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'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg
'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg

'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg

By Ron Croci

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

'Any Day in America' by Ron Croci. Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg ----- Signed lower right, "Croci" for Ron Croci (American, born 1945), and painted circa 1970.

Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Social Realist Painting of a Grain Warehouse by Robert Lavin
Social Realist Painting of a Grain Warehouse by Robert Lavin

Social Realist Painting of a Grain Warehouse by Robert Lavin

Located in San Mateo, CA

He painted in the American Social Realist style of the 1930's. His works portrayed industry and workers.

Category

Vintage 1960s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Social Realist Original Lithograph Advertisement Moses Soyer
Social Realist Original Lithograph Advertisement Moses Soyer

Social Realist Original Lithograph Advertisement Moses Soyer

By Moses Soyer

Located in Surfside, FL

Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 3, 1974) was an American social realist painter. Soyer was born in Borisoglebsk, Russian Empire, in 1899.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting

Social Realist Street Scene Modernist Landscape Oil Painting

By Paul Zimmerman

Located in Surfside, FL

Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures an architectural street scape.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Black Man with Banjo, " Rare Example of Social Realist Sculpture by Shearwater
"Black Man with Banjo, " Rare Example of Social Realist Sculpture by Shearwater

"Black Man with Banjo, " Rare Example of Social Realist Sculpture by Shearwater

By Walter Anderson

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Clearly influenced by the affectionate depictions of working Americans in the Midwest and the South by Social Realists such as Thomas Hart Benton and James Daugherty, this rare sculp...

Category

Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Louis Leon Ribak Oil ainting “ruby in red” Social Realist Style
Louis Leon Ribak Oil ainting “ruby in red” Social Realist Style

Louis Leon Ribak Oil ainting “ruby in red” Social Realist Style

By Louis Ribak 1

Located in Westport, CT

In 1929, he became a founding member of the John Reed Club, which was organized to support leftist artists and writers and was closely associated with the Marxist magazine The New Ma...

Category

Early 20th Century American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Driftwood, Masonite, Paint

French Mid-20th Century Social Realist Oil Painting of Construction Workers
French Mid-20th Century Social Realist Oil Painting of Construction Workers

French Mid-20th Century Social Realist Oil Painting of Construction Workers

Located in COLMAR, FR

Painted in the tradition of mid-century European social realist imagery, the composition focuses on teamwork and physical effort.

Category

Mid-20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Paint

Four Principles of Democracy, American Scene, Social Realist Patriotism
Four Principles of Democracy, American Scene, Social Realist Patriotism

Four Principles of Democracy, American Scene, Social Realist Patriotism

Located in Marco Island, FL

A rare and ambitious work from one of Ohio’s most distinctive mid-century painters, Principles of Democracy is an extraordinary four-panel watercolor composition that functions as a ...

Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Shift Change, Social Realist Woodblock Print by Mike Goscinsky
Shift Change, Social Realist Woodblock Print by Mike Goscinsky

Shift Change, Social Realist Woodblock Print by Mike Goscinsky

Located in Long Island City, NY

Shift Change Mike Goscinsky, American (1933–2021) Woodblock on thin wove paper, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition of 15/75 Image Size: 14 x 19 inches Size: 22 x 26.5 in. ...

Category

1990s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Jack Levine Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Judaica Etching Rabbi in Study
Jack Levine Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Judaica Etching Rabbi in Study

Jack Levine Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Judaica Etching Rabbi in Study

By Jack Levine

Located in Surfside, FL

American Social Realist artist Jack Levine (1915–2010) Original pencil-signed etching and drypoint Rabbi in His Study (also known as Ashkenazi II) 1964 Printed by Emiliano Sorini...

Category

20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

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

By Bernard Gussow

Located in Surfside, FL

Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957 Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Ber...

Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Man Seated on Front Porch (WPA Social Realist Era Landscape)
Man Seated on Front Porch (WPA Social Realist Era Landscape)

Man Seated on Front Porch (WPA Social Realist Era Landscape)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Maurice Brevannes (1901-1976) Man Seated on Front Porch, ca. 1930's. Ink on paper. Image measuring 13 x 18 inches on a sheet measuring 15 x 19 inches. Taped to matting board. Sig...

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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Aquatint Etching
Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Aquatint Etching

Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Aquatint Etching

By Jack Levine

Located in Surfside, FL

Jack Levine Etching and aquatint print on paper titled The Spanish General by Jack Levine (American; 1915-2010). Hand signed and numbered 89/100 lower edge. Born to Lithuanian Jewis...

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20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style

By Paul Zimmerman

Located in Surfside, FL

Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a group of tenement children of mixe...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Heading Home", Important WPA Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944
"Heading Home", Important WPA Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944

"Heading Home", Important WPA Social Realist Painting by Sternberg, 1944

By Charlotte Joan Sternberg

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A cross between Grant Wood and Paul Cadmus, this remarkable American regional scene painting depicts a young man in a white t-shirt walking a group of cows down a country lane with p...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Lithograph Dinner Party
Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Lithograph Dinner Party

Jack Levine American Modernist Social Realist WPA Artist Lithograph Dinner Party

By Jack Levine

Located in Surfside, FL

This is being sold unframed. Reception in Miami. Born to Lithuanian Jewish parents, Levine grew up in the South End of Boston, where he observed a street life composed of European i...

Category

20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Color, Lithograph

God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene
God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene

God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene

Located in Doylestown, PA

"God Bless Our Home" is an interior and figurative scene of a woman sitting on her couch in serious and proper expression. The Americana style painting was created by American genre ...

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Super Detailed Social Realist St Thomas Tropical Chicken Fight Painting
Antique Super Detailed Social Realist St Thomas Tropical Chicken Fight Painting

Antique Super Detailed Social Realist St Thomas Tropical Chicken Fight Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

A vivid and densely populated cockfighting scene painted in 1950 and signed Allatteini L., lower right, with the inscription St. Thomas 50. This large-scale oil captures the spectacl...

Category

1950s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape
"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape

"Calla Lily and Purple Hills", Social Realist Painting of Oklahoma Landscape

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A striking and richly-hued example of American Scene painting, this depiction of a yellow calla lily framed by undulating hills in tones of purple and red was painted by Richard Tafl...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe
"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe

"Circus Is in Town, " Social Realist Painting with Elephants and Giraffe

By Anne Walker

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC
New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC

New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC

Located in Surfside, FL

18.5x15.5, 6.25 x 5 mat cut size. edition 1/6 signed and dated. Albert Sway (b.1913) Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, cartoonist and teacher, Albert Sway was born in Cin...

Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Girl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer
Girl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer

Girl with Braided Hair, Raphael Soyer

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Fairfield, CT

Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Two Reclining Nudes, Raphael Soyer
Two Reclining Nudes, Raphael Soyer

Two Reclining Nudes, Raphael Soyer

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Fairfield, CT

Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.

Category

1980s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Graphite

Realist Landscape Original Oil Painting- Small Green Tonal Midwestern Scene
Realist Landscape Original Oil Painting- Small Green Tonal Midwestern Scene

Realist Landscape Original Oil Painting- Small Green Tonal Midwestern Scene

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as G...

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl in Yellow Dress
Girl in Yellow Dress

Girl in Yellow Dress

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association.

Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Watercolor

Girl Sitting on Wall, American Realist Oil Painting, 1956, Framed
Girl Sitting on Wall, American Realist Oil Painting, 1956, Framed

Girl Sitting on Wall, American Realist Oil Painting, 1956, Framed

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as Ge...

Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting
Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting

Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as Ge...

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

After The Shower-Mid-Century Street Scene Oil Painting.  Realist Urban America.
After The Shower-Mid-Century Street Scene Oil Painting.  Realist Urban America.

After The Shower-Mid-Century Street Scene Oil Painting. Realist Urban America.

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as Ge...

Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, 1970s Young Women Realist Style
THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, 1970s Young Women Realist Style

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, 1970s Young Women Realist Style

By Moses Soyer

Located in Union City, NJ

Size - 24.5 x 15.75 inches, unframed, very good condition, pencil signed and inscribed AP(artists Proof) by Moses Soyer on lower margin Moses Soyer was a Russian-born American socia...

Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Harvesting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Harvesting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Harvesting, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Painted in 1950, this evocative scene echoes the Social Realist movement of the 1930s, emphasizing the dignity and perseverance of agricultural workers.

Category

1950s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled, Street Scene II
Untitled, Street Scene II

Untitled, Street Scene II

By Raphael Soyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Raphael Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.

Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, Street Scene
Untitled, Street Scene

Untitled, Street Scene

By Raphael Soyer

Located in San Francisco, CA

Raphael Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.

Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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'Farm Work' Social Realist Painting by Janis Lauva
'Farm Work' Social Realist Painting by Janis Lauva

'Farm Work' Social Realist Painting by Janis Lauva

Unavailable

H 28.25 in W 40.5 in D 1 in

'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).

Category

Vintage 1950s Latvian Paintings

1936 Soviet Social Realist Factory Scene
1936 Soviet Social Realist Factory Scene

1936 Soviet Social Realist Factory Scene

Unavailable

H 6.5 in W 9 in D 1.5 in

1936 Soviet Social Realist Factory Scene

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Nikolai Georgievich Kotov (attributed). Untitled factory scene, 1936. Oil on carboard. 6 1/4 x 9 inches (plus frame). Stamped CCCP and unknown text in cyrillic, inscribed in pe...

Category

Vintage 1930s Russian Modern Paintings

Hollywood Melodrama in Social Realist Sculpture by Charles Schlein
Hollywood Melodrama in Social Realist Sculpture by Charles Schlein

Hollywood Melodrama in Social Realist Sculpture by Charles Schlein

By Chsrles Schlein

Located in Treasure Island, CA

Charles Schlein Untitled Man in Chains 1952 plaster patinated to resemble bronze signed and dated at bottom excellent condition Charles Schlein (1899-1988) was born in Satano...

Category

Vintage 1950s American Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Albert Pels, American 1910-1998 Social realist figural Portrait Oil on Canvas
Albert Pels, American 1910-1998 Social realist figural Portrait Oil on Canvas

Albert Pels, American 1910-1998 Social realist figural Portrait Oil on Canvas

By Albert Pels

Located in Hallowell, ME

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Albert Pels was an art educator and painter of figures, genre scenes, urban and rural images, and illustration. He also did murals and worked in ...

Category

1980s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Junkman's Serenade
The Junkman's Serenade

The Junkman's Serenade

By Gregorio Prestopino

Located in Hudson, NY

An important early work by American social realist Gregorio Prestopino.

Category

Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Male Female Erotica

Reginald MarshMale Female Erotica, 1930

Unavailable

H 18 in W 14 in

Male Female Erotica

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Lake Worth, FL

Reginald Marsh was a Social Realist, and studied under Georg Luks. watercolor is 8.5 x 4

Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

'Russian School' Social Realism Painting by Vladimir Klenov
'Russian School' Social Realism Painting by Vladimir Klenov

'Russian School' Social Realism Painting by Vladimir Klenov

By Vladimir Mikhailovitch Klenov

Located in Charlevoix, MI

A wonderful painting of group of children having lunch at a communal school while being watched by their teacher, this painting by Russian artist Vladimir Klenov showcases the true f...

Category

Vintage 1960s Russian Paintings

Crouching Male Figure by Louis Wolchonok
Crouching Male Figure by Louis Wolchonok

Crouching Male Figure by Louis Wolchonok

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Lambertville, NJ

Wolchonok, a well-known American artist working in NY. He was primarily a social-realist during the 1930's.

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Pierre Dionisi, "Foundry Workers" Oil on Board
Pierre Dionisi, "Foundry Workers" Oil on Board

Pierre Dionisi, "Foundry Workers" Oil on Board

Unavailable

H 21.75 in W 16.5 in D 0.75 in

Pierre Dionisi, "Foundry Workers" Oil on Board

By Pierre Dionisi

Located in Southampton, NY

Pierre Dionisi, (French, 1904-1970) "Foundry Workers," oil on board, unsigned, a Social Realist depiction of four semi-nude men working around a large fire; black mitered frame with ...

Category

Early 20th Century French Industrial Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Hamilton Beach
Hamilton Beach

Joseph LomoffHamilton Beach, c. 1935

Unavailable

H 26.5 in W 28.25 in

Hamilton Beach

By Joseph Lomoff

Located in Lawrence, NY

Russian-American artist Lomoff is best known for his highly colored Social Realist works. This particular work was reviewed by the NYT in 1937.

Category

1930s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled
Untitled

David Alfaro SiqueirosUntitled, 1930

Unavailable

H 16.4 in W 22.75 in

Untitled

By David Alfaro Siqueiros

Located in Bethesda, MD

Lithograph 1930 16 2/5" x 22 3/4" image size 21 1/2" x 29 1/4" paper size Signed and dated in pencil David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican social realist painter, better known ...

Category

1930s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph

The Meeting Place
The Meeting Place

Louis RibakThe Meeting Place, c. 1970

Unavailable

H 36 in W 59 in

The Meeting Place

By Louis Ribak

Located in Santa Fe, NM

He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York, even collaborating on a mural in Rockefeller Center with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Canyon Series #17
Canyon Series #17

Louis RibakCanyon Series #17

Unavailable

H 23.75 in W 35.5 in

Canyon Series #17

By Louis Ribak

Located in Santa Fe, NM

He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York, even collaborating on a mural in Rockefeller Center with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Canvas

Winter Structure
Winter Structure

Louis RibakWinter Structure

Unavailable

H 23.5 in W 39.5 in

Winter Structure

By Louis Ribak

Located in Santa Fe, NM

He quickly made a name for himself as an influential social realist painter in New York, even collaborating on a mural in Rockefeller Center with Mexican muralist Diego Rivera.

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Roundhouse

Harry GottliebThe Roundhouse, 1930

Unavailable

H 13 in W 19.13 in

The Roundhouse

By Harry Gottlieb

Located in Oakland, CA

David Acton writes in A Spectrum of Innovation,1990, "Although today's viewers may consider an industrial plant ugly, dehumanizing, and environmentally threatening, to Gottlieb and t...

Category

1920s Realist More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seated Girl, Ed. 240 /275 Signed
Seated Girl, Ed. 240 /275 Signed

Raphael SoyerSeated Girl, Ed. 240 /275 Signed, 1979

Unavailable

H 28.25 in W 21.5 in D 0.25 in

Seated Girl, Ed. 240 /275 Signed

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Los Angeles, CA

He is considered to be a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of N...

Category

1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hamilton Beach (Queens)

Joseph LomoffHamilton Beach (Queens)

Unavailable

H 33 in W 36 in

Hamilton Beach (Queens)

By Joseph Lomoff

Located in East Hampton, NY

Lomoff was primarily known for his social realist works. He tended to paint from a Proletarian view depicting the noble worker.

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Louis Wolchonok, Abstract, Ink on Paper Painting
Louis Wolchonok, Abstract, Ink on Paper Painting

Louis Wolchonok, Abstract, Ink on Paper Painting

Unavailable

H 11 in W 8.5 in D 2 in

Louis Wolchonok, Abstract, Ink on Paper Painting

Located in Hudson, NY

Louis Wolchonok was an author of art books, etcher and painter of townscapes, landscapes, figures, muralist and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in wa...

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Early 2000s North American Drawings

Backyard Windowsill Still Life 1940-60s Ink
Backyard Windowsill Still Life 1940-60s Ink

Backyard Windowsill Still Life 1940-60s Ink

By Barbara Rogers Houseworth

Located in San Francisco, CA

In fact, these pressures became the subject matter of much of her work, and are stylistically reminiscent of both Surrealism and the Social Realist painting style. Good vintage con...

Category

1940s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Cortez: The Conquest of Mexico Four-Panel Screen Painting
Cortez: The Conquest of Mexico Four-Panel Screen Painting

Cortez: The Conquest of Mexico Four-Panel Screen Painting

Unavailable

H 94.5 in W 174.5 in D 1.75 in

Cortez: The Conquest of Mexico Four-Panel Screen Painting

By Jose Maria de Servin

Located in Nogales, AZ

He was greatly influenced by Picasso and worked with social realist Jose Orozco on several large mural commissions.

Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Paintings

Materials

Paint

Loose Portrait Abstraction 1940-60s Charcoal
Loose Portrait Abstraction 1940-60s Charcoal

Loose Portrait Abstraction 1940-60s Charcoal

By Barbara Rogers Houseworth

Located in San Francisco, CA

In fact, these pressures became the subject matter of much of her work, and are stylistically reminiscent of both Surrealism and the Social Realist painting style. Estate stamped l...

Category

1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

BLUE ANGEL
BLUE ANGEL

Jack LevineBLUE ANGEL, 1967

Unavailable

H 27.75 in W 33.75 in

BLUE ANGEL

By Jack Levine

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Blue Angel by the social realist artist Jack Levine is a lithograph with color separations from zinc plates in raw umber, burnt umber, dark red, blue, and orange on B.F.K Rives paper.

Connoisseur of Prints

John SloanConnoisseur of Prints, 1905

Unavailable

H 4.5 in W 6.75 in

Connoisseur of Prints

By John Sloan

Located in Wellesley, MA

Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, John Sloan became one of the major early 20th- century figures in New York, pioneering the Social Realist movement with Robert Henri and his circle.

Category

Early 1900s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

Three Ballerinas
Three Ballerinas

Isaac SoyerThree Ballerinas, c. 1940

Unavailable

H 28.5 in W 38.5 in

Three Ballerinas

By Isaac Soyer

Located in East Hampton, NY

Like his better-known brothers, Isaac painted in the Social Realist style early on. He is also known for his portraits of ballerinas, such as this work.

Category

1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg
"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg

"Draped Nude" Women with Basket Expressionist Watercolor by Ron Blumberg

By Ron Blumberg

Located in Pasadena, CA

His mid-century works reflect a sensitivity to human ritual and labor, aligning his vision with social realists and West Coast expressionists of the period.

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Untitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"
Untitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"

Arthur SmithUntitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"

Unavailable

H 24.5 in W 22.5 in

Untitled WPA artist "LYNCHING"

By Arthur Smith

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Social realists represented people and events for what they were and for how they were known; viewers therefore could recognize the subject of these powerful paintings and identify w...

Category

20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Camp Doriance

Leon WallCamp Doriance, c. 1959

Unavailable

H 58 in W 48 in

Camp Doriance

By Leon Wall

Located in Lawrence, NY

Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but this changed in the mid-1950s and he gained early prominence as an Abstract Expressionis...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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