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Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism Antonio
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
,. Oil on board, c. 1930’s. Signed lower left. Stowell Sherman (1886 – 1973) was born in Providence
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, 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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Will Henry Stevens Abstract Mix Media, Circa 1930's - “Configuration No. 1"
By Will Henry Stevens
Located in Phoenix, AZ
of exquisite paintings. Proficient in a variety of media, Stevens poetic vision is reflected in oil
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

Materials

Crayon

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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Egg Tempera

'African Idol' — 1930s American Modernism
By Robert Vale Faro
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
are a sophisticated blend of Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism, and Indian Space Painting, with a
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1940s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Long Beach WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
Long Beach WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan Daniel Ralph
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1930s American Realist Figurative 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
"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan. Signed lower right
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

"Two Figures, " Louis Stone, Abstract, American WPA Modernism
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
Benton. While painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts during the summer of 1927, Stone met artist Carolyn
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1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism. 30 x 40 inches
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Abstract Cubist Construction Collage Mid 20th Century American Modernism Cubism
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
. His paintings exhibit a clear inclination toward modernism. His still lives and interiors from the
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1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board, Casein

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
, landscapes, surrealism, and trompe l'oeil painting, Aaron Bohrod spent his early career in Chicago where he
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

“Woman with Rose” Lily Harmon, Female American Modernism Mid-century
By Lily Harmon
Located in New York, NY
Colarossi in Paris and the Art Students' League in New York. By the early 1930's she was working in a Social
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan The size of the
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1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Abstraction I, " Rolph Scarlett, gouache, modernism, American art, ca 1940-50
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Wiscasset, ME
lecturer, and eventually acquiring nearly sixty of his paintings and monoprints. An important painter and
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all are available on 1stDibs. BIO JOSEPH LAMBERT CAIN (1904
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

'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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
spent the first of three consecutive summers studying painting at William Merritt Chase’s art school in
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a
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1930s Art Deco Interior Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'The Bather' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
painting at William Merritt Chase’s art school in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. There he found a community
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Unemployed Marchers — 1930s Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also taught at both P.S. 94, and Bronx House, in New York
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Rockport Harbor' — Mid-Century Modernism
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Students League from the 1930s until the last year of his life, authoring four highly regarded books on
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1950s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Hook Creek Hungarian American European Modernism WPA 1935 Long Island Canal Boat
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
Hook Creek Hungarian American European Modernism WPA 1935 Long Island Canal Boat Oil on canvas
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1930s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism
By Maurice Kish
Located in New York, NY
support himself as a painter and to place his work in exhibitions, by the late 1930's, at such prestigious
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

'Skyline from Jersey Heights' — 1930s Modernism
By Adriaan Lubbers
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Adriaan Lubbers, 'Skyline from Jersey Heights', lithograph, 1930, edition 25. Signed, titled, and
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker. Sight size: 18 x
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century, Sight size is 16 x
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

'Madman's Drum (Plate 41)' — 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Madman's Drum, Plate 41', wood engraving, 1930, edition small. Signed in pencil. A
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Figure Study" Rockwell Kent, American Modernism, Work on Paper
By Rockwell Kent
Located in New York, NY
painting at William Merritt Chase’s art school in Shinnecock Hills, Long Island. There he found a community
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

1930s American Farm Scene, Landscape Watercolor Painting Farm Buildings Windmill
By Samuel Bolton Colburn
Located in Denver, CO
Original watercolor on paper painting by Samuel Bolton Colburn (1909-1993) of a small farm situated
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"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
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

'Dynamic Abstract', California San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
studied at the Oakland Art Center during the 1930s. Following service during WWII, he settled in Nevada
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Paper

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

NYC Watercolor Drawing American Modern 20th Century Modernism Mid-Century WPA
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
him in the early 1930's. After he won a traveling scholarship to Europe from The Museum of Modern Art
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'Financial District', New York City — 1930s American Modernism
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
association with Taos in 1926, he became a resident of the community in the 1930s. During his career, he
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway
Located in New York, NY
Yiddish Theatre Cubist Costume Design 1924 Deco Color Field Modernism Broadway. Boris Aronson
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"March Avery in Beret, " Milton Avery, American Modernism, Portrait of Artist
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
Avery: Paintings, 1930-1960 by Hilton Kramer (1962).
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1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Crayon, Paper, Pencil

'Woman in Red', California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
studied at the Oakland Art Center during the 1930s. Following service during WWII, he settled in Nevada
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

"Aragon" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Kore" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
with Diego Rivera who had admired and encouraged him in the early 1930's. After he won a traveling
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century William Gropper
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

"Resting Amazon" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Hill Town" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Serpent" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

"Cathedral #79" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Night Garden" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

“Dime a Dance” American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Pin-Up Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Board

Modernist wooden garden table 1930's
Located in Forest, BE
music, divisionist painting and modern architecture. Modernism explicitly rejected the ideology of
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Patio and Garden Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Modernist Landscape 'Portugal' Watercolor Painting
By Maurice Freed
Located in Surfside, FL
to Freed’s work an extraordinary diversity of subject matter and mood. In the 1930’s, he traveled and
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Birthday, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
, Loeb and Co. Emilie met Stanley in New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Northeaster, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple, who had no children
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Flight, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
New York in the early 1930’s when she attended one of his art exhibitions with a friend. The couple
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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