Wpa Art California
'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
278 mm).
Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
An artist on the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boris DeutschThree Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s, c. 1930s
$7,500
H 32 in W 38 in D 2 in
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,800
H 16 in W 22 in D 0.13 in
'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as Director at the Art Barn School until the early forties. Working with the WPA as one of the
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,850
H 18.75 in W 25.5 in D 0.13 in
'de Young Mansion' – San Francisco' — California WPA, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, otherwise in excellent condition. Created for the California WPA. Scarce. Matted to museum standards
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
DISCOVERY OF GOLD - Very Large Serigraph - WPA Artist - California Murals
By Anton Refregier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) He did several murals in the San Francisco area. This
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$1,250
H 23.5 in W 21.75 in
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
Victor Arnautofff
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
attended the Da Vinci School and the Art Students League in New York. In 1938, he worked in New York on
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$10,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10 in W 4.25 in D 4 in
"Memory of an Ancient City" Semi-Abstract Lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
the California WPA art programs and his role in them in an interview with Mary McChesney, 19 May 1965
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,600
H 24.75 in W 28.25 in D 1.25 in
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Negro — California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
excellent condition. Scarce.
Created for the California WPA, with the original WPA label.
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"On the Heights, " California Equine WPA Modernist Watercolor
By Millard Sheets
Located in New York, NY
Sheets was an American artist, teacher and administrator who was one of the earliest of the California
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Oil on Canvas California Impressionist WPA Horatio Nelson Poole 1930 Mendocino
Located in Portland, OR
An important California Impressionist/WPA oil on canvas painting by the celebrated artist Horatio
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
beautiful body of Color white line woodcuts. Hebert also worked under the California WPA / Federal Art
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
'Burlingame, San Mateo', Post-Impressionist California oil landscape, WPA artist
By Galen Russell Wolf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
certification of authenticity.
A bright and fresh, California landscape showing an old wooden cabin nestled
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
, educator, and world-traveller. She was born in San Francisco, California. She began her art career at the
Category
1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
'California Beach Scene', Munich, Berkeley, CCAC, GGIE, SFAA, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
to the United States in 1927. He first lived in Michigan before moving to California where, settling
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Foam Board
H 11.75 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
WPA California Landscape Mural
Located in Treasure Island, CA
, worked in California as a painter, illustrator and muralist, identified with the progressive modernist
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
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Mid 20th Century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" C.1950
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" c.1950
Signed 'ISSERLIS' on reverse.
African American Art.
Impressionist.
Oil on canvas.
Framed
46 x 68.5 cm
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
$24,654
H 18.9 in W 27.96 in D 1.38 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian)
Morocco
The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco.
I att...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
$34,470
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left.
Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at this wonderful image; elephan...
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,900
H 32 in W 40 in D 3 in
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right.
BIO
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
"Late Afternoon, Columbus Avenue, New York", impasto oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed verso (u...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE LANTERN Hand Signed Lithograph, Collage Portrait, African American Heritage
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
THE LANTERN is an original, handmade limited edition lithograph printed from hand drawn lithography plates in 13 colors using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerse...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999)
Study for Ladders, 1948
Gouache on paper
17 x 13 inches
Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting #310” on the reverse
Juanita G...
Category
1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$20,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23 in W 19 in
'Unemployed Marchers' — American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Walnut
$61,808 Sale Price
20% Off
H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Marion Gilmore (1909-1984)
Bathers
15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches
oil on canvas board
signed lower left
BIO
o...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Telephone Pole Worker
38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
Signed lowe...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$5,000
H 48 in W 28 in D 2 in
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energ...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$15,600 Sale Price
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H 40 in W 99.5 in D 1 in
The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
Category
1990s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
On the Beach (Coney Island, New York) — 1930s Graphic Modernism, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'On the Beach' (Coney Island) wood engraving, c. 1937, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom lef...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$1,700
H 11 in W 8.18 in
"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape
By Paul Ulen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest depictions of an American worker from the 1930s that we have seen, this monumental painting of a shirtless bricklayer, resting against a curved brick niche, with a ...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$20,000 Sale Price
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H 64 in W 46 in D 1.5 in
FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING STAR is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$9,250
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in
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