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Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim
Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim

Mailing the Letter-Original Oil Painting-American Realisim

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...

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1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage mid century oil painting of rural village scene with man and donkey
Vintage mid century oil painting of rural village scene with man and donkey

Vintage mid century oil painting of rural village scene with man and donkey

Located in Ebberup, DK

The sky is kept in soft gray-blue tones and gives the scene a calm atmosphere. The painting is (social) realist in style with impressionistic influence due to the the broad brush str...

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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island
Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island

Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Miami, FL

Born in Paris, Reginald Marsh was an American artist recognized for his Social Realist paintings of New York City life in the 1920s and ‘30s.

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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

El Rio Grande
El Rio Grande

El Rio Grande

By Juan Fuentes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

La Danzante
La Danzante

Juan FuentesLa Danzante, 2024

$740Sale Price|20% Off

La Danzante

By Juan Fuentes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez.

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2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Danzante
Danzante

Danzante

By Juan Fuentes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez.

Category

2010s Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Wig City, 1969 New York City American Scene, Oil on Masonite, Signed Painting
Wig City, 1969 New York City American Scene, Oil on Masonite, Signed Painting

Wig City, 1969 New York City American Scene, Oil on Masonite, Signed 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...

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1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

City Peril.  Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.
City Peril.  Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.

City Peril. Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.

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

Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene.  Americana Bicycle Minnesota
Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene.  Americana Bicycle Minnesota

Bill Bally Blacksmithing- American Scene. Americana Bicycle Minnesota

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...

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1980s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Puddle Jumper.  Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting.
Puddle Jumper.  Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene Painting.

Puddle Jumper. Woman With Umbrella Original Oil American Rainy Scene 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...

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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tracks To Home?
Tracks To Home?

Tracks To Home?

By Juan Fuentes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Untitled
Untitled

Untitled

By Stephen Greene

Located in Surfside, FL

Stephen Greene (September 19, 1917 – November 18, 1999) was an American artist known for his abstract paintings and in the 1940s his social realist figure paintings. Stephen Greene w...

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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Aztlan low & slow
Aztlan low & slow

Aztlan low & slow

By Juan Fuentes

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Fuentes' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as Jose Guadalupe Posada and Leopoldo Mendez.

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Portrait of Clara, Signed Oil Painting, 1932, Framed 32 x 25
Portrait of Clara, Signed Oil Painting, 1932, Framed 32 x 25

Portrait of Clara, Signed Oil Painting, 1932, Framed 32 x 25

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

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Be Good or Be Gone.  McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.
Be Good or Be Gone.  McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.

Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American 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 Ge...

Category

1970s American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Doctor's Office.  Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.
Doctor's Office.  Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.

Doctor's Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuart 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 Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Les Grues - Original Lithograph By  André Minaux - 1950s
Les Grues - Original Lithograph By  André Minaux - 1950s

Les Grues - Original Lithograph By André Minaux - 1950s

By Andre Minaux

Located in Roma, IT

Good conditions André Minaux was a French artist best known for his stylized Social Realist paintings and prints that expressed contemporary life and art historical reference throug...

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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Village Vendor, 1970.  Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.
Village Vendor, 1970.  Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.

Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.

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

1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hotel Night Lobby.  Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.
Hotel Night Lobby.  Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.

Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American 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 Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.

Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene 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

1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Woman Pulling on a Slip, Conté on Paper, Ashcan School, Signed, 1910
Woman Pulling on a Slip, Conté on Paper, Ashcan School, Signed, 1910

Woman Pulling on a Slip, Conté on Paper, Ashcan School, Signed, 1910

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for Social-Realist subjects, his real interest was in the theatre and in creating images celebrating the spectacle.

Category

1910s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Joseph Bidzinski (American, 20th C.) Native American Ceremonial Procession, 1950
Joseph Bidzinski (American, 20th C.) Native American Ceremonial Procession, 1950

Joseph Bidzinski (American, 20th C.) Native American Ceremonial Procession, 1950

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Joseph Bidzinski was an American painter active in the mid-20th century, associated with regional and social-realist traditions that flourished in the post-WPA period.

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Mid-20th Century American Native American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

The Red Ribbon.  American Regionalist Scene Painting.  Ohio Artist and History.
The Red Ribbon.  American Regionalist Scene Painting.  Ohio Artist and History.

The Red Ribbon. American Regionalist Scene Painting. Ohio Artist and History.

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

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938

Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in New York, NY

Sloan’s grittier urban scenes informed Bohrod’s Social Realist style of his early career. In 1936, Bohrod won a Guggenheim fellowship that allowed him to tour the country and capture...

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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok
Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok

Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Selected Biography: Louis Wolchonok , American (1898-1973) was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association.

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20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers

By Frank Kleinholz

Located in Surfside, FL

Described by Newsweek as a "Brooklyn-born Gauguin," Kleinholz focused on urban life in New York, Brooklyn and Coney Island, as well as intimate, social realist scenes of parents and ...

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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

By Abraham Harriton

Located in Surfside, FL

Harriton himself later become a teacher at the Academy, and, like many other artists during the Great Depression, received commissions from the Works Progress Administration WPA, dur...

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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave
Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave

Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave

By John French Sloan

Located in Soquel, CA

Plate size: 7"H x 5"W Embossed Paper size: 7.50"H x 5.25"W Paper size: 13.25"H x 10.25"W Provenance: Peter Morse Mat size: 20"H x 15"W Born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, John Sloan b...

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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil
Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil

Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil

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

The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting.  Americana Oil Painting.
The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting.  Americana Oil Painting.

The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting. Americana 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

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Harbor, New York City
Harbor, New York City

Harbor, New York City

By Robert Lavin

Located in Austin, TX

He also attended the National Academy of Art, where he studied as a painter. Studying the social realists of the 1930’s, Lavin, a former Marine pilot, portrayed steelworkers, roughne...

Category

20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements

By Frank Kleinholz

Located in Surfside, FL

Described by Newsweek as a "Brooklyn-born Gauguin," Kleinholz focused on urban life and tenement living in New York, Brooklyn and Coney Island, as well as intimate, social realist sc...

Category

20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl with the Golden Curls
Girl with the Golden Curls

Girl with the Golden Curls

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for Social-Realist subjects, his real interest was in the theatre and in creating images celebrating the spectacle.

Category

1890s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Boy's Head
Boy's Head

Boy's Head

By Frank Kleinholz

Located in New York, NY

Chronology His strongest influences were American Social Realists Reginald Marsh and Philip Evergood, the German Expressionists George Grosz and Kathe Kollewitz, the Mexican muralis...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.
Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.

Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.

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

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting
Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting

Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene 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 G...

Category

1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Conte Crayon Drawing of Artist and Model, Ashcan School, Circa 1906
Conte Crayon Drawing of Artist and Model, Ashcan School, Circa 1906

Conte Crayon Drawing of Artist and Model, Ashcan School, Circa 1906

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for Social-Realist subjects, his real interest was in the theatre and in creating images celebrating the spectacle.

Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963
Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963

Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963

Located in Almelo, NL

The artist’s composition, with its elongated figures, faceted brushstrokes, and vibrant interplay of blue, green, and ochre tones, reflects the influence of interwar avant-garde move...

Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pine, Paint

Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.
Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.

Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.

By Clyde Singer

Located in Marco Island, FL

His teachers included John Steuart 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

1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Woman Removing Her Stockings, Conté Drawing, Ashcan School, Circa 1905
Woman Removing Her Stockings, Conté Drawing, Ashcan School, Circa 1905

Woman Removing Her Stockings, Conté Drawing, Ashcan School, Circa 1905

By Everett Shinn

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Although his ongoing reputation seems to be for Social-Realist subjects, his real interest was in the theatre and in creating images celebrating the spectacle.

Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

"Bathers" - Original oil by Aaron Bohrod , 1948
"Bathers" - Original oil by Aaron Bohrod , 1948

"Bathers" - Original oil by Aaron Bohrod , 1948

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in Greenwich, CT

He was granted Guggenheim Fellowships which permitted him to travel recording the American scene in a highly realistic style, almost trompe-l'œil like, which he became identified wi...

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1940s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist

Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist

By Philip Reisman

Located in Surfside, FL

Philip Reisman, a Social Realist painter and printmaker known for his views of New York City street life.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet
"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet

"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet

By Will Barnet

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Barnet's works span the various "movements" of their era, from his early social realist work to his final signature style of clean lines and carefully placed volumes of solid color i...

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Early 2000s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait
Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait

By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens

Located in Roma, IT

After gaining attention early in his career with a social realist painting depicting the plight of poor vagrants, he achieved great critical and popular success with his scenes of up...

Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing

Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

The wide tonal range and masterful gradation place this work among Baixeras’s strongest examples of social-realist portraiture, stylistically close to the humanistic realism of the p...

Category

Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)
Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)

Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Her early work reflects this social engagement. Working in the "social realist" tradition, she specialized in scenes of proletariat American life, which she then contributed to popul...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

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The average selling price for a social realist we offer is $800, while they’re typically $250 on the low end and $12,500 for the highest priced.