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What is a WPA poster?
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WPA, or Work Projects Administration posters were a government program from 1936 to 1943 that supported the arts, health and educational programs. More than 2000 posters are said to exist. You can shop a collection of WPA posters from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
matter for this social realist, WPA artist.
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
center of this life for the next 70 years: music and art. Between 1912 and 1916, William Meyerowitz
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
WPA terracotta buffalo sculpture by Anthony Vozech, circa 1930s. Dimensions: 8” wide 20” high 22
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Beach Landscape" Karl Fortess, WPA, American Landscape, Sand Dunes, Clouds
Located in New York, NY
worked in WPA art projects.
From the early 1930s through the 1950s, Fortess exhibited nationally at the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Beach Landscape" Karl Fortess, WPA, Dramatic, Cloudy Sky, Beach, Dunes
Located in New York, NY
worked in WPA art projects.
From the early 1930s through the 1950s, Fortess exhibited nationally at the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Archie Musick WPA-Era Signed Lithograph “Prospector’s Cabin” 1937
By Archie Musick
Located in Denver, CO
addition for collectors of WPA art, Regionalist prints, and Modernist works on paper.
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
