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Study for "The New Masses"
By Hugo Gellert
Located in Boston, MA
Hugo Gellert (Hungarian-American, 1892-1985), Study for "The New Masses". Mary Ryan Gallery 4
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Wax Crayon

Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
various liberal organizations including the paper PM and New Masses. Leboit's work is illustrated and
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

William Gropper Important New York Artist and Caricaturist Painting, "Mug-Wump"
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
York Tribune newspaper, Vanity Fair magazine and the politically 'left-wing' publication, "New Masses
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William Sanderson, Fascists
By William Sanderson
Located in New York, NY
Latvia-born William Sanderson became a contributor to the New Yorker and New Masses magazines
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink

William Gropper WPA Artist Watercolor in Grisaille, circa 1932- “Uprooted”
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
' publication, "New Masses." Some of his other pieces focused on the hypocrisy of government figures, especially
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint

Modernist Nude — Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Editor of The New Masses. Subsequently, he was employed by the New York City WPA (part of the Depression
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Louis Lozowick Original Lithograph Pencil Signed “Coal Pockets”
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Phoenix, AZ
there with artists, he wrote Modern Russian Art, and later did illustrations for the New Masses and
Category

Early 20th Century More Prints

Materials

Etching

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
, The Blast, Survey Graphic, The New York Call. and The New Masses. Becker's work, which often made use
Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Profile Portrait by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected his painting Young Worker for
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Sketch of a Man with Mustache and Hat by Philadelphia Artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
publishing lithographs for the socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Portrait Sketch by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected his painting Young Worker for
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Portrait of a Man by Philadelphia artist Julius Bloch
By Julius Bloch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
publishing lithographs for the socialist magazine The New Masses in 1934, the year Eleanor Roosevelt selected
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Charles Keller Original Stone Lithograph - "6th Avenue Subway”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Editor of the New Masses in 1945 and continued until 1988 for the People's Daily World. He was a founder
Category

Mid-20th Century More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ca. 1950, Black & White Ink Abstraction by Notable Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
for New Masses, a communist magazine, he did satiric illustrations expressing his sympathy for the
Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
joined the executive board of the New Masses and exhibited his machine age drawings, the ‘Machine
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
' publication, "New Masses." Gropper's painting, Youngstown Strike, has received much attention for its strong
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
York in 1924 he joined the executive board of the New Masses and exhibited his machine age drawings
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Color Abstraction of Pyramids and Temples of Mexico' — Abstract Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
lithography, and he was an illustrator for the New Masses. His inventive and masterfully-crafted prints depict
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Acrylic

"Playground, Carl Schurz Park" George Picken, New York City, East River, UES WPA
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
. His drawings were published in the New Masses, a significant left-wing publication. The New York
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Horsemen
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
as The Liberator, The New Masses, The New York Post, The New Yorker and Vanity Fair. By the late
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Horsemen
Horsemen
H 17.5 in W 20.4 in D 0.75 in
Abandoned (Colorado) - 20th Century American Modern Landscape Oil Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
association with the New Masses and his early involvement with left-wing intellectuals shaped much of his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Liberated Village
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
cartoons and drawings appeared in other newspapers and magazines, such as The Liberator, The New Masses
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Liberated Village
Liberated Village
H 20.25 in W 24.25 in D 0.75 in
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Intersecting Magic Square
By Charmion von Wiegand
Located in New York, NY
leftist journal New Masses. Von Wiegand began writing art criticism for New Masses as well as for other
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil

Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
she then contributed to populist and Marxist journals of the period, including The New Masses. Wald
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
, New School Art Center, New York, NY, October 15 - November 23, 1968 Determined to become an artist
Category

20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Rabbi In Synagogue Judaica Watercolor Harry Sternberg
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
leftist magazine New Masses for 17 years and worked actively in organizations defending the rights of both
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Sternberg, artist, teacher, and political activist was born in New York City's lower east side in 1904. He
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Illustration Board

'Tanks #1' — American Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. On his return to New York in 1924, he joined the executive board of the New Masses and exhibited his
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size The New-York born artist William Gropper was a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

'Corner of Steel Plant' — American Modernism / Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the executive board of the New Masses and exhibited his machine age drawings, the ‘Machine Ornament
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pillar of Zen #124, unique signed gouache painting Andre Zarre Gallery, 1959
By Charmion von Wiegand
Located in New York, NY
Freeman, who co-founded and edited the leftist journal New Masses. Von Wiegand began writing art criticism
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish art. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Yenta gossips in the kitchen peeling. humorous Yiddish art
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
contributed drawings to publications like Vanity Fair, New Masses, The Nation, and Freiheit. His interest in
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
contributed drawings to publications like Vanity Fair, New Masses, The Nation, and Freiheit. His interest in
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Europe, his illustrations appearing in many leftist publications such as The Liberator, The New Masses
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil

Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vendor of Masks, 1930s Original Modernist Gouache Painting of Carnival Scene
By Boardman Robinson
Located in Denver, CO
the New York Tribune, The Masses, Liberator, Harper’s Weekly, and Vogue. In 1915, he traveled to
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Construction (Excavation)
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Wellesley, MA
Russian Art, and later did illustrations for the New Masses and translated for Broom Magazine.
Category

1930s American Realist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Blast Furnaces
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Wellesley, MA
artists, he wrote Modern Russian Art, and later did illustrations for the New Masses and translated for
Category

1920s Realist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Mill Town
By Louis Ribak
Located in Graton, CA
periodical, New Masses, and prompted the young artist to illustrate for the publication. In 1929, Ribak's
Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Fourteenth Street
By Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Located in Oakland, CA
Daily Worker, New Masses, L'Unita Operaia, West Oakland Beacon, and the San Francisco Chronicle. In
Materials

Casein, Masonite

Cactus, San Miguel
By Louis Ribak
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Student League. Sloan edited the radical periodical, New Masses. Ribak jumped in and did the illustrations
Category

20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled - Horses
By Louis Ribak
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Student League. Sloan edited the radical periodical, New Masses. Ribak jumped in and did the illustrations
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Untitled (Rabbi with Prayer Shawl)
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
magazine New Masses for 17 years In addition to his prodigious artistic output, Sternberg was an
Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

The New Masses
By Jacob Berman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JACOB BERMAN "THE NEW MASSES" GAUCHE,SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1936 14.25 X 10.5 INCHES
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Original Drawing for the NEW MASSES - 19.5" x 15"
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ADOLF DEHN (1895 – 1968) ORIGINAL ART FOR THE COVER OF THE NEW MASSES, c.1930. Original ink
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink

"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert
By Hugo Gellert
Located in New York, NY
"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert New Masses
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Untitled (Colorado Town)
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
, Esquire and The New Masses. In 1937, Sanderson was honored with a solo exhibition held at the
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Checkmate
By Sid Gotcliffe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
“The New Masses” magazine a communist leaning publication as did many other WPA artists. He
Category

1850s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Carnival in New York, " William Gropper, City Street Scene Fair with Figures
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
he began contributing to socialist publications, such as The New Masses, Labor Defender and The
Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
, The Blast, Survey Graphic, The New York Call. and The New Masses. Becker's work, which often made use
Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Earth Abides Forever (Modernist Landscape with Abandoned House, Autumn)
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
The New Yorker, Esquire and The New Masses. In 1937, Sanderson was honored with a solo exhibition
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Barn and Tree (Surrealist/Modernist Colorado Landscape)
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
in several popular publications including The New Yorker, Esquire and The New Masses. In 1937
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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