William Gropper

William Gropper Important New York Artist and Caricaturist Painting, "Mug-Wump"

circa 1930s

Watercolor on paper by French artist Marcel Gromaire depicting a Circus Clown. The image measures 12"h x 9 7/8"w and the work is in excellent condition. This item is neither matted ...

Bernard Dunstan, R.A. Pastel on Paper beautifully framed. Titled on the verso: “Coming out of the Bathroom: Llwynair” Initialed lower left “B.D.” Signed in marker on the verso “Berna...

Philip Reisman (1904-1992) Oil on Board, 1948. This wonderful New York image is titled “Delancey Street” on the verso. The work is signed by the artist “P. Reisman” lower right and...

Joseph (Joe) Leboit (1907-2002) Color lithograph, circa 1935. Black subject. $3200 Edition probably 25. Rare NYC WPA print. The image depicts boys diving into a fountain to collect ...

Gropper, William (American, 1897-1977). UNTITLED DRAWING. Blue chalk on fibrous handmade paper. Signed lower right, and inscribed at left to Irwin and Sarah Lefcourt. 26 1/2 x 20 1/...

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Orthodox Jewish Rabbi having a glass of t...

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern William Gropper (1898 - 1977) Unemployed 20 x 16 inches Oil on canvas, 1937 Signed lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist Bio Throughout his life, William Gropper used his artistic talents to protest social injustice. Born in New York City, he grew up there in poverty and left high school to work as a dishwasher and delivery boy. He eventually began a career in art and was able to study with Robert Henri and George Bellows from 1912 to 1915. He adopted their realistic painting style, and his own work expressed sympathy for common laborers and outrage at society's ills. In 1919 Gropper established a reputation as a political cartoonist working for the New York Tribune. His blunt, forceful style attracted the attention of other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper supported liberal political causes, depicting subjects such as the plight of migrant laborers and striking factory workers. In his first gallery exhibition in 1936 at ACA Galleries, Gropper's work was so well received by critics, collectors, and artists that the following year he had two one-man exhibitions at ACA Galleries. In 1937, Gropper traveled west on a Guggenheim Fellowship and visited the Dust Bowl and the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams, sketching studies for a series of paintings and a mural he painted for the Department of the Interior. That same year he had paintings purchased by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1939-48), and National Academy of Design (1945-48). He was a founder of the Artists Equity Association and member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. From 1940 to 1945 William Gropper was preoccupied with anti-Nazi cartoons...

Vintage William Gropper print signed and numbered. Great period piece depicting woman play guitar.