hilles Library at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Hillel House at
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
Antonio
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Poker Players NYC Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in New York, NY
Poker Players NYC Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
Philip Reisman (1904
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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