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Mural Study
By Edgar Ewing
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, period mural study of an interior by artist Edgar Ewing.
Category

1940s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Farm Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
About the Painting A delightful regionalist composition, Cecil Head’s Farm Mural Study features a tidy
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Samuel Greenburg, Rural Scene Mural Study
Located in New York, NY
This Rural Scene Mural Study by Samuel Greenburg is scored in a manner indicating transfer to a
Category

Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Pencil

Antique American Modernist WPA Mural Study Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist signed mural study oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed.
Category

1920s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Important Art Deco Mural Study for Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this important mural study was made by Jais Nielsen in 1923 for Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Depicting
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Pencil, Paper, Watercolor

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan', lithograph, edition 10 or fewer, 1936. Flint 135
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Return of Timothy Pickering, " WPA Mural Study Painting, 1939
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

"Nymph and Fawn in Paradise, " Superb Art Deco Mural Study Painting by Petersen
By Einar Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in Los Angeles. The painting is executed in gouache and is the companion to another mural study
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Louise Emerson
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Cardboard, Watercolor

Men Working Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Men Working Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Processional, " Jewel-Toned Mural Study w/ Prayer Under Starlit Sky by Hoeckner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
this brilliantly-hued painting may have served as a mural study. Here the artist depicts a long
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Jo Cain (1904-2003
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

"Fruits of Land and Sea, " Pair of Art Deco Mural Studies with Mermaids by Briggs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Classic and beautiful examples of Art Deco allegorical painting, this pair of mural studies depicts
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mural Study for "The First Settlement on Manhattan Island"
By Howard Pyle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned This is a study for the very large Howard Pyle mural now
Category

1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Architecture & Construction, " Allegorical Mural Study for Rhode Island Capitol
By Robert Charles Haun
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Art Deco Polo Mural Study Signed by Wheeler Williams
By Wheeler Williams
Located in Larchmont, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972) Untitled Study, 1944 (Polo Players) Pencil on paper 15 1/2 x
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century Eugene Savage (1883
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Cubist, Untitled Mural Study of a City Scene by Artist Rudolph Weisenborn
By Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist city scene by WPA-era artist Rudolph Weisenborn
Category

1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

San Pedro Post Office: History of Writing Mural South, Preliminary Mural Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s San Pedro
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

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
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Time and Civilization, " Newly Discovered Art Deco Mural Studies, Schreckengost
By Viktor Schreckengost
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roosevelt, Victor Schreckengost was also a painter and sculptor over his long career. However, these studies
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Golden Fields, " Allegorical Mural Study with Laborer Embracing Wheat Sheaf
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by one of America's most important mural painters in the 1930s, this allegorical
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Herdsman, Asterion & Chara, " Rare Art Deco Mural Study, Bushnell Auditorium
By Barry Faulkner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Memorial Hall in Hartford, Connecticut, this remarkable Art Deco study depicts Canes Venatici, or the
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Pan in Paradise, " Superb Art Deco Mural Study by Petersen
By Einar Petersen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
foliage -- was created by Einar Petersen, a California artist known for his exotic mural painting
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Frolic on Horseback, " Mural Study w/ Nudes by Kenneth MacIntire
By Kenneth Stevens MacIntire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
important study -- marked off in a grid to help the painter transfer the image to a large canvas -- was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s
By Frank Van Sloun
Located in New York, NY
Mural Studies, Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco WPA American Modernism 1930s. 9 x 12 inches
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Egg Tempera

"Justice Triumphant", Mural Study for Queens, Ny Courthouse, circa 1941-1942
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Frank Brangwyn Painting Mural Study Christ's Hospital West Horsham England 1912
By Sir Frank Brangwyn
Located in Portland, OR
Scourging of St. Alban," study for the mural painted for Christ's Hospital, West Horsham, circa 1912
Category

1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

A Graphite on Paper Mural Study of a Rail Yard by Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940
By Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist scene of a rail yard by WPA-era artist Rudolph
Category

1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Zodiac w/ Helios and Cornucopia", Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Deco style, with important surviving paintings dating from the 1920s to the 1950s -- this study was
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Lion and Gazelle, " Fabulous Art Deco Mural Study in Black and Rust
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of color and movement, this detailed study for a room dominated by a monumental Art Deco mural
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Paintings

"Europa Spirited off to Crete, " Important Art Deco Mural Study by Giovannozzi
By Ezio Giovannozzi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artists in the Art Deco era, this impressionistic study by Ezio Giovannozzi was probably painted in
Category

Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Paintings

"Livestock Farm Scene, " WPA Mural Study with Farmhands Handling Hay and Feed
By Rollin Crampton 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA
Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"The History of Los Angeles", Important Art Deco Mural Study w/ Major Landmarks
By Alexander Rosenfeld
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A late entry in America's string of public murals painted in the 1930s, 40s and 50s telling the
Category

Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Orpheus Over the Globe, " Important Mural Study for 1939-1940 NY World's Fair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
example of Art Deco stylized allegorical painting served as a study for a series of murals that Beck
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Paper

'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To our knowledge, this study is the only known image of this mural, created by John Garth to show
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Nudes Among the Ruins, " Vivid Mural Study with Male Nudes by Allyn Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
for a mural, probably for a domestic setting. Two male nudes are shown among Greek or Roman ruins at
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Drawings

Haying
Located in Raleigh, NC
Rgrfinearts presents a rare WPA mural study by the African American artist Carl G. Hill. Mr. Hill
Category

1930s Realist Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Haying
Haying
H 16 in W 20 in D 3 in
"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"America, Old and New", Mural Painting W/ Industrial Scene, George Browne, 1926
By George Elmer Browne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
fascination with the growth and development of the American scene, this large mural study was painted by
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Study for Greene Street Mural
By (after) Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: color offset lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1983 and published in New York by the Leo Castelli Gallery. Image size 5 x 11 inches (127 x 278 mm). Sheet size: 9 x 1...
Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Study for Greene Street Mural
By (after) Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: color offset lithograph (after the drawing). Printed in 1983 and published in New York by the Leo Castelli Gallery. Image size 5 x 11 inches (127 x 278 mm). Sheet size: 9 x 1...
Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Offset

Study for the Mural "Westward Movement"
By John Steuart Curry
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study for the Mural "Westward Movement" Graphite, watercolor, gouache and paint on paper, 1936
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Study for the Mural "Westward Movement"
By John Steuart Curry
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study for the Mural "Westward Movement" Graphite, watercolor, gouache and paint on paper, 1936
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1, 000 piece Museum Quality Collection of Art & Objects from NYC 1939 Worlds Fair
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in New York, NY
(1907-1981) "1939 World’s Fair Mural Study for the Hall of Medical Sciences," 4 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches
Category

1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Canvas, Plaster, Oil

Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Leon Kroll Charcoal Study for Central Panel of Worcester Mural
By Leon Kroll 1
Located in Sharon, CT
artist's hand: 'Study of head for woman with children- central panel'. This refers to Kroll's Main Wall
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Paper

Charles Sims, RA - Nude Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Mural
Located in London, GB
CHARLES SIMS, RA, RWS, RSW (1873-1928) Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Arts & Crafts Mural
Category

1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

John Piper: Study for the Piper Building mural gouache 1962/3
By John Piper CH
Located in London, GB
(1903-1992) Study for the Piper Building Mural Gouache 14.5×11.5cm Provenance: P Manzareli (who built
Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Gouache

"Naval Recruitment, " Classic and Charming View into 1930s Military Life
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Industry
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Tempera

"Aloha, The Universal Word, " Art Deco Study for Hawaiian Mural Series by Savage
By Eugene Francis Savage
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare and important, this painting by Eugene Savage served as the preparatory study for
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Floating Man, " Study for Ceiling Mural with Male Nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Floating Man," study for ceiling mural with male nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s This dramatic drawing
Category

Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Paper

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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the mural study you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paint, paper and metal, every mural study was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a mural study, we have 49 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer mural study, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right mural study, those designed in Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and Industrial styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made mural study over the years, but those crafted by Arthur Bowen Davies, Dunbar D. Beck and Allyn Cox are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Mural Study?

The average selling price for a mural study at 1stDibs is $3,500, while they’re typically $279 on the low end and $175,000 for the highest priced.