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Fred Lundy CA Great Depression Cartoon Illustration, circa 1938
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Examiner in 1938.
This was done during the great depression and shows a brown bear lamenting
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, social-realist drawing, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches), in good condition
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Naturalistic Portrait Drawing of a Horse
Located in Houston, TX
Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study
Category
1940s Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Rare Early Nude Drawing American Modernist Sculptor
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful drawing by one of America's most treasured
artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his
Category
20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil
Wanting You, original (unique) hand signed drawing - Framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin
Wanting You drawing, 2018
Felt tip marker on paper
Signed in felt tip marker on the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker
H 11.75 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
DEBRIS - Large Ink Drawing - Study for the Print
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
between the two World Wars and during the Great Depression. This exhibition reveals the hand of a master
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
scandalized conservative audiences with numerous lithographs of nude women. During the Great Depression
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
1930s Graphite Drawing, American Modern City Scene of Houses on a Hill, Colorado
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
involvement in one of several New Deal art projects employing artists during the Great Depression. He
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
No Time 4 Love, original signed & titled ink drawing on Royal Mail 1st Day Cover
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin
No Time 4 Love drawing, 2017
Original ink drawing on a Royal Mail Art in the 20th
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
H 11.25 in W 15.25 in D 1.5 in
The Great Depression 3, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
The New Great Depression 5, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
practice is rooted in the classical tradition where painting and drawing from life is highly regarded
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
several others venues in future years. His themes include American views, Great Depression and Social
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
several others venues in future years. His themes include American views, Great Depression and Social
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
several others venues in future years. His themes include American views, Great Depression and Social
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
several others venues in future years. His themes include American views, Great Depression and Social
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
thresher in the wheat fields of the Great Plains. There are elements in his works such as the circus murals
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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
Buff-Colored Rabbit
Located in Columbia, MO
Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.
Othic moved to Marceline, Missouri when she was 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Drawings and Water...
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Judging Hefers
Located in Columbia, MO
Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.
Othic moved to Marceline, Missouri when she was 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Drawings and Water...
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Fat Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.
Othic moved to Marceline, Missouri when she was 7
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Drawings and Water...
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Night Life 2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Night Life 2" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Shrapnel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
their actions and change their behavior. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his
Category
20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Strange Lovers (The Hard Marriage)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
behavior. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his massive canvases feature armies of
Category
Early 20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Related Figures
Located in Palm Desert, CA
. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his massive canvases feature armies of clone-like
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Striptease
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his massive canvases feature armies of clone-like
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Pencil
The Cabaret Dancer
Located in London, GB
Années Folles) of Paris in the 1920s hit an abrupt end in 1931 when the Great Depression hit the world’s
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Study for "The New Masses"
By Hugo Gellert
Located in Boston, MA
.
With the Great Depression as his backdrop, social realist artist Hugo Gellert looked to the working
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Ink
Le Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle en Autonne
Located in San Francisco, CA
and Fascism. In the United States, the Great Depression had a great influence on artistic production
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Wate...
Materials
Pastel
My World and Yours
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
change their behavior. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his massive canvases
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled unique Mid Century Modern Abstraction by renowned American painter
By Thomas Brownell Eldred
Located in New York, NY
The Great Depression. Eldred worked amongst other WPA artists, such as, Ben Shahn, Mark Rothko and
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Oldham from the Surrounding Hills. Original Framed Landscape Watercolor . City
By Robert Littleford
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
support of his wife, Bob achieved great success, attracting the attention of art critics and national
Category
Late 20th Century Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
PLUNGING COMET
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
between the two World Wars and during the Great Depression. This exhibition reveals the hand of a master
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
between the two World Wars and during the Great Depression. This exhibition reveals the hand of a master
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
VOLCANO
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
between the two World Wars and during the Great Depression. This exhibition reveals the hand of a master
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Cubist Nude 112
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 37
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 80
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 52
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 62
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 43
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Cubist Nude 79
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Big City
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
change their behavior. Influenced by the dire conditions of the Great Depression, his massive canvases
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Aquatint Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen. His most frequent subject was
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
Riptide Study, Danny Galieote, Conte and Gouache, Figurative, Americana Pop
By Danny Galieote
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
the 1930s as a response to the Great Depression and was defined by a traditionalist realist style that
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Gouache, Archival Paper
H 30 in W 24.5 in D 2 in
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
and was considered middle-class. During the Great Depression, the people of Harlem suffered
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Fiery Sky
By Murray Hantman
Located in Surfside, FL
life during the Great Depression and World War II. Those forces combined in Murray Hantman to create an
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nude No. 22
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
Great Depression. When he returned from WWII in 1946, his painting moved quickly toward abstraction
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Nude No. 20
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
participated in the WPA mural project which gave otherwise unemployed artists jobs during the Great Depression
Category
1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
working class. During the Great Depression, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Framed and Signed Abstract Watercolor Painting, Orange, Pink, Red
Located in Denver, CO
final year he worked to pay the taxes on the family farm to avoid foreclosure during the Great
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
H 27.5 in W 34.25 in D 0.75 in
Night Rays, Abstract Expressionist Watercolor
By Murray Hantman
Located in Surfside, FL
harsher realities of American life during the Great Depression and World War II. Those forces combined in
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
Bulgarian artist known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen. His most
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
Bulgarian artist known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen. His most
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
generation, he participated in the WPA during the Great Depression. After World War II, his work evolved into
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Abandoned Train Car
Located in San Francisco, CA
painter. He came of age in the 20s but he matured, as the country did, under the pressures of the Great
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
“Portland Harbor in 1910”
Located in Southampton, NY
his art, but it was during the time of the Great Depression.
Also in his younger years, Paxton had an
Category
1970s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
The Rabbis, Judaica portraits
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
the Jewish Sabbath and festivals. They are shown rejoicing in the great gifts of love and life. Chaim
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
“Seated Model in Red Bra”
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Southampton, NY
Original graphite and colored pencil drawing on archival paper of a woman seated in a red bra by
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
first involvement in one of several New Deal art projects employing artists during the Great Depression
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
"Colorful Geometric Abstraction, " Simon Samsonian, Armenian Artist
Located in New York, NY
even through the Great Depression. But the end of World War II changed everything. A parallel war had
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
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