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Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category

1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era

Ralph Fasanella
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era, 1945

H 34 in W 44 in D 2 in
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist. Signed lower left
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist

Ernest Hamlin Baker
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist, circa 1930

H 23 in W 20 in
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern

Mervin Jules
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern, c. 1930s

H 10 in W 12 in D 2 in
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC

Jo Cain
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC, c. 1940

H 43 in W 31 in D 3 in
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture

Max Kalish
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture, 1930s

H 12 in W 8 in D 4 in
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing. Study to Scale
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Egg Tempera

Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing

Michael Loew
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing, 1933

H 16 in W 21 in D 2 in
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place
Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture

Max Kalish
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture, 1923

H 13 in W 8 in D 3 in
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century

Agnes Yarnall
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century, 1940s

H 15 in W 21 in D 16 in
Dayworker (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dayworker (American Depression) - 1999 20x 20 cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Dayworker (American Depression)

Stefanie Schneider
Dayworker (American Depression), 1999

H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister)
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
; this work also included the depression era, which struck him as worse than anything he had seen in
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister)

John Albok
Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister), 1933

H 9.5 in W 7.5 in D 0.1 in
"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This quintessential Depression-era scene depicts a series of men at a tavern, slouching or leaning
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose
"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose

"Belly up to the Bar", Depression-Era Tavern Scene by Iver Rose

H 25.5 in W 16.5 in D 1.5 in
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
the neighborhood; this work also included the depression era, which struck him as worse than anything
Category

1930s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print

John Albok
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print, 1933

H 11.25 in W 10.5 in
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
program to offer prestige to the Depression-era program. The industrial subject matter and style of his
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art

Abram Tromka
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art, c.1930's

H 15.25 in W 33 in
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
bygone era . Oil on board painted during the 1940s Dimensions: 32cm x 28cm including frame The Works
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era

Philip Krevoruck
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era , 1940s

H 12.6 in W 11.03 in D 0.99 in
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
drawn inspiration from mysticism, ancient cultures and Indigenous art and knowledges as a way of
Category

1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era

Philip Krevoruck
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era, 1950s

H 25.5 in W 30 in D 1 in
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s, 1963

H 37 in W 32.75 in
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
this era, now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, is the 1932 birds-eye maple Acrobatic Performers
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist

Chaim Gross
Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist

H 7 in W 7.5 in D 1.5 in
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
in the Columbus area. Nussbaum attended Ohio State University during the Great Depression and
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era

Ervin B. Nussbaum
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era

H 22.5 in W 30.75 in D 0.1 in
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
the mountains of Colorado, WPA Era, circa 1935. Colors include red, orange, brown beige, green, cream
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape

Louise Ronnebeck
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape, circa 1935

H 22.25 in W 26.5 in D 0.5 in
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
optimism. Like many other Depression-era artists, he identified closely with the common worker and valued
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

Louis Lozowick
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism, 1935

H 12.82 in W 8.88 in
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

Maurice Kish
Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s

H 20.5 in W 24.5 in
German Jewish Weimar Era Silver Gelatin Photograph Pre War Judaica Costume Party
Located in Surfside, FL
Chancellors Heinrich Brüning, Franz von Papen and General Kurt von Schleicher. The Great Depression
Category

20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

German Jewish Weimar Era Silver Gelatin Photograph Pre War Judaica Costume Party
German Jewish Weimar Era Silver Gelatin Photograph Pre War Judaica Costume Party

Arno Katz
German Jewish Weimar Era Silver Gelatin Photograph Pre War Judaica Costume Party

H 3 in W 5.5 in
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper From the series
Category

1880s Edo Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper, 1888

H 20 in W 14 in D 0.75 in
Folk Art Wood Horse Pull Toy
Located in Garnerville, NY
Depression Era resembling a Trojan Horse of sorts. Carved pine. There are few nails used in the construction
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Toys

Materials

Pine

Folk Art Wood Horse Pull Toy
Folk Art Wood Horse Pull Toy

Folk Art Wood Horse Pull Toy

H 13 in W 5.25 in D 110 in
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Lithograph

Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art

Red Grooms
Red Grooms Canal St Chinatown Manhattan New York City Lithograph Cartoon Pop Art, 1993

H 22 in W 30 in
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
works are at the Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Israel; Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts, Musée de St
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Terracotta

Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist

George Aarons
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist , c.1930's -1940's

H 15.5 in W 23.5 in D 1 in
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Monoprint, Monotype

Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art

Red Grooms
Huge Red Grooms Monotype Oil Painting LA Hollywood Circus Film Cartoon Pop Art, 2006

H 30 in W 133.5 in
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
Baltimore Hebrew Congregational Building (1956). His works are at the Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Israel
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares

George Aarons
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares

H 8 in W 10 in D 1 in
Peace Mid-Century Modern Pop Art Enamel Painting Chaim Gross Modernist Ltd Ed
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Mod, Hippie era Peace art. Chaim Gross, born in Wolowa, Austria in 1904, was educated at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Metal

Peace Mid-Century Modern Pop Art Enamel Painting Chaim Gross Modernist Ltd Ed
Peace Mid-Century Modern Pop Art Enamel Painting Chaim Gross Modernist Ltd Ed

Chaim Gross
Peace Mid-Century Modern Pop Art Enamel Painting Chaim Gross Modernist Ltd Ed , Circa 1950

H 20.25 in W 18.25 in
'Coat of Many Colors', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League
By Amanda Danitschek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
dislocation. They are redolent of actors in a play, characters from a novel and depression-era survivors. I
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Pencil

'Coat of Many Colors', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League
'Coat of Many Colors', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League

Amanda Danitschek
'Coat of Many Colors', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Circa 2010

H 36 in W 36 in D 1.25 in
'Azure & Sand', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
By Amanda Danitschek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
play, characters from a novel and depression-era survivors. I am fascinated by postures, expressions
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pen, Canvas, Paper, Oil, Pencil

'Azure & Sand', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto
'Azure & Sand', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto

Amanda Danitschek
'Azure & Sand', California Figurative Abstraction, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, Circa 2010

H 36 in W 36 in D 1.25 in
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
offer prestige to the Depression-era program. The industrial subject matter and style of his art during
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art

Abram Tromka
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art

H 15.25 in W 33 in
American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart
Located in South Burlington, VT
Artists and the Association of American Artists. During the 'American Depression Era', Ernest Hart
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart
American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart

American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart

H 12 in W 9.75 in D 1.25 in
Bold Folk Art Modernist Floral Bouquet Oil Painting Flowers in Vase Gilt Frame
By Samuel Rothbort
Located in Surfside, FL
in that era. Poverty as well as the political unrest of the times led to his immigration to America
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bold Folk Art Modernist Floral Bouquet Oil Painting Flowers in Vase Gilt Frame
Bold Folk Art Modernist Floral Bouquet Oil Painting Flowers in Vase Gilt Frame

Samuel Rothbort
Bold Folk Art Modernist Floral Bouquet Oil Painting Flowers in Vase Gilt Frame, c.1950's

H 25.5 in W 30 in
Behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
; this work also included the depression era, which struck him as worse than anything he had seen in
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Albok
Behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1962

H 10.5 in W 10.5 in D 0.1 in
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
several art movements including Expressionism and Social Realism. His work was strongly influenced by Max
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing

Frank Kleinholz
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing, 1963

H 20 in W 29.5 in
Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
represented a turning point in the history of ocean liners. The Great Depression along with change in U.S
Category

1930s Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising
Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising

Cunard-White Star Lines R.M.S. QUEEN MARY and Moet Chandon Original Advertising , Circa 1935

H 53.25 in W 43 in
Flowers and Arches
By Helen Lundeberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for her metaphysical, surrealist, post-surrealist, and hard edge paintings, as well as WPA Era murals
Category

1940s Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Flowers and Arches
Flowers and Arches

Helen Lundeberg
Flowers and Arches, 1943

H 4 in W 7.13 in D 1 in
Landscape
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
paintings from the Depression Era Mid-West, but what sets Cailliet’s California landscape apart is its
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Landscape
Landscape

Marcel Emile Cailliet
Landscape, 1940

H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
By Red Grooms
Located in Surfside, FL
the Great Depression. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, then at Nashville's Peabody College
Category

1990s Pop Art Mixed Media

Materials

Porcelain, Screen

Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon
Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon

Red Grooms
Red Grooms Moonstruck Porcelain Sculpture Plate 3D Manhattan NYC Cartoon, 1994

H 10.5 in W 10.5 in D 2 in
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
figure is clearly drawn from Baroque and other Classical art, but the richly-colored scene is
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist

"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist

H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
Wollblume by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
By Shirley Lewis
Located in Atlanta, GA
she spent with her depression-era grandmother, making artistic statements from items found. Working
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Wollblume by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas

Shirley Lewis
Wollblume by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas, 2024

H 40 in W 40 in D 2 in
Salt Stone by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
By Shirley Lewis
Located in Atlanta, GA
she spent with her depression-era grandmother, making artistic statements from items found. Working
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Salt Stone by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas

Shirley Lewis
Salt Stone by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas, 2024

H 40 in W 40 in D 2 in
Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
Art, Washington, D.C., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and others. She painted Depression-era
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism
Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism

Georgina Klitgaard
Waterfall Bearsville NY Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Cubism, c. 1940s

H 41 in W 30 in
"Bearsville NY" Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
Art, Washington, D.C., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and others. She painted Depression-era
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bearsville NY" Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene

Georgina Klitgaard
"Bearsville NY" Landscape Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene, c. 1940s

H 36 in W 27 in
Railroad Men's Wives
By Philip Evergood
Located in Miami, FL
Depression era account of working men and women. Philip Howard Francis Dixon Evergood (born
Category

1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Railroad Men's Wives
Railroad Men's Wives

Philip Evergood
Railroad Men's Wives, Circa 1933-1939

H 25.5 in W 36 in
Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

Industry and Commerce
Industry and Commerce

John Ballator
Industry and Commerce, 1936

H 16.5 in W 39.5 in D 3 in
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study II, 2022, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study II, 2022, Printed After

Christos J. Palios
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study II, 2022, Printed After, 2022

H 23 in W 30 in
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study I, 2022, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study I, 2022, Printed After

Christos J. Palios
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby Lounge, Study I, 2022, Printed After, 2022

H 23 in W 30 in
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby (Mezzanine), LA. Theatre, 2022, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby (Mezzanine), LA. Theatre, 2022, Printed After

Christos J. Palios
Christos J. Palios - Grand Lobby (Mezzanine), LA. Theatre, 2022, Printed After, 2022

H 23 in W 30 in
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
other artists during the Great Depression, received commissions from the Works Progress Administration
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

Abraham Harriton
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana, c.1940

H 16 in W 20 in
Christos J. Palios - Mr. Morgan's Study, Photography 2021, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
+ 2 Artist Proofs  The decades between WWI and the end of the Great Depression ushered in one of
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, ...

Christos J. Palios - Mr. Morgan's Study, Photography 2021, Printed After

Christos J. Palios
Christos J. Palios - Mr. Morgan's Study, Photography 2021, Printed After, 2021

H 23 in W 30 in
"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, " Nathan Hoffman, New York City Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman, in this show, seem artists of a bygone era…” The onset of the Great Depression appears to
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, " Nathan Hoffman, New York City Impressionist Landscape

Nathan Hoffman
"Prospect Park, Brooklyn, " Nathan Hoffman, New York City Impressionist Landscape, 1941

H 12 in W 16 in
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)
By George Biddle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the
Category

1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Plaster

Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)

George Biddle
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife), 1936

H 20 in W 16 in
Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in Hudson, NY
came through in his Depression-era cityscapes did not go unnoticed by the public. Berthelsen also
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen
Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen

Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Bridge Nocturne oil painting by Johann Berthelsen, Circa 1945

H 22 in W 28 in
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
, New York, Frank Kleinholz was a painter based in New York City whose work spanned several art
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers

Frank Kleinholz
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers, c.1950's-1960's

H 8.75 in W 8.75 in
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained glass style
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags

Alexander Raymond Katz
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags, c.1940s

H 29 in W 22.5 in
Paul Arndt (1881-1978) Large Scale Mountain Landscape C.1951
Located in San Francisco, CA
one of the Woodstock Impressionists at a time when Depression-Era artists were living outside "The
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plywood, Oil

Paul Arndt (1881-1978) Large Scale Mountain Landscape C.1951
Paul Arndt (1881-1978) Large Scale Mountain Landscape C.1951

Paul Arndt
Paul Arndt (1881-1978) Large Scale Mountain Landscape C.1951, 1951

H 52 in W 89 in D 2 in
Mother and Son (Colt and Mare)
By Herman Maril
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the
Category

1930s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mother and Son (Colt and Mare)

Herman Maril
Mother and Son (Colt and Mare), 1931

H 18 in W 14 in
Circus Wagons
By Millard Sheets
Located in Los Angeles, CA
the Depression Era to support himself primarily through the sale of his paintings. In addition to
Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Circus Wagons
Circus Wagons

Millard Sheets
Circus Wagons, 1927

H 10 in W 19.75 in D 2 in
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