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'The Doctor's Office', WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Project, later the WPA, while also painting theatrical scenery and murals. In 1938, Murray moved to San
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'de Young Mansion – San Francisco' — 1930s California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Marguerite Redman Dorgeloh, 'de Young Mansion – San Francisco', lithograph, c. 1937, edition 25
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979)
Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939
Oil and
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Oil, Canvas
'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as Director at the Art Barn School until the early forties. Working with the WPA as one of the
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 18.75 in W 25.5 in D 0.13 in
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s
By Frank Van Sloun
Located in New York, NY
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s. 9 x 12 inches
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Egg Tempera
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
ADOLF ARTHUR DEHN (American, 1895-1969)
San Francisco Bay Area street scene, with Trolley
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Redman Dorgeloh, Van Ness Mansion, San Francisco
By Redman Dorgeloh
Located in New York, NY
This print was Illustrated in the San Francisco News, Nov. 6, 1941. It was made in an edition of 25
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Victor DeWilde, The Anchor (San Francisco), 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Born in Tamines, Belgium, Victor DeWilde (1903-1977) settled in San Francisco around 1925. He
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Redman Dorgeloh, Octagon House (San Francisco, CA)
By Redman Dorgeloh
Located in New York, NY
This print was made in an edition of 25 for the California WPA. It is signed and titled in pencil
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
(Eleanor) Sinton (1910-1997) was a painter, art collector and educator in San Francisco, California
Nell
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
By Gordon Cope
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
Rare and bold
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper, Ink
H 22.5 in W 27 in D 1.25 in
'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
ARTIST
Painter, printmaker, and sculptor Leon Bibel was born in Poland in 1913 but moved to San Francisco
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
of Progress for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, in San Francisco, California, with his former
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, Leon Bibel, was born in Poland in 1913 but moved with his family to San Francisco as a child. He
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Unemployed Marchers — 1930s Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
his family to San Francisco as a child. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, and sculptor Leon Bibel was born in Poland in 1913 but moved to San Francisco with his family as a
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
'Court' — 1930s Social Conscience, WPA Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. In the 1950s, she studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park.
Mahl worked in the
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, Brooklyn Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Metropolitan
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art and Gump's Gallery in San Francisco (1943).
Framed Dimensions: 14.75 H x
Category
1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Fulton, CA
Held: National Gallery of Art. Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Category
Vintage 1940s American Prints
Materials
Paper
'Negro' — California WPA, 1930s Social Realism – African American Subject
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
went on to teach ceramics at Alfred University, NY.
Panesis moved to San Francisco in the early 1930s
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Food Not Cannon' — rare WPA modernist work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, printmaker, and sculptor Leon Bibel was born in Poland in 1913 but moved to San Francisco with his family as
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
(1947), Whitney Museum of Art (1951), San Francisco Art Association, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Thanksgiving" Doris Lee, Family Genre Scene Interior, Americana, WPA, Woodstock
By Doris Lee
Located in New York, NY
that terminated. In 1930, she studied in San Francisco with Arnold Blanch, whom she married in 1939
Category
1940s American Realist Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
the Central Ohio Competition in 1941. The piece then toured the country stopping at the San Francisco
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
H 22.5 in W 30.75 in D 0.1 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Gallery (1923), the Whitney Museum of American Art and Gump's Gallery in San Francisco (1943).
Reference
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
under Thomas Hart Benton.
Hocker painted murals for the New York World's Fair and the San Francisco
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
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
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
; Corcoran Gallery of Art biennial, 1945; ACA Gallery, New York City, 1940s; San Francisco World's Fair
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
Oldfield” lower left. 14 x 12 inches.
Exhibited: Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1925
Category
1920s 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
, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
Museum, San Francisco.
In 1954 she relocated to Bermuda where she taught art and executed a large fresco
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received
Category
1930s American 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
, such as the figure of Columbia for the World War II Memorial at the Presidio in San Francisco. This
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
held at the Robinson Gallery in New York in 1940. She moved to San Francisco in 1942, and began
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
with Archie Musick sponsored by Randall Davey (1930); World’s Fair Art Exhibition-San Francisco (1939
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
'Ginger Cat with Still Life', American Modernist, WPA Muralist, SFAA, GGIE, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
installed in San Francisco's Mission Hills School Library. In addition to numerous other WPA projects, he
Category
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 26.25 in W 30.25 in D 0.75 in
1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
palace of the legion of honor San Francisco 1930. Works for the resettlement administration (WPA) 1936
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Ukraine of Russia, Victor Arnautoff became one of the most influential muralists in San Francisco in the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
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
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Half Nude Standing Male", WPA Era Sculpture, Brents Carlton, Golden Gate Expo
By Brents Carlton
Located in Philadelphia, PA
settled down in San Francisco where he pursued two careers as a sculptor and pharmacist. He proposed a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
H 8.88 in W 3.75 in D 2 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
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
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
American Art, 1937, 1940-41
Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, 1939
Walker Art Center, 1936-37, 1938
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pensacola Museum of Art, San Francisco Fine Arts Museum
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
Daniel Celentano
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Center-show with Archie Musick sponsored by Randall Davey (1930); World’s Fair Art Exhibition-San
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Eduard Buk Ulreich WPA Artist Proposed Mural, 1940s, Freedom of the Seas
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Phoenix, AZ
-Hungary and living in New York until 1962 when he moved to San Francisco, Eduard “Buk” Ulreich (1899-1966
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Paint
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, in San Francisco, California, with his former teacher, Isidore Konti
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
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
featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
San Francisco Museum
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Bronze Sculpture Abstract Brutalist Goat or Ram WPA Artist Mounted on Base
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Surfside, FL
); Artist-in-Residence, National Center of Experiments TV, San Francisco, California, (1969); and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
International Exhibition in San Francisco.
Provenance: Private Collection of Lois M. Wright, Author of "A
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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