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Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
-level as egalitarian, socialist view via social realism style painting and drawing. Schloss became
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Walking the Cows" Important Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
By Charlotte Joan Sternberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
clusters of farm buildings in the distance. Painted in 1944, the sunny, optimistic scene gives no hint of
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Important American Social Documentary Photograph Milton Rogovin Rare Original 60
By Milton Rogovin
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
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1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

Brandywine Farm Collotype Lithograph Hand Signed Henriette Wyeth Americana Art
By Henriette Wyeth
Located in Surfside, FL
draw with her left hand and paint with her right. She grew up on the family farm in Chadds Ford
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1980s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Girl with Guitar" Robert Gwathmey, Music, Southern Social Commentary, Modernism
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
"Social Realist," his imagery focusing on the lives of the African-American minority moves beyond pure
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Meditation, " Figure & Farm Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
palettes brightened and warmed. Both fell under the spell of the Mexican social realists, notably Diego
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

Opening Farm (Encaustic Monochromatic Pastoral Landscape in Earth Tones & White)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
Hudson Valley-based artist Leigh Palmer. Once a hard edge realist painter, the artist eschews those
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Board

"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
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Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Peaceful Cove - New England, " Original Lithograph signed by Adolf Dehn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Social Realism, and caricature. He was known for both his technical skills and his high-spirited, droll
Category

1940s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chien Braque (Tom)
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Missouri, MO
and farm animals at rest, (horses, dogs, cows, bulls, sheep and goats). He modeled over 150 subjects
Category

1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

The Hunter and Hound
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Missouri, MO
bronze statuettes generally of domestic and farm animals at rest, (horses, dogs, cows, bulls, sheep and
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1870s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Untitled (East Side Series)
By Milton Rogovin
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
Category

1960s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Lower West Side)
By Milton Rogovin
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Lower West Side)
By Milton Rogovin
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
Category

1970s Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled (Lower West Side Revisited)
By Milton Rogovin
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original gelatin silver print by American social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
Category

1980s Realist Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Wa Market
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
opportunity to trade their goods, they can barter for anything from farm animals, to produce, clothing and all
Category

2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wa Market
Wa Market
H 46.5 in W 60 in
Sunday Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
commentaries about social and economic exploitation regarding the contemporary politics of the Great Depression
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Minneapolis
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
body of regional watercolors depicting the lakes and farms of his home state. Lithography and
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

	 Minneapolis
	 Minneapolis
H 14.375 in W 20 in
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Giles Hubert, an inspector for the Farm Security Administration, gave him access to certain situations
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Broadway Parade
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
lakes and farms of his home state. Lithography and watercolor remained his two primary media, and his
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Broadway Parade
Broadway Parade
H 9.25 in W 13.88 in
Maroon Lake, Colorado
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in San Francisco, CA
visits to Minnesota, he created a large body of regional watercolors depicting the lakes and farms of his
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maroon Lake, Colorado
Maroon Lake, Colorado
H 20.15 in W 24.15 in D 0.75 in
Key West Beach
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in San Francisco, CA
Minnesota, he created a large body of regional watercolors depicting the lakes and farms of his home state
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Key West Beach
Key West Beach
H 18.75 in W 22.75 in D 0.85 in
"Woman Listening, " Honore Sharrer, Magical Realism Landscape with Flora & Figure
By Honore Sharrer
Located in New York, NY
1951 and 1969, during the wave of abstract art, she retreated into comparative isolation on her farm in
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Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Casein

French painter Léon Augustin LHermitte harvesters children in the countryside
By Léon Augustin Lhermitte
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really charming little oil capturing an idyllic snapshot of farm workers and their family
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
By Jonathan Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Rome, Boston University, and the Maryland Institute, among others. The son of famed Social Realist
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

The Factory
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Concord, MA
studio in Harlem. During the 1930s his social realist paintings had an anecdotal quality in their
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Girl Seated on Red Chair', by George Regal, Screen Print on Metal
By George Segal
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
interest in rendering the human form made him a radical realist who reinvigorated classic modes of
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Metal

Gateside Conversation, 1940s Original Signed Lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Denver, CO
drawn carriage talking with a figure wearing a hat standing at the edge of a gate, farm house in the
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

The Demogogue
Located in Los Angeles, CA
human rights. About the Artist Bendor Mark was an American modernist and social realist painter
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Demogogue
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Lithograph From Portfolio - Levana & Our Ladies Of Sorrow
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University as a biology student in 1919, he went
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Farmer, " Portrait Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
fell under the spell of the Mexican social realists, notably Diego Rivera, and modernists such as
Category

1920s American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

"Rest, " Farmer leaning on Work Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
fell under the spell of the Mexican social realists, notably Diego Rivera, and modernists such as
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

Hail and Farewell
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Missouri, MO
genteel family in New York City, Rockwell Kent was a member of the rugged realist school of landscape
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

19th Century Animalier French Bronze Entitled "Taureau Debout" by Rosa Bonheur
By Rosa Bonheur
Located in London, GB
the formation of the realist style in which Bonheur worked. It was for such work that Bonheur
Category

Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

San Pedro Harbor
By Paul Sample
Located in New York, NY
teacher’s salary, he painted realist depictions of the American scene. While his work addressed depression
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Farm Work' Social Realist Painting by Janis Lauva
By Janis Lauva
Located in Charlevoix, MI
A wonderful example of Social Realist painting by Latvian artist Janis Lauva (1906-1986). Three
Category

Vintage 1950s Latvian Paintings

Abstract surrealist painting by American, Walter Quirt, titled "The Farm"
By Walter Quirt
Located in Washington, DC
John Reed Club, an important socialist organization; his associates there included social realist
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fertility
By Grant Wood
Located in Wellesley, MA
remained in the Middle West where he found inspiration for his paintings of prosperous farms and people
Category

1930s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fertility
H 8.88 in W 11.88 in
December Afternoon
By Grant Wood
Located in Wellesley, MA
remained in the Middle West where he found inspiration for his paintings of prosperous farms and people
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Allee A Merville
By Maximilien Luce
Located in London, GB
and colour on the subject. Luce painted urban social realist scenes of labourers and fishermen in
Category

Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings

Israeli Oil Painting Ruth Schloss Child, Doll, Wagon, Kibbutz Social Realist Art
By Ruth Schloss
Located in Surfside, FL
-level as egalitarian, socialist view via social realism style painting and drawing. Schloss became
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Migrant" Robert Gwathmey, Baskets of Food Produce, American Realism, Farm Work
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in New York, NY
distinguish much of his art. While Gwathmey was often labeled a "Social Realist," his imagery focusing on
Category

1970s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Resting Girl
By Bruno Lucchesi
Located in Wiscasett, ME
returned home to work on the family farm, throughout the Second World War. During this time he met a
Category

1980s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Resting Girl
H 15.75 in W 21.26 in D 9.45 in
Venezuelan Village
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Missouri, MO
watercolors depicting the lakes and farms of his home state. Lithography and watercolor remained his two
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Southern Gentleman" Unusal White Subject. Known for his African American
By William Aiken Walker
Located in San Antonio, TX
. A social and friendly man, Walker often entertained friends with stories of his southern travels
Category

1870s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
By Jonathan Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Rome, Boston University, and the Maryland Institute, among others. The son of famed Social Realist
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Ben Shahn Lithograph of "Boy Playing Double Oboe from Hallelujah"
By Ben Shahn
Located in Hallowell, ME
primary medium was egg tempera, popular among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York
Category

1970s Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
primary medium was egg tempera, popular among social realists. Although Shahn attended New York University
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

1920s Modernist Mountain Landscape, Framed Colorado Oil Painting, 25 x 30 inches
By Jan Matulka
Located in Denver, CO
school was run by artists, many of them Social Realists, Matulka found himself out of step with his
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Farm near Willoughby (Vermont)
By Paul Sample
Located in Concord, MA
PAUL SAMPLE (1896-1974) Farm Near Willoughby, c. 1940s Oil on board 8 x 10 inches Signed at lower
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Farm Buildings
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Milwaukee, WI
early work won him widespread praise as an important social realist and regional painter and printmaker
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Hot Saw
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
watercolors depicting the lakes and farms of his home state. Lithography and watercolor remained his two
Category

1930s Realist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hot Saw
Hot Saw
H 9.75 in W 13.875 in
Whippet and Ball
By Pierre Jules Mêne
Located in Missouri, MO
generally of domestic and farm animals at rest, (horses, dogs, cows, bulls, sheep and goats). He modeled
Category

1860s Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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