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Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon
Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon

Modernist Watercolor Painting Judaica Kiddush Levana Blessing New Moon

By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano

Located in Surfside, FL

In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately after World War II, Romano created a series of allegorical works depicting graphic holoc...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait)

Portrait of J. L. David (Portrait)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During the Great Depression, she worked for the Federal Art Project of the WPA and exhibited at the Santa Cruz Art League, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, de Young Museum, ...

Category

1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

LAKEWOOD N.J., 1936 Modernist Oil Painting, Judaica

LAKEWOOD N.J., 1936 Modernist Oil Painting, Judaica

By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano

Located in Surfside, FL

In 1936 Romano was worked for the Federal Art Project creating murals. During and immediately after World War II, Romano created a series of allegorical works depicting graphic holoc...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Cityscape Mid 20th Century Modern Cubist Work on Paper Drawing Ariel
Abstract Cityscape Mid 20th Century Modern Cubist Work on Paper Drawing Ariel

Abstract Cityscape Mid 20th Century Modern Cubist Work on Paper Drawing Ariel

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in New York, NY

Back in the United States, Carter taught at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1929 to 1937. He was also Director of the Federal Art Project for Northeastern Ohio, and taught at the C...

Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Blue and Yellow Square"

"Blue and Yellow Square"

By Burgoyne Diller

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Diller promoted abstract painting through his employment as the Director of the Mural Division of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Projects until 1940, aiding and comm...

Category

1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

"Study for Sculpture"

"Study for Sculpture"

By Burgoyne Diller

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Diller promoted abstract painting through his employment as the Director of the Mural Division of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Projects until 1940, aiding and comm...

Category

1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

"White Square"

"White Square"

By Burgoyne Diller

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Diller promoted abstract painting through his employment as the Director of the Mural Division of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Projects until 1940, aiding and comm...

Category

1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

“Girl in the Grass”
“Girl in the Grass”

“Girl in the Grass”

By Anton Refregier

Located in Southampton, NY

He wanted to paint murals, and in 1936, the Federal Art Project of the Works Project Administration (WPA) hired him for $23.86 per week.

Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era

Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era

By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano

Located in Surfside, FL

In 1936 Romano was worked for the WPA Federal Art Project creating murals. ( there were many jewish artists active with in the WPA period. notably Chaim Gross, Ben Shahn, Isaac and M...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A Time of Prayer
A Time of Prayer

A Time of Prayer

By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano

Located in New York, NY

In 1936 Romano was working for the Federal Art Project creating murals (see picture).

Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Interior Scene
Abstract Interior Scene

Abstract Interior Scene

By Abram Tromka

Located in Surfside, FL

He also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its entire duration from 1935 to 1943.

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Neighbors

Neighbors

By Norman Barr

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During his time with the WPA, Barr contributed to both the mural and easel divisions of the Federal Art Project from 1934 to 1943. His murals adorned public spaces such as the Munici...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'The Visitor' — Surrealist Fantasy
'The Visitor' — Surrealist Fantasy

'The Visitor' — Surrealist Fantasy

By Zena Kavin

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Though Kavin (1912-2003) was a resident of Northern California most of her life, she lived for about four years in New Mexico in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where she worked as a...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'To Market, to Market' — Surrealist Fantasy
'To Market, to Market' — Surrealist Fantasy

'To Market, to Market' — Surrealist Fantasy

By Zena Kavin

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Though Kavin (1912-2003) was a resident of Northern California most of her life, she lived for about four years in New Mexico in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where she worked as a...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Trumpeteers
Trumpeteers

Trumpeteers

Located in San Francisco, CA

In 1933 he worked for Public Works of Art Project and later for the through the succeeding government program, the Federal Art Project (FAP).

Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Jenne Magafan "Church in Leadville" 1938 WPA Colorado Watercolor & Ink Painting
Jenne Magafan "Church in Leadville" 1938 WPA Colorado Watercolor & Ink Painting

Jenne Magafan "Church in Leadville" 1938 WPA Colorado Watercolor & Ink Painting

By Jenne Magafan

Located in Denver, CO

Created while Magafan was actively involved with the artistic movements that developed from the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project, this watercolor reflects the ...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Archival Ink, Watercolor

The Awakening Night
The Awakening Night

The Awakening Night

By Mark Tobey

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Tobey returned to Seattle in early 1939 and began working with the local office of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, the time when Tobey became known as a memb...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

The Grand Parade
The Grand Parade

The Grand Parade

By Mark Tobey

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Tobey returned to Seattle in early 1939 and began working with the local office of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, the time when Tobey became known as a memb...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)
Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)

Untitled (Abstract Expressionist)

By Murray Hantman

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Hantman and his wife, Jo Levy, believed in creating art for the public good. Their Artists’ Union friends and colleagues from the Federal Art Project formed the nucleus of their soci...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sun Image

Sun Image

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Los Angeles, CA

By the 1930s, Murry had relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Federal Art Project (FAP) in...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph Poster, 1996, Black Women Unity Art
LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph Poster, 1996, Black Women Unity Art

LINKS TOGETHER Original Lithograph Poster, 1996, Black Women Unity Art

By Elizabeth Catlett

Located in Union City, NJ

While working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social activism of Mex...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)
Composition (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)

Composition (Abstract Expressionist mid-century gestural action painting)

By Murray Hantman

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Hantman and his wife, Jo Levy, believed in creating art for the public good. Their Artists’ Union friends and colleagues from the Federal Art Project formed the nucleus of their soci...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Longing For Community
Longing For Community

Longing For Community

By Mark Tobey

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Tobey returned to Seattle in early 1939 and began working with the local office of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, the time when Tobey became known as a memb...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

By Mark Tobey

Located in Hinsdale, IL

Tobey returned to Seattle in early 1939 and began working with the local office of the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project, the time when Tobey became known as a memb...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Located in Surfside, FL

Between 1933 and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Proj...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Charles Bunnell “Kansas Village” 1939 WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting
Charles Bunnell “Kansas Village” 1939 WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting

Charles Bunnell “Kansas Village” 1939 WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting

By Charles Ragland Bunnell

Located in Denver, CO

Bunnell also participated in several New Deal art programs during the 1930s and early 1940s. In 1934 he received a mural commission through the Public Works of Art Project in Colorad...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Jefferson Market Library (Courthouse)
Jefferson Market Library (Courthouse)

Jefferson Market Library (Courthouse)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Adams participated in the New Deal’s Federal Art Project and exhibited his artwork at the Federal Extension Gallery in 1939.

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Nude with Drape

Nude with Drape

By Fletcher Martin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His paintings received numerous awards and strong critical response.He completed several WPA and Federal Art Project Commissions, including a fresco for Hollywood High School and a m...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled (Cubist Portrait)
Untitled (Cubist Portrait)

Untitled (Cubist Portrait)

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Los Angeles, CA

By the early 1930s, Murry had relocated to Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Federal Art Project (F...

Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

There Is a Woman in Every Color Lithograph Poster, 1994, 24x30 Inches
There Is a Woman in Every Color Lithograph Poster, 1994, 24x30 Inches

There Is a Woman in Every Color Lithograph Poster, 1994, 24x30 Inches

By Elizabeth Catlett

Located in Union City, NJ

While working as a muralist for two months during the mid-1930s with the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, she became influenced by the social activism of Mex...

Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Modernist figurative drawing by Stanton MacDonald-Wright

By Stanton MacDonald-Wright

Located in Colfax, CA

During the 1930s he was a regional director for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) federal art project, creating notable murals in Santa Monica.

Category

1910s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"M-3-73 (#CO-02892)" Conrad Marca-Relli, Ab-Ex, Newsprint, Collage, White Forms
"M-3-73 (#CO-02892)" Conrad Marca-Relli, Ab-Ex, Newsprint, Collage, White Forms

"M-3-73 (#CO-02892)" Conrad Marca-Relli, Ab-Ex, Newsprint, Collage, White Forms

Located in New York, NY

He worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) from 1935 to 1938, initially as a teacher at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School, where his students included Elaine de Kooning (th...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Burlap, Oil, Newsprint

"Elizabeth Stein Gallery" Lithograph Exhibition Poster
"Elizabeth Stein Gallery" Lithograph Exhibition Poster

"Elizabeth Stein Gallery" Lithograph Exhibition Poster

By Ilya Bolotowsky

Located in Milwaukee, WI

In 1934 he worked for the Public Works of Art Project, a precursor of the Works Progress Administration-Federal Art Project for which he executed murals.

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape
"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape

"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape

By John Stoll

Located in Soquel, CA

Then Stoll made watercolor drawings of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge under construction for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.

Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Printer's Ink, Etching

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

By John Reed

Located in Surfside, FL

Between 1933 and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Proj...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

By John Reed

Located in Surfside, FL

Between 1933 and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Proj...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

By John Reed

Located in Surfside, FL

Between 1933 and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Proj...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)

Located in Surfside, FL

Between 1933 and 1942 he worked for various federal arts projects: the Public Works of Art Project, Civil Works Authority, and WPA, the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Proj...

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Magnolia

Magnolia

By Edna Reindel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During the Depression, Reindel was part of various public work projects, including the Federal Art Project and the Treasury Department Section of Painting and Sculpture.

Category

1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Board

Low Tide
Low Tide

Low Tide

Located in San Francisco, CA

He became the director of the art workshop at the New School for Social Research, and he also participated in projects organized by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Admi...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism

WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism

By Louise Ronnebeck

Located in New York, NY

She executed mural commissions for the Federal Art Project, including Worland Wyoming Post Office in 1937 and Grand Junction Colorado Post Office in 1940.

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

Ilya Bolotowsky Untitled 1969 Original Oil on Paper Skyscraper 16.9x6.5 Inches
Ilya Bolotowsky Untitled 1969 Original Oil on Paper Skyscraper 16.9x6.5 Inches

Ilya Bolotowsky Untitled 1969 Original Oil on Paper Skyscraper 16.9x6.5 Inches

By Ilya Bolotowsky

Located in Minneapolis, MN

In 1936, Bolotowsky co‑founded the American Abstract Artists (AAA), a collective formed to advocate for abstraction at a time when many American institutions remained committed to ...

Category

Late 20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

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