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Dock Workers

Dock Workers Unloading Freighter
Dock Workers Unloading Freighter

Dock Workers Unloading Freighter

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Framed Contemporary Oil - Dock Workers at the Harbour
Framed Contemporary Oil - Dock Workers at the Harbour

Framed Contemporary Oil - Dock Workers at the Harbour

Located in Corsham, GB

A striking nautical scene depicting three dockworkers standing on a cobbled quayside, catching up before finishing for the day. The figures are anchored by two large woven fishing ba...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil
'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

A Post-Impressionist oil of a wooden wharf with a large sailing boat moored and dockhands working with a view beyond towards a coastal town with wooden-frame houses, possibly Oakland...

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship

Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship

Located in London, GB

Original vintage poster - South Wales Docks For Quick Despatch - featuring a busy scene at the docks with cranes hauling crates and boxes from a ship named the Cymric Enterprise moor...

Category

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

By JJK

Located in München, BY

Fish Work Zanzibar Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A dock worker on Zanzibar uses a machete to cut up a ray that the fishermen have caught and landed.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

By JJK

Located in München, BY

Fish Work Zanzibar Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A dock worker on Zanzibar uses a machete to cut up a ray that the fishermen have caught and landed.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

Fish work Zanzibar Photography, Limited Edition, Africa, people, animal, food

By JJK

Located in München, BY

Fish Work Zanzibar Edition of 25 signed and numbered by the artist A dock worker on Zanzibar uses a machete to cut up a ray that the fishermen have caught and landed.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies

Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Your Help Will Bring Victory - featuring artwork by Alfred John Nunney (1897-1966) depicting dock workers unloading goods from a la...

Category

Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

Busy Palermo Harbour, Sicily Sailing Cargo Ships Framed Oil Painting Circa 1930
Busy Palermo Harbour, Sicily Sailing Cargo Ships Framed Oil Painting Circa 1930

Busy Palermo Harbour, Sicily Sailing Cargo Ships Framed Oil Painting Circa 1930

By Paul Bret

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

Entitled Unloading and Loading, Palermo Harbour, Sicily, Italy, the work presents a lively Mediterranean port scene where dock workers, horse-drawn carts, and traditional sailing ves...

Category

1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art

Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art

By alain cornic

Located in London, GB

Original vintage poster featuring an illustrated map of French West Africa / Afrique Occidentale Francaise marking the capital cities, towns, ports, Sahara Desert and rivers in Mauri...

Category

Vintage 1950s French Posters

Materials

Paper

Industrial and Daily Life in Pittsburg - Published in The Graphic, 1876.
Industrial and Daily Life in Pittsburg - Published in The Graphic, 1876.

Industrial and Daily Life in Pittsburg - Published in The Graphic, 1876.

Located in Langweer, NL

Numerous steamboats, with their towering smokestacks belching black smoke, are docked along the waterfront. Workers are seen unloading goods and preparing the vessels for travel alon...

Category

Antique 1870s Prints

Materials

Paper

Recent Sales

Oyster Dock Worker
Oyster Dock Worker

Carol DevereauxOyster Dock Worker, 2016

Unavailable

H 24.63 in W 20.63 in D 1.5 in

Oyster Dock Worker

By Carol Devereaux

Located in San Antonio, TX

Artwork Size: 18" x 14" Carol Williams Devereaux is an American landscape painter living in Dallas, Texas. She is originally from Memphis, Tennessee and holds a Bachelor of Fine A...

Category

2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Untitled (Dock Workers)
Untitled (Dock Workers)

Untitled (Dock Workers)

By Miron Sokole

Located in Bethesda, MD

c. 1935 Oil or gouache on paper Framed in gold leaf 13" x 20" Framed size 21.5" x 28.5" Miron Sokole was born in Odessa, Russia in 1901. He came to the United States during...

Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil

Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies

Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Your Help Will Bring Victory West Indies

By Nunney

Located in London, GB

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Your Help Will Bring Victory - featuring artwork by Alfred John Nunney (1897-1966) depicting dock workers unloading goods from a la...

Category

1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Undersea Fight

Yves Jean-PierreUndersea Fight

Unavailable

H 15 in W 20 in

Undersea Fight

By Yves Jean-Pierre

Located in Haverstraw, NY

By age 15, he worked as a dock worker in the busy harbor of Port-au-Prince.

Category

1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

School Chart At the Port by Rossignol
School Chart At the Port by Rossignol

School Chart At the Port by Rossignol

Unavailable

H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 0.04 in

School Chart At the Port by Rossignol

Located in Retie, BE

Old trucks driving on and off to bring or get goods. Dock workers carrying bales. Beautiful old cranes to load and unload the ships with the cargo.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Industrial Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

Untitled (Nude in Profile)
Untitled (Nude in Profile)

Untitled (Nude in Profile)

By Ralph Chessé

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Primarily in the 1940s, Chessé painted African American figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious theme...

Category

20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

The Old Black Man
The Old Black Man

Ralph ChesséThe Old Black Man, 1941

Unavailable

H 29 in W 26 in

The Old Black Man

By Ralph Chessé

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Primarily in the 1940s, Chessé painted African American figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious theme...

Category

20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Song of David
Song of David

Ralph ChesséSong of David, 1950

Unavailable

H 25.25 in W 27.25 in

Song of David

By Ralph Chessé

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Primarily in the 1940s, Chessé painted African American figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious theme...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"GOING HOME"
"GOING HOME"

¨PEISER Kurt"GOING HOME", circa 1930

Unavailable

H 23.63 in W 27.56 in

"GOING HOME"

Located in Ghent, BE

The impressionist sunset tells us of the beautiful setting, which the dock worker does not see. However, the sun does not shine upon the worker either, who with his coarse hands and ...

Category

1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

“The Dream”
“The Dream”

Simeon Stafford“The Dream”, Circa 2008

Unavailable

H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in

“The Dream”

By Simeon Stafford

Located in Knutsford, GB

Simeon Stafford is an observer of life, his paintings are crammed full of incidents and accidents, bustling scenes of human interaction, a happy dialogue of work and play. Subjects i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”
Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”

Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”

Unavailable

H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in

Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”

Located in Knutsford, GB

Simeon Stafford is an observer of life, his paintings are crammed full of incidents and accidents, bustling scenes of human interaction, a happy dialogue of work and play. Subjects i...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Painting of Harbor Bay Scene
Large Painting of Harbor Bay Scene

Large Painting of Harbor Bay Scene

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H 42 in W 72 in D 2 in

Large Painting of Harbor Bay Scene

Located in Palm Beach, FL

A large and impressive unsigned painting of a 19th century harbor scene complete with boats, ships, ferries, horse drawn wagons, dock workers and travelers. Painted in a sophisticate...

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans (Large)
Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans (Large)

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans (Large)

Located in New Orleans, LA

In the early 1900's, poor Irish and Italian dock-workers would stop by for a whiskey shot on the way to work in the morning.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Messageries Maritimes vintage French shipping poster
Original Messageries Maritimes vintage French shipping poster

Original Messageries Maritimes vintage French shipping poster

By Albert Brenet

Located in Spokane, WA

This captivating poster showcases a majestic ocean liner docked in a bustling port. The foreground is alive with colorful activity - dock workers, cargo, and small boats create a liv...

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

English Etching "The Thames Police" of Thames Set by J. Whistler, Early Restrike
English Etching "The Thames Police" of Thames Set by J. Whistler, Early Restrike

English Etching "The Thames Police" of Thames Set by J. Whistler, Early Restrike

By James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Located in Big Flats, NY

English early restrike of etching titled "The Thames Police", from The Thames Set (Catalogue Raisonne: Kennedy 44) by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) depicts London harb...

Category

Antique 19th Century English Drawings

Materials

Paper

Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC
Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC

Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC

By Irving George Lehman

Located in Surfside, FL

NYC skyline of a steel worker or dock worker. Done in an Abstract, Constructivist style. it is an excellent example of his work. signed lower right. 22 X 28"; FRAMED 27 1/2 X 33 1/2"...

Category

1940s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A View of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, London
A View of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, London

A View of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, London

Located in New Orleans, LA

The scene is brought to life by the cast of characters that inhabits the foreground, including dock workers aboard ships on the busy wharf. A similar, though less detailed view of th...

Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract American WPA Ashcan School Inspired Painting of Dock Workers
Modern Abstract American WPA Ashcan School Inspired Painting of Dock Workers

Modern Abstract American WPA Ashcan School Inspired Painting of Dock Workers

Located in Houston, TX

Early abstract figurative painting of dock workers by an unknown artist. Inspired by the dynamic poses and robust figures of Thomas Hart Benton, the work features a group of African ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge
Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge

Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge

By Martin Lewis

Located in Plano, TX

Martin Lewis, N.A. (Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge). c. 1916-18.

Category

1910s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Early Industrial Hand Truck Cocktail Table
Early Industrial Hand Truck Cocktail Table

Early Industrial Hand Truck Cocktail Table

Located in Port Jervis, NY

Classic dock workers hand truck converted to a cocktail table.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

WPA Dockers Etching, C. 1930
WPA Dockers Etching, C. 1930

WPA Dockers Etching, C. 1930

By Louis Szanto

Located in Houston, TX

Dynamic etching of dock workers in Holland by Hungarian-born WPA artist Louis Szanto (1889-1965).

Category

1930s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

“Legion Week, 1937”
“Legion Week, 1937”

“Legion Week, 1937”

By Bertram Hartman

Located in Southampton, NY

Fabulous watercolor of American Legion week in New York. Dock workers reading the newspaper with the Empire State Building in the distance and planes flying in formation overhead.

Category

1930s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modern British oil painting of St. Ives beach by Simeon Stafford
Modern British oil painting of St. Ives beach by Simeon Stafford

Modern British oil painting of St. Ives beach by Simeon Stafford

By Simeon Stafford

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Simeon Stafford's subjects include docks and their workers, holiday seaside scenes and streets crammed with children playing.

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

African American Dock Worker by Samuel Countee
African American Dock Worker by Samuel Countee

African American Dock Worker by Samuel Countee

Located in Chicago, IL

This is a wonderful painting by Samuel Countee, an African American Artist from Houston, Texas, and a rising star amongst Black Artists. He was a muralist, completeing a mural for th...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart
Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart

Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart

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H 36.62 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in

Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart

Located in Gloucestershire, GB

They settled in Wales at the peak of the Industrial revolution and opened the first cafes to serve the thousands of coal, steel and dock workers. Ice cream snack caught on fast, part...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Salome
Salome

Ralph ChesséSalome, 1941

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H 23 in W 17 in

Salome

By Ralph Chessé

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Primarily in the 1940s, Chessé painted African American figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious theme...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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Dock Workers For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of dock workers for sale on 1stDibs. There are many modern, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the dock workers that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and purple. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by James Fitton, Anton Otto Fischer, James Wilson Carmichael, Martin Lewis and John Stoll are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Dock Workers?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — dock workers in our inventory begin at $750 and can go as high as $16,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,668.