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"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940 A view of the
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • "Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
  • "Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
  • "Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
  • "Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940

Staats Cotsworth
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940, c. 1940

H 36 in. W 30 in.
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful "New York Subway
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

  • NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
  • NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
  • NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
  • NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful

Trew Hocker
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful, 1947

H 47 in. W 59 in. D 3 in.
Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers
Located in New York, NY
Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers Offered is an
Category

1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers
  • Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers
  • Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers
  • Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers

Kenneth Davies
Surreal Figurative Abstract Mid 20th Century Modern Yale WPA Industrial Workers, 1948

H 24 in. W 28 in.
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
  • Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
  • Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
  • Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism

Louis Bosa
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism, 1946

H 29 in. W 35 in. D 3 in.
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
By Miron Sokole
Located in New York, NY
1930’s & 1940’s Sokole’s paintings were shown in competition with the best artists of the American
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
  • "Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial

Miron Sokole
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial, circa 1940

H 16 in. W 22 in. D 1 in.
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
the WPA of the 20th Century. Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Cityscape, 20 x 16 inch
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • "Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
  • "Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
  • "Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
  • "Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century

Aaron Bohrod
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century, 1931

H 27 in. W 23 in.
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
immigrant life in industrial Chicago. In the summer, a one-man exhibition of his non-objective paintings is
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

Nahum Tschacbasov
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

H 40 in. W 30 in.
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark
Category

1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • "Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
  • "Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
  • "Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
  • "Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's

Helen Clark Oldfield
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's , 1943

H 24 in. W 20 in. D 2 in.
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an
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
  • 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 Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
  • American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
  • American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
  • American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist

Norman Carton
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist, c.1940-1950's

H 14 in. W 10.5 in.
1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • 1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor

Morris Kantor
1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor, 1930

H 24.5 in. W 21 in.
1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
) Oil painting on canvas Hand Signed lower left. Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • 1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
  • 1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor

Morris Kantor
1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor, 1927

H 28.75 in. W 36 in.
1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace
Located in St. Louis, MO
Signed 1940s WPA style Industrial oil painting of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation of Pennsylvania
Category

Vintage 1940s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

  • 1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace
  • 1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace
  • 1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace
  • 1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace

1940s Oil painting of Industrial Interior Scene of Steel Company Blast Furnace

H 24 in. W 28 in. D 3 in.
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an
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
  • 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.
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Bernard Gussow was
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
  • Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist

Bernard Gussow
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist, c.1940s

H 17.5 in. W 14.25 in.
Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA
By Paul Meltsner
Located in New York, NY
Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA. 35 ¼ x 30 inches
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA
  • Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA
  • Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA
  • Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA

Paul Meltsner
Carmen Miranda Latin American Modernism Hollywood Portrait Mid 20th Century WPA , 1942

H 48 in. W 42 in. D 3 in.
Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
By George Samerjan
Located in St. Louis, MO
Artist George Samerjan's (1915-2005) WPA style watercolor titled "Roller at Van Nuys" 1941, in its
Category

Vintage 1940s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

  • Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
  • Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
  • Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941
  • Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941

Artist George Samerjan WPA Style Watercolor "Roller at Van Nuys Blvd" 1941

H 1.66 in. W 30 in. D 24 in.
"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in Larchmont, NY
harmonies New York City offered as a subject. His paintings shifted to urban and industrial themes with
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • "Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
  • "Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
  • "Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
  • "Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat

Ernest Fiene
"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia," Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat, 1936

H 34 in. W 42 in.
"Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
By Ernest Fiene
Located in Larchmont, NY
. His paintings shifted to urban and industrial themes with architecture, industry, and transportation
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • "Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
  • "Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
  • "Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
  • "Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach

Ernest Fiene
"Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts," Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach

H 30 in. W 40 in.
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
include Custom Made (1940), a lithograph showing a woman slumped over her work in a WPA sewing room, and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

H 175 in. W 21.75 in.
R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting
Located in Garnerville, NY
an oak cove molding. The piece bares the marks of WPA art and American Regionalism of Thomas Hart
Category

Vintage 1930s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oak, Paint

  • R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting
  • R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting
  • R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting
  • R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting

R Wilson McCoy, New York Central Railroad Locomotive Painting

H 19 in. W 22.88 in. D 1.5 in.
American Artist Abstract Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Depression and is best known for paintings depicting the plight of industrial workers and the poor. Berkman
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint

  • American Artist Abstract Painting
  • American Artist Abstract Painting
  • American Artist Abstract Painting
  • American Artist Abstract Painting

Bernece Berkman-Hunter
American Artist Abstract Painting

H 15 in. W 12 in.
American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter
Located in Surfside, FL
Depression and is best known for paintings depicting the plight of industrial workers and the poor. Berkman
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paint

  • American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter
  • American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter
  • American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter
  • American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter

Bernece Berkman-Hunter
American Artist Abstract Painting - Bernece Berkman-Hunter

H 15 in. W 12 in.
Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow
By Werner Drewes
Located in Denver, CO
of the WPA in New York from 1940 to 1941. As an artist, he moved easily from representation art to
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow
  • Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow
  • Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow
  • Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow

Werner Drewes
Mid Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting by Werner Drewes, Green Blue Red Yellow

H 14.75 in. W 16.75 in. D 1.75 in.
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair HAIG PATIGIAN
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

  • Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
  • Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
  • Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
  • Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair

Haig Patigian
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair

H 14 in. W 15 in. D 6 in.
Rural Factory
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
paintings of Ford’s River Rouge plant, Helder’s Grand Coulee Dam paintings celebrate the industrial and
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

  • Rural Factory
  • Rural Factory

Zama Vanessa Helder
Rural Factory

H 12.75 in. W 15.25 in. D 1 in.
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
or New Jersey for most of the rest of her life. Between 1928 and 1940, she studied at the School of
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Color

  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

H 7 in. W 11 in.
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
or New Jersey for most of the rest of her life. Between 1928 and 1940, she studied at the School of
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Paper, Ink

  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

H 5.9 in. W 9 in.
1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
immigrant life in industrial Chicago. In the summer, a one-man exhibition of his non-objective paintings is
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

  • 1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist
  • 1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist
  • 1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist
  • 1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist

Nahum Tschacbasov
1947 Nahum Tschacbasov Aquatint Judaica Etching Prophet Modernist WPA Artist, 1947

H 20 in. W 16 in.
Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)
By Elsie Driggs
Located in Hudson, NY
: animal cartoons and W. African gold weights for WPA, Harlem House, NYC, 1934; Post Offices in La Salle
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

  • Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)
  • Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)
  • Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)
  • Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life)

Elsie Driggs
Three Black Vases (abstract expressionist still life), 1960

H 34.5 in. W 31 in.
"Delaware Water Gap #2"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
the Depression, Ney worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), painting murals and teaching
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

  • "Delaware Water Gap #2"
  • "Delaware Water Gap #2"
  • "Delaware Water Gap #2"
  • "Delaware Water Gap #2"

Lloyd Raymond Ney
"Delaware Water Gap #2", 1946

H 13 in. W 17 in. D 2 in.
"Delaware Water Gap"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
the Depression, Ney worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), painting murals and teaching
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

  • "Delaware Water Gap"
  • "Delaware Water Gap"
  • "Delaware Water Gap"
  • "Delaware Water Gap"

Lloyd Raymond Ney
"Delaware Water Gap", 1946

H 13 in. W 17 in. D 2 in.
"Machinery"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
the Depression, Ney worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), painting murals and teaching
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

  • "Machinery"
  • "Machinery"
  • "Machinery"
  • "Machinery"

Lloyd Raymond Ney
"Machinery", 1945

H 13 in. W 17 in. D 2 in.
Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Winter Fun', lithograph, 1940, edition 20, 250 (1941). Flint 188. Signed in
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
  • Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
  • Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
  • Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City

Louis Lozowick
Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City, 1940

H 9.5 in. W 12.88 in.
Untitled
By Myron Kozman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
paintings for the Works Progress Administration which were displayed in public venues around Chicago. It was
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

  • Untitled
  • Untitled
  • Untitled
  • Untitled

Myron Kozman
Untitled, 1941

H 7.25 in. W 5.75 in.
Untitled, 1941
By Myron Kozman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, Kozman produced several abstract paintings for the Works Progress Administration which were displayed in
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

  • Untitled, 1941
  • Untitled, 1941
  • Untitled, 1941
  • Untitled, 1941

Myron Kozman
Untitled, 1941, 1941

H 12.63 in. W 12 in.
Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
primarily soaring urban cityscapes and industrial scenes was mounted by the renowned Weyhe Gallery in 1929
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism
  • Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism
  • Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism
  • Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism

Louis Lozowick
Backyards of Broadway ( Waterfront I ) — 1920s American Precisionism, 1926

H 14.38 in. W 9.25 in.
'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
cityscapes and industrial scenes was mounted by the renowned Weyhe Gallery in 1929. Assigned to the WPA New
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • 'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism
  • 'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism
  • 'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism
  • 'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism

Louis Lozowick
'Corner of Steel Plant' — 1920s American Modernism, 1929

H 11.50 in. W 7.82 in.
"Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
Located in Milwaukee, WI
a broad range of media: watercolor painting, drawing, and graphic arts in lithography, etching and
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

  • "Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
  • "Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
  • "Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker
  • "Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker

Gerhardt H. Bakker
"Underground," Wood Engraving by Gerhardt H. Bakker, 1937

H 15.43 in. W 15.87 in.
Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
soaring urban cityscapes and industrial scenes was mounted by the renowned Weyhe Gallery in 1929
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism
  • Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism
  • Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism
  • Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism

Louis Lozowick
Steel Valley —Mid-Century Modernism, 1936

H 9.44 in. W 13.44 in.
Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
soaring urban cityscapes and industrial scenes was mounted by the renowned Weyhe Gallery in 1929
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

  • Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
  • Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
  • Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
  • Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City

Louis Lozowick
Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City, 1935

H 9.63 in. W 13.50 in.
Park Scene with Nine Figures
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
interest in drawing and painting, which he has taken up in response to pressures of work and life. His
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Park Scene with Nine Figures
  • Park Scene with Nine Figures
  • Park Scene with Nine Figures
  • Park Scene with Nine Figures

Nahum Tschacbasov
Park Scene with Nine Figures, 1951

H 18 in. W 24 in.
Picnic in the Park
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
has a deepening interest in drawing and painting, which he has taken up in response to pressures of
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Picnic in the Park
  • Picnic in the Park
  • Picnic in the Park
  • Picnic in the Park

Nahum Tschacbasov
Picnic in the Park, 1933

H 21.75 in. W 18.25 in.
Woman with Red Flowers
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
interest in drawing and painting, which he has taken up in response to pressures of work and life. His
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Woman with Red Flowers
  • Woman with Red Flowers
  • Woman with Red Flowers
  • Woman with Red Flowers

Nahum Tschacbasov
Woman with Red Flowers, circa 1930

H 36 in. W 24 in.
Dream of the Old Country
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
interest in drawing and painting, which he has taken up in response to pressures of work and life. His
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

  • Dream of the Old Country
  • Dream of the Old Country
  • Dream of the Old Country
  • Dream of the Old Country

Nahum Tschacbasov
Dream of the Old Country, c1940

H 30 in. W 40 in.
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
Located in New York, NY
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study. A label verso titles
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

  • Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
  • Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
  • Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study
  • Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study

Anthony (Tony) Sisti
Industrial WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Industrial Mural Study , c. 1940s

H 30 in. W 41 in. D 2 in.
Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Surfside, FL
A wonderful work of American regionalist art. WPA period. NYC skyline of a steel worker or dock
Category

1940s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

Irving George Lehman
Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC

H 27.5 in. W 33.5 in.
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
immigrant life in industrial Chicago. In the summer, a one-man exhibition of his non-objective paintings is
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
  • Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

Nahum Tschacbasov
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

H 40 in. W 30 in.
Industrial Landscape Painting
Located in Aurora, OR
great piece of WPA era artwork. Bright contrasting colors and blocky shapes flesh out a familiar scene
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

  • Industrial Landscape Painting
  • Industrial Landscape Painting
  • Industrial Landscape Painting
  • Industrial Landscape Painting

Industrial Landscape Painting

H 23.5 in. W 36 in. L 23.5 in.
WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
1, 1947, p.22 All in a Days Work at the WPA. Newark Evening News, December 3, 1940
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

  • WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman
  • WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman
  • WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman
  • WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman

WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman

H 25.625 in. W 19.625 in. D .625 in.
Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA
By Henry Martin Gasser
Located in New York, NY
, where he lived for most of his life. He studied painting at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Casein, Paper, Gouache

  • Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA
  • Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA
  • Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA
  • Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA

Henry Martin Gasser
Snowy Winter Cityscape, Antique Car Parking Painting, Newark, New Jersey, WPA

H 7.75 in. W 10.13 in.
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
include Custom Made (1940), a lithograph showing a woman slumped over her work in a WPA sewing room, and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
  • WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

H 175 in. W 21.75 in.
Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)
By Alfredo de Giorgio Crimi
Located in Hudson, NY
1939 and 1940, under the WPA’s section of Painting and Sculpture, he was awarded through national
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

  • Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)
  • Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)
  • Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)
  • Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting)

Alfredo de Giorgio Crimi
Eye and the Shutter (geometric abstract cubist painting), c.1960

H 31 in. W 41 in. D 2 in.
Love's Loveliness
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Los Angeles, CA
illustrator. Many of his murals are in hotels, temples, industrial buildings, and post offices, and in the
Category

1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

  • Love's Loveliness
  • Love's Loveliness

Eduard Buk Ulreich
Love's Loveliness, c 1940

H 22 in. W 47 in.
Kite Flyers
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIP KREVORUCK "KITE FLYERS" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1940 18 X 22 INCHES
Category

1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Kite Flyers

Philip Krevoruck
Kite Flyers, 1940

Runaway Train
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
previously unseen collection of American Impressionist oil paintings dating to the 1940s and executed in a
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

  • Runaway Train
  • Runaway Train
  • Runaway Train
  • Runaway Train

Alfred Statler
Runaway Train, 1940s

H 25.5 in. W 21.5 in.
New York City Crossing Street Light
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
previously unseen collection of American Impressionist oil paintings dating to the 1940s and executed in a
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • New York City Crossing Street Light
  • New York City Crossing Street Light
  • New York City Crossing Street Light
  • New York City Crossing Street Light

Alfred Statler
New York City Crossing Street Light, 1940s

H 18 in. W 10 in.
Play Like a Horse
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Los Angeles, CA
-AMERICAN, C.1940 13 X 16 INCHES Eduard Buk Ulreich 1889-1966 Ulreich was born in Austria
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Play Like a Horse

Eduard Buk Ulreich
Play Like a Horse, 1940

H 13 in. W 16 in.
New York Cityscape At Night
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
previously unseen collection of American Impressionist oil paintings dating to the 1940s and executed in a
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

  • New York Cityscape At Night
  • New York Cityscape At Night
  • New York Cityscape At Night
  • New York Cityscape At Night

Alfred Statler
New York Cityscape At Night, 1946

H 16 in. W 12 in.
Woman in Cubist Interior
By Alfred McNamara
Located in Los Angeles, CA
under Walter Drewes, through a program sponsored by the WPA (Works Projects Administration) at the
Category

1940s Cubist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

  • Woman in Cubist Interior
  • Woman in Cubist Interior

Alfred McNamara
Woman in Cubist Interior, 1945

H 36 in. W 18 in.
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