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20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Urban Landscape c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting
Oil on board. Approximately 20" wide x 16" high.
The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Adam & Eve in Twickenham: WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a "Adam & Eve" in pink dress and blue shirt with suspenders, and
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 54 in W 32 in D 1.5 in
Storm Over Victor (Colorado Mountain Town), 1940s WPA Era Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board painting by George Vander Sluis (1915-1984) titled Storm Over Victor (Colorado
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 29.25 in W 23.25 in D 2 in
Colorado Mine, 1940s WPA Modern Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, 18 x 24 inches
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Colorado landscape with an old mine building, trestle, mountains and dark stormy sky, vintage circa
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950s Ruth M. Fulton WPA Abstract Impressionist Painting of Sailors on a Boat
Located in Miami, FL
1950s Ruth Fulton WPA Abstract Impressionist Painting of Sailors on a Boat
Offered for sale is a
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
H 31.5 in W 38 in D 1.5 in
"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
the WPA of the 20th Century.
Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Cityscape, 20 x 16 inch
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1930s WPA Era Modernist Colorado Mining Mountain Landscape, Autumn Landscape
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage painting by early Colorado woman artist, Louise Ronnebeck (1901-1980) of a mine in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
H 22.25 in W 26.5 in D 0.5 in
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
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The painting measure 24 x 30 inches. Housed in a carved vintage frame, the work measures 32 x 38".
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By Walter Quirt
Located in New York, NY
field during the WPA era in the 1930s.
Abstraction, 12 x 16 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed lower center
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Style Scene of Working Men Seated with Newspapers by John Deforest Stull
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated large scale oil on canvas painting was realized by the esteemed
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Color Drawing Cobalt Glass Vintage Frame Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionist ink and pastel crayon drawing of flowers in vase.
Framed in a vintage cobalt blue
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Vintage American Industrial Modernist Landscape Oil Painting, ca 1930’s
Located in Baltimore, MD
evident in one spot. The painting was framed with the vintage light grey and gold edged wide cove molding
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 18 in W 20 in D 3 in
Vintage Southwest (California?) Impressionist Painting, Lily S. Converse ca 1940
Located in Baltimore, MD
one time, perhaps in the Palm Springs or Santa Fe area. It is very reminiscent of the WPA period of
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Depression era watercolor painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) titled "The Way War First
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
Provincetown Beach (abstract seascape painting)
By Byron Browne
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
in vintage solid chestnut frame. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated on verso.
Birth place
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Rock Candy Mountain (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting)
By Ben Wilson
Located in New York, NY
signed, titled and dated by Ben Wilson on the back
Frame Included: held in artist's original vintage 1970
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 25 in W 49 in D 1 in
Colorado Mountain Summer Landscape, 1930s Framed Modernist Oil Painting
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Modernist WPA era painting by Arnold Blanch (1896-1968) of a Colorado Landscape, likely
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 24.5 in W 32.25 in D 1.5 in
The Hillside, Colorado, 1930s Landscape Oil Painting, Hillside Farm with Truck
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
WPA era oil on canvas landscape painting by Hayes Lyon (1901-1987) titled 'The Hillside' from 1938
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36.25 in W 50.25 in D 0.75 in
"Horses in Stable" Post-Impressionist Pastoral Interior Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting depicting two brown horses inside of a stable, with details of the wooden
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 23.25 in W 27.25 in D 1.5 in
Deserted Street, Figurative Exterior Painting with Yellow, Orange and Red
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
. Image size is 24 x 30 inches.
Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 1.75 in
Church in Leadville, Colorado, 1930s Framed Landscape Watercolor Ink Painting
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
Rare WPA era original painting by Colorado/Woodstock modernist, Jenne Magafan (1916-1952). Church
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Archival Ink
H 22.5 in W 28.25 in D 1.25 in
"Young Boy with Toy Airplane" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young boy with light brown hair against a viridian
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Canvas
"Nude Boy with Open Shirt" French Blue Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
yellow, and pops of white. This painting comes housed in a vintage wood frame with hanging wire on verso
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1940s Colorado Mountain Landscape Gouache Painting with Snow, Trees, and Train
Located in Denver, CO
American modern 1945 winter landscape painting by Edgar Britton (1901-1982) with a tree driving
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
H 15.5 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
Portrait of Artist's Wife with Fruit, 1945 American Modern Oil Painting
By Hayes Lyon
Located in Denver, CO
Untitled (Portrait of Bessy Lyon, Artist Wife) is an oil on canvas painting by Hayes Lyon (1901
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 35.25 in W 29.25 in D 1.75 in
"Portrait of Young Girl with Blue Shirt" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with short brown hair against a light
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Wood Panel, Oil
A Little Nippy, Framed Oil Painting with Horses, New Mexico Female Artist
By Ila Mae McAfee
Located in Denver, CO
¾ inches.
Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 33.5 in W 27.5 in D 1.5 in
"Playing Checkers" Post-Impressionist of a Mexican Village Oil Painting on Board
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
pink, and pops of white. This painting is signed lower left and comes housed in a vintage gold tone
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Abstract Oil Painting with a Bird Motif by Edward Chavez, Black Pink Red Blue
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on canvas abstract painting with a bird motif signed by artist Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 30.5 in W 28.5 in D 1.5 in
Philip Evergood Orchids in my Studio Signed Modern Expressive Oil Painting
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An expressive modern oil painting on canvas titled “Orchids in my Studio” by American Social
Category
Vintage 1960s Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 35.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.75 in
"Flowers in White Vase" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Paper Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
brown, and pops of white. This painting is signed lower right and comes housed in a vintage brown-toned
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
a vintage modernist frame. Drawing measues 17" x 12" without the frame.
A long-time painter and
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 29 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
"Rail Crossing: Middletown, NY"
By Jules Halfant
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful oil on linen canvas painting, entitled "Rail Crossing: Middletown, was executed by
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
art institution sparked by the WPA.
His art collection once included more than 1,000 paintings from
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 19.5 in W 44.5 in D 2 in
Paul Arndt (1881-1978) Large Scale Mountain Landscape C.1951
Located in San Francisco, CA
board
Dimensions 89" wide x 52" high
Housed in a simple frame
Good vintage condition
Paul Arndt was
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Oil
Victor, Colorado, 1940s Modernist Mountain Landscape with Town, Mining Town
By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf
Located in Denver, CO
Suzanne Schweig
Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 31.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.75 in
Primordial Landscape, Abstract Oil Panting 18 x 20, Brown, Purple, Gold, Green
By Edward Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract oil on canvas painting signed by artist Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) titled
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 19 in W 21.25 in D 1.5 in
Love Honor Obey?
Located in Phoenix, AZ
33.75 inches
signed lower right
Painting is framed
Creator of the iconic logo for the Stetson Hat
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Tiger and His Friends" Oil on Canvas by Sylvia Goldie Lipson
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charming Sylvia "Goldie" Lipson (New York, USA 1905-1992) oil painting titled "Tiger and His
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Man in Green Sweater, " Striking Mid-Century Portrait by Zimmerman, 1950s
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
waves of jet black hair. The shadowy grey-black background clearly shows the influence of WPA-vintage
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 24 in W 20.25 in D 0.25 in
Riva Helfond Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral in Abstract Watercolor, circa 1954
By Riva Helfond
Located in San Francisco, CA
period frame measures 24" x 20.5".
Good vintage condition. The frame and mat are included in "as is
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 20.5 in W 24 in D 1 in
1970s Two Figures, Black Pen Ink Drawing , American Modern Semi-Abstract Figures
Located in Denver, CO
.
Drawing is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a complete condition report.
Expedited
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
H 13.5 in W 16.5 in D 1 in
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist Leon Kroll
Graphite on paper
Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high
The vintage frame measures 20" wide
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H 26.75 in W 20 in D 0.5 in
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Male Portrait in Profile C.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
American artist Leon Kroll
Graphite on paper
Dimensions 14" wide x 17" high
The vintage frame measures
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H 26.75 in W 21.75 in D 0.5 in
Georgetown (Church in the Mountains, Colorado), Modernist Landscape Ink Drawing
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Georgetown, Colorado, vintage 1938 WPA era ink drawing/painting on paper of a church set in a
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
H 16.25 in W 14.5 in D 1.25 in
Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. Vintage original framing chosen by the artist.
Note: Elmer Holmes Bobst (1884–1978) was an American
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rose Tattoo, Original Drawing
Located in Phoenix, AZ
, WPA and Contemporary Southwestern artists.
• The Fine Art Estate of Lon Megargee
• Vintage rodeo
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
conceptual art using found objects, and dabbled in painting and printing before dedicating her lifework to
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Ibram Lassaw Modernist Bronze Sculpture Pendant
By Ibram Lassaw
Located in Surfside, FL
Institute of Design in New York. He made abstract paintings and drawings influenced by Kandinsky, Sophie
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Densities
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some also bear the
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
Solomon, and James Brooks amongst other art luminaries.
This is for the original vintage photograph. I
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
luminaries.
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
States". MoMA purchased 2 paintings from the exhibition and Time magazine singled him out as a "striking
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
States". MoMA purchased 2 paintings from the exhibition and Time magazine singled him out as a "striking
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
States". MoMA purchased 2 paintings from the exhibition and Time magazine singled him out as a "striking
Category
1990s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
20th-century graphic design.
Born in Engelberg, Switzerland, Matter studied painting at the École des
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
lines he captures the moment. Sisti was a professional boxer and an accomplished artist. In a vintage
Category
Mid-20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Two Lines Excentric Jointed with Six Angles, Offset lithograph signed/N 18/30
By George Rickey
Located in New York, NY
limited edition of only 30. Edition 18/30
39 × 24 1/2 inches
Unframed
Uniquely hand signed vintage offset
Category
1980s Kinetic Figurative Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
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