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"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Midwestern Chicago artist Aaron Bohrod painted in 1931 this modernist industrial cityscape during
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
artist who lived and worked in Chicago. Schwartz was born in Smorgon in Belarus, then in the Russian
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
A Judaica painting with Hebrew Calligraphy by noted Chicago Modernist. Alexander Raymond Katz (his
Category

1930s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, subsequently, at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Bellows and John Norton. Geller exhibited widely and
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board

'Oregon Coast', Art Institute of Chicago, AIC, Works Project Association, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
who first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and was commissioned to paint murals by the Works
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"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
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Bohrod (1907-1992) Listed Wisconsin WPA American Artist Original Watercolor Painting Hand
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
who lived and worked in Chicago. Schwartz was born in Smorgon in Belarus, then in the Russian Empire
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
efforts to establish a Jewish museum in Chicago in 1928, involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Wpa Woman Laborer woodblock print
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Institute of Chicago (1938, 1940), the Union of American Artists (1940), American Artists Congresses
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1938, 1940), the Union of American Artists (1940
Category

1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
condition. Scarce. Created for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

WPA Artist woodblock print "Letter from overseas"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1938, 1940), the Union of American Artists (1940
Category

1930s American Realist Interior Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Court' — 1930s Social Conscience, WPA Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
City Works Progress Administration (WPA). Collection: National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST
Category

1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
1927 Machine Age Exposition in New York. Assigned to the WPA New York Graphic Arts Division in 1935
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the Fine Arts. After serving in World War I, Ulreich moved to New York and worked as a WPA
Category

1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board

'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. In New York City in the 1930s, John Von Wicht was an active WPA artist, working beside Stuart Davis
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
came to America, where his family settled in Chicago. His career, spanning more than five decades from
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"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
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Chicago (1928-1949) and the National Academy of Design (1927-1949). He also had many one-man exhibitions
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstract Expressionist Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Phillips Collection
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
October 13, 1907, and became an American citizen in 1923. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape 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
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative. Chris Ritter
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mixed Media Sculptural Painting "Unicorn" Chicago Jewish Modernist
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Thanksgiving" Doris Lee, Family Genre Scene Interior, Americana, WPA, Woodstock
By Doris Lee
Located in New York, NY
. The work won the Logan Purchase Prize at the Art Institute of Chicago, but Mrs. Logan, the sponsor of
Category

1940s American Realist Interior Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York and worked as a WPA artist painting murals throughout the United States. His works include murals
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939), Art Institute of Chicago (1947), Corcoran Gallery
Category

1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Tully Lumber Mill, Orange, Massachusetts, " Dorothy Eaton, WPA Factory Rural
Located in New York, NY
. She was included in exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Independent Artists, the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era
By Stephen Csoka
Located in New York, NY
"Harvest" Working Women Hungarian European Modernism Expressionism 1926 WPA Era. 10 x 11 inches oil
Category

1920s Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
throughout the country and exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Dallas Museum of Fine Art, the
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
of etchings, each composed of Ben-Zion’s biblical themes. He worked as a WPA artist. Ben-Zion’s work
Category

1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Park Street Church, Boston, " John Whorf Impressionist Watercolor WPA Cityscape
By John Whorf
Located in New York, NY
collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Fogg Art Museum
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Katherine Kuh, curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, personally chose one of his paintings – Why? - for
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
By William Baziotes
Located in New York, NY
Municipal Art Gallery, New York, and was employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, the Whitney, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Philadelphia
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"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
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Lower Manhattan American Modernism NYC Cityscape Social Realism WPA 20th Century Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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