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Huge Wpa Paintings

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century Carlos Lopez (1910
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
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

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
'Abandoned (Colorado)' is an oil painting by William Sanderson (1905-1990) depicting an abandoned
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
pencil on stretcher strip en verso. Original condition with some painting shrinkage resulting in
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Plant-like
Plant-like
H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
The Clown N.2 (In Green)
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

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Jersey Shore III
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
heat of New York. This small painting shows Dehn's mastery of patterning color to depict movement and
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Joseph M. Erdelac, noted Cleveland collector and huge Sommer collector Sheet size: 12 x 8 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Blanche Grambs, (Young Bird with Ferns)
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson. Her
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Fragments of August
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA in the 1930s, developing a strictly realist style that depicted Victorian houses and other
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Color Pencil

Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Crayon

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Joseph M. Erdelac, noted Cleveland collector and huge Sommer collector Sheet size: 12 x 8 inches
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Eileen Lake
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Crayon

Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Chart Of The Aintree Race Course" 1930 Hand-Coloured & Signed By The Artist
Located in Bristol, CT
NABISCO painting, as he liked to joke 'Fig Newtons in their native habitat. He also took freelance work
Category

1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

New York Night
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

New York Night
New York Night
H 19.125 in W 13.5 in
The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Brooklyn Waterfront
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Blue Glazed and Gold Leaf Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with an Egyptian-blue finish...
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21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Gold Leaf

Bubby and Zayde, Judaica Folk Art Jewish Lithograph
By Michoel Muchnik
Located in Surfside, FL
The title of the piece makes reference to the subject of the piece, in this case Bubby (Grandmother in Yiddish) and Zayde (Grandfather in Yiddish). In terms of style, it looks illust...
Category

Late 20th Century Folk Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Newcomb-Macklin, Stanford White Design Period Frame
By Newcomb-Macklin Co.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Newcomb-Macklin, Stanford white design 28 x 24 period frame Extremely rare and fine original Newcomb-Macklin Stanford White frame, circa 1920s-1930s. The frame consists of a gilde...
Category

Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Picture Frames

Materials

Wood

Pinto, 1930s Modernist Line Figure Drawing, Native American on Horse, Black Ink
By Hilaire Hiler
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1933 drawing, "Pinto" by New Mexico modernist, Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966), black and white line drawing of a Native American Indian figure wearing a feather bonnet headdress ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Expressive Clown Painting, signed, c. 1950
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Expressive clown painting - signed "Jen" circa 1950 - great frame Frame size = 22.5 x 26.5 Image size = 15.5 x 19.5.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Expressive Clown Painting, signed, c. 1950
Expressive Clown Painting, signed, c. 1950
H 22.5 in W 26.5 in D 2.25 in
"Seated Figure" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dan McCaw's (US based) "Seated Figure" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted figure of gray and white seated at an abstracted table within a neutral interi...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Rock Crystal Skull Sculpture
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Rock crystal skull sculpture.
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Vintage 1980s Brazilian Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Rock Crystal

Rock Crystal Skull Sculpture
Rock Crystal Skull Sculpture
H 6.5 in W 5.5 in D 7.75 in
Kabbalah Judaica Torah Painting "SWIATTO TORY I" Synagogue interior
By Teresa Gniewek
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Surrealism Subject: Religious Medium: Acrylic Surface: Linen Country: Poland Dimensions: 11 3/4" x 9 1/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 14 1/2" x 12" x 1 1/4" SWIATTO TORY I (World of T...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Charles Levier Painting "Clown Avec Un Oiseau", manner Bernard Buffet Art
By Charles Levier, Bernard Buffet
Located in Miami, FL
A Captivating Vision: "Clown Avec Un Oiseau" by Charles Levier. This striking oil on canvas painting, titled "Clown Avec Un Oiseau" (Clown with a Bird) in French, is a captivating...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint, Wood

"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Black Glazed & Gold Leaf, Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with a cast-iron black finis...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf, Aluminum

Large French Judaica Lithograph Carborundum Etching Jewish Hebrew Embossing
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Surfside, FL
Theo Tobiasse Suite: Shavuot Festival Year: 1984 Medium: Original carborundum embossed etching lithograph in colors on Arches paper (deckle edged paper) Signature: Hand signed by t...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Lithograph

"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Black Glazed and Gold Leaf Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with cast-iron black finish ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold Leaf, Aluminum

American Carved and Metal Leaf Picture Frame, Newcomb Macklin, circa 1925
By Newcomb-Macklin Co.
Located in Hallowell, US
29" x 39" x 3" site size dimensions. Elegant Approx 35" x 45" overall
Category

Vintage 1920s American Arts and Crafts Picture Frames

Materials

Giltwood

Happy Clown Painting by Charles Levier
By Charles Levier
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This abstract painting titled "The Happy Clown" is an oil on board by the iconic French painter Charles Levier. The frame is a wood with a beige/pickled wash with a linen liner an...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Paint, Wood

American Woman Artist Modernist Large Oil Painting Cubist Influenced Landscape
By Lena Gurr
Located in Surfside, FL
A beautiful wooded landscape scene with houses and trees. Painted on a masonite board. hand signed lower right. with framers label verso. Framed to 40 X 55 inches. 33 X 48 without th...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Brama Totem" Ltd. Ed. Black Glazed and Gold Leaf, Sculpture by P. Girardin
By Pascale Girardin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Brama Totem" is a handmade sculpture, designed and produced by Canadian artist Pascale Girardin in a limited edition, made of glazed high fire stoneware with a cast-iron black finis...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Aluminum, Gold Leaf

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Huge Aschan School WPA Style Social Realism Interior Scene Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned.
Category

1960s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huge Oil on Canvas Pirate Mural Painting
Located in Palm Beach, FL
WPA* style very large Impressionist painting of pirates on a beach engaged in what appears to be
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Thick Outside, " Tod Lindemuth, Provincetown Fishermen at Docks with Boat, WPA
By Tod Lindenmuth
Located in New York, NY
landscape painting. One of his landscapes, Spanish Cedar and Live Oak along the Moat, St. Augustine
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1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
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

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
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

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Clown
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

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Original Oil on Canvas 'Landscape of the Mind', Lawrence Kupferman, 1964
By Lawrence Edward Kupferman
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
early 1940s. Kupferman worked as an artist for the WPA in the 1930s, developing a strictly realist style
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Fragments of August
By Lawrence Kupferman
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA in the 1930s, developing a strictly realist style that depicted Victorian houses and other
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Color Pencil

Antique American Life Size Huge WPA Nude Woman Artist Studio Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude woman in an artist studio oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930
Category

1930s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Life Size Huge WPA Nude Woman Artist Studio Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude woman in an artist studio oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930
Category

1930s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Life Size Huge WPA Nude Woman Artist Studio Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist nude woman in an artist studio oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1930
Category

1930s Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Storm, Modern Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist (War Allegory, Refugees)
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

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

1930s Fauvist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Clown
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

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mount Baker, Washington
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in New York, NY
, prominently throughout the streets of Seattle. She also worked locally as a WPA artist, painting murals in
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

HUGE Mountain Marquetry "Painting" of Mt. Hood, Oregon, WPA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an amazing "painting" made of marquetry from the Works Project Administration done at Mt
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Wood

WPA Artist Michael Chomyk, circa 1940 Huge Oil on Canvas Boxer or Swimmer
By Michael Chomyk
Located in Indianapolis, IN
, definitely attributed to this St Louis, WPA artist. The large format canvas is in it's original gray worm
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Huge Wpa Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of huge wpa paintings is available on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect modern or abstract examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Huge wpa paintings available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes beige, brown, gray, white and more. Maurice Kish, Adolf Arthur Dehn, Adolf Dehn, James Brooks and Lawrence Kupferman took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and board, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Huge Wpa Paintings?

The average selling price for huge wpa paintings we offer is $3,250, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $12,000 for the highest priced.