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'Pups in the Pit' — 1960s American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
received a listing in Who’s Who in American Art that same year. He finished his undergraduate degree in
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1940s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"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
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in New York, NY
"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit. 26 x 28 inches
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing Konrad Cramer
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful "New York Subway
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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
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1930s American Modern Landscape 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
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Forgotten Fence /// Realism Landscape Country Farm River Painting American Art
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Forgotten Fence" *Signed by
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1970s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Board, Panel, Wood Panel

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

Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism Arthur Rosenman
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1930s Art Deco Interior Paintings

Materials

Board, Gouache

“Dime a Dance” American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Pin-Up Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
“Dime a Dance” American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Pin-Up Social Realism Arthur Rosenman Ross
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Board

Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
emigrated to America. In 1946 he published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. In the 1950s he
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
emigrated to America. In 1946 he published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. In the 1950s he
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
emigrated to America. In 1946 he published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. In the 1950s he
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Girl in Ballerina Dress (Thonet Chair) Color Lithograph, American Modernist
By Philip Pearlstein
Located in Surfside, FL
painted a portrait of Warhol, now held by the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1950, Philip Pearlstein
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1970s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Train Station, " Max Kuehne, Industrial City Scene, American Impressionism
By Max Kuehne
Located in New York, NY
November 7, 1880. During his adolescence the family immigrated to America and settled in Flushing, New
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1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
subsequent annuals); "Made in the U.S.A." Hackley Art Gallery, Muskegon, Michigan (1950) and Colorado Springs
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Feast of Passover' — American Expressionism
By Max Weber
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum. ABOUT MAX WEBER'S RELIEF PRINTS "In summary
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"March Avery in Beret, " Milton Avery, American Modernism, Portrait of Artist
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
. Always at odds with the dominate style of the time, be it the American Scene Painting and Social Realism
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1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

1930s Graphite Drawing, American Modern City Scene of Houses on a Hill, Colorado
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
pieces selected for a traveling show to ten other American museums. An only child, Bunnell developed
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

1950s Original Gelatin Silver Print from the Chrysler Building by Barbara Morgan
Located in North Miami, FL
ntroducing a captivating original vintage gelatin silver print from the 1950s, featuring the iconic
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Photography

Materials

Wood, Paper

Fauvist Pastel by Iranian American modernist Simon Samsonian
Located in Larchmont, NY
whisked away by American warships to a temporary orphanage site on the beautiful Greek island of Syra
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

American Bronze Sculpture of Male Nude Athlete during Shot Put.
By Clemente Spampinato
Located in New York, NY
and '40s. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1947, he moved to New York, where he channeled his artistic
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1950s Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Carving William Pellicone
Located in Surfside, FL
William Pellicone (American 1915-2004) Mixed media, pyrography, oil on wood carving painting
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Surreal Landscape with an American Underslung and Rolls Royce
By Siegfried Reinhardt
Located in Missouri, MO
Museum Picture Gallery, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. In the late 1950s, he produced the
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

1950s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Composition by Charles Bunnell
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
American Abstract Expressionist by his inclusion in the book American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950’s
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Boston MA Joseph Solman (January 25, 1909 – April 16, 2008) was a Jewish American painter, a founder of
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20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Monotype

Composition in Red and Blue - Abstract Expressionist 1950s Oil Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
in the book American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950’s: An Illustrated Survey. Solo Exhibits
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
, titled and signed "J.S." verso, Dimensions 14" x 10" Framed to 21 X 17 Provenance: William H. Trayes
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20th Century Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1950s Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Blue Brown Orange Sage Green
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
American museums. An only child, Bunnell developed his love of art at a young age through frequent
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

1950s Abstract Painting New York Skyline Cityscape, Buildings, Blue Yellow Red
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
continued to evolve in the style through the 1950’s continuing to his death in 1968. He was recently
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Sacred Family, 1950s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Red Blue White Green
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
his inclusion in the book American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950’s: An Illustrated Survey. ©
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

1950s Abstract Expressionist Composition, Mid Century Oil Painting, Blue Yellow
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
to stray from realism and though Bunnell mastered Robinson’s preferred style of American Scene
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1950s Framed Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting, Mid Century Modern, Green Red
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
abandoned mural-making altogether. By the late 1930’s Bunnell’s work departed from the American Scene
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Original Avenge December 7th vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
American painter primarily known for creating many American posters during WWII and for magic realism
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1940s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Untitled (Industrial Street)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Untitled (Farm in Winter)
By Julius M. Delbos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Farm
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1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rabbit Hunters
By Roger Medearis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art’s exhibition American Painting Today 1950-1951. Despite his success, Medearis became disheartened
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Board

"Models & Horses, " Original Color Lithograph signed by Philip Pearlstein
By Philip Pearlstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" frame Philip Pearlstein is an influential American painter best known for Modernist Realism nudes
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1990s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Landscape with Trees
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
contributions to American Surrealism, but his work also encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Wayne Thiebaud: Survey 1947-1976" Oakland Museum Show Poster
By (After) Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Soquel, CA
original drawing (Six Candied Apples, 1968) by Wayne Theibaud (American, 1920-2021). The painting in the
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1970s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views
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1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
encyclopedia) Leon Kelly (October 21, 1901 – June 28, 1982) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, PA
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20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Untitled
Untitled
H 17.63 in W 16.25 in
Cameron's Cone, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Framed Colorado Landscape Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1971.; American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950’s: An
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Street Scene: "King George Dies"
By Thomas Fransioli
Located in New York, NY
, Magic Realism was a “widespread but not yet generally recognized trend in contemporary American art…. It
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20th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Edam, Holland
By Thomas Fransioli
Located in New York, NY
would detract from the scene’s bleak and surreal beauty. Magic Realism neatly characterizes Fransioli’s
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20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Pittsburgh Alleyway
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Los Angeles, CA
excellent example of Bohrod’s American Scene works from the 1940s when he depicted the ordinary lives of the
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Early Drawing and Watercolor Painting Figurative Abstraction
By Mitch Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
Tucson Scholarship, USA Mitchell Becker emerged into the art world of late 1950s Chicago, between
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1960s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Zeus, Venus and Hera' - 1980s Semi Abstract Painting, Nude Figures, Mythology
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
Zoltan Sepeshy and sculptor Carl Milles were interrupted by U.S. army service in the Aleutian Islands
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1980s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Girl with Guitar" Robert Gwathmey, Music, Southern Social Commentary, Modernism
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
Arts, Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, October 8, 2022 - March 19, 2023, fig. 5.7, p. 102-4
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diana Raised 1
By Larry Rivers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, U.S. Died August 14, 2002 (aged 78) Southampton, New York, U.S. Nationality American Education Hans
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1970s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ed Sketching at Red Rocks, Vintage 1940s Original Mountain Landscape, Colorado
By Vance Kirkland
Located in Denver, CO
American art centers in the East and Midwest. “By minding my own business and working on my own,” he said
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
influenced style, to cubism, surrealism, and realism. Not only did he master these styles, he was a pioneer
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1920s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
After Pablo Picasso - The Basket
H 12.21 in W 16.15 in D 0.04 in
Sybil (The Prophetess), 1970s Abstract Figurative Oil Painting, Pink Blue Red
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
sculptor Carl Milles were interrupted by U.S. army service in the Aleutian Islands during World War II
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

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