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"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern
By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962
Located in New York, NY
"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern
Ludwig Bemelmans
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
Daniel Celentano
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
"Late Afternoon
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Harold Haydon
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
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
Egg Tempera, Board
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Fulton, CA
A WPA style lithograph titled "The Argument" by Herman Roderick Vols (1904-1990). Pencil signed and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Marion Gilmore
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Eugene Savage (1883
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorado Mine, 1940s WPA Modern Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, 18 x 24 inches
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
, New York, 1976.;
Modern Art in Denver (1919-1960): Eleven Denver Artists, Elizabeth Schlosser, Ocean
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
Max Kalish
The Road Builder
inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth
Height: 13 1/8 in...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh
Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937
Signed lower right
Watercolor and pencil on paper
13 3/4 x 20 inches
Housed in a Lowy frame.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 200...
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"Industrial Landscape, " WPA Mid-Century Modern Social Realist Watercolor
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Louis Wolchonok (1898 - 1973)
Industrial Landscape, 1925
Watercolor on paper
22 1/4 x 16 inches
Louis Wolchonok was an author of art books, etcher, painter of townscapes, landscapes...
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Philip Evergood American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Still Life Interior
By Philip Evergood
Located in New York, NY
Interior with Man at Table American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Painting
Philip Evergood
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Abstract Geometric WPA Painting Transcendental Art Modern Non Objective 1940s
Located in New York, NY
and drawings that embraced styles from realism through abstraction. A member of the WPA, he was best
Category
1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers. Dated and signed "32
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Reginald Marsh
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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
Gouache, Board
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
"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
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
Ernest Hamlin
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA
By George L.K. Morris
Located in New York, NY
Modern artist George L.K. Morris created this abstract biomorphic non0objective plaster sculpture
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA.
David Fredenthal
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"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
Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Organ grinder with parrot
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Klezmer Musicians
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Klezmer Musicians
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
James McCracken
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Project of the New York City WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
School.
In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City WPA. 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
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s
By Robert Riggs
Located in New York, NY
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s.
Known for his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
Gerrit Van Sinclair
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Ink on paper. 12 x
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
MAURICE BECKER
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Ink
Abstract Mid 20th Century WPA Non Objective American Modernism New Hope Modern
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Mid 20th Century WPA Non Objective American Modernism New Hope Modern.mixed media. 21 x 16
Category
1940s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache, 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
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern
By Ramstonev (Ramsey/Stone/Evans co-operative)
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern. Signed with a
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Watercolor
1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA in this period. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern
Subject: Fiddler on the roof
Medium: Oil
Surface: Board, size includes artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene
John Winters
Category
1940s American Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By August Mosca
Located in New York, NY
Geometric Abstract American Oil Painting WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective.
August
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE BROADCAST - Published by WPA!
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NAN LURIE (b. 1910-?)
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE BROADCAST, c 1935
Lithograph, published by the WPA
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By Walter Quirt
Located in New York, NY
field during the WPA era in the 1930s.
Abstraction, 12 x 16 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed lower center
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
By Robert Cronbach
Located in New York, NY
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
Robert M. Cronbach
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
. Here, he would begin his career painting murals for the WPA, as well as accepting private commissions
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST ABSTRACT Mid-Century New Hope Non-Objective oil American Modern WPA
Louis Stone (1902
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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