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Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
exploration of the American experience.
Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
experience.
Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art. By 1912, he was already
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
center of this life for the next 70 years: music and art. Between 1912 and 1916, William Meyerowitz
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
WPA terracotta buffalo sculpture by Anthony Vozech, circa 1930s. Dimensions: 8” wide 20” high 22
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Art Deco WPA Pottery Horse Sculpture by Jordan 1937
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well done handcrafted pottery fired clay horse in the Art Deco WPA style with strong build
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures
Materials
Clay
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
Exposition. He was a District Supervisor of WPA Art Program and later developed graphic training aids for
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Family in Italy, " 1930s Art Deco Wall Charger with Father, Mother and Son
Located in Philadelphia, PA
. Reminiscent of the WPA art that was being made in America in the 1930s, this piece suggests the same kind of
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Decorative Art
Materials
Ceramic
Steel Town Panarama
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in Raleigh, NC
Super rare screenprint done by Harry Gottlieb for the WPA with the NEW YORK WPA ART PROJECT stamp
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
By Morris Shulman
Located in Surfside, FL
in Maine,” Colby College, 1964;
Westbeth Gallery, NY, 1973
“NYC WPA Art” at Parsons School Design
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
"Seated Black Male Nude, " Art Deco Watercolor by Brown County Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
hints of WPA/Art Deco stylization in some of the background details, and the overall atmosphere is
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
employed by the WPA art program. During this time he lived with his sister Sarah’s family and brother-in
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 12.6 in W 11.03 in D 0.99 in
"Johnny Appleseed", Important WPA Ceramic Sculpture by Hanson(m), 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important example of WPA art, which celebrates American history and folklore like so many
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Long Beach WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
(solo)
Parsons School of Design (New York City WPA Art), 1977
Hofstra University, 1978
Boston University
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s. Oil on board, measuring: 52" x 32". Attention to details. Unfortunately not signe...
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
, when he was only 20 years old, Krevoruck was employed by the WPA art program. During this time he lived
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 25.5 in W 30 in D 1 in
"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
painter during the WPA and WWII era. His first one-man show was held in 1939 at the Walker Art Galleries
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
REMINISCENCE
By Saul Weinstock
Located in Surfside, FL
1930's through the 1940's (many times referred to as New Deal, or WPA art).
Weinstock exhibited a
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
School of Design (New York City WPA Art), 1977 Hofstra University, 1978 Boston University, 1983 Rhode
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Victor DeWilde, The Anchor
Located in New York, NY
. During the 1930s he taught at Commerce Evening High School and then worked on the WPA Art Education
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint
"White Horse, " Wood Engraving signed in Image by Howard Thomas
By Howard Thomas
Located in Milwaukee, WI
) from 1930-1936. In the later 1930’s, I believe Thomas was head of the WPA art program in
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
H 15.31 in W 13.31 in
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
York
Private Collection, New York
Bonhams, American Art Online, August 23, 2023, Lot 30
New-York born
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
works are at the Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Israel; Fitchburg Art Museum in Massachusetts, Musée de St
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
Abstract Geometric WPA Painting Transcendental Art Modern Non Objective 1940s
Located in New York, NY
and drawings that embraced styles from realism through abstraction. A member of the WPA, he was best
Category
1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed indistinctly, lower right, and painted circa 1935.
A strongly animated, vertically stacked figurative painting filled with compressed energy and an atmosphere of psychologic...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 16 in W 12 in D 0.13 in
Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Movie Set 20th Century American Modernism Hollywood WPA Social Realism
Arthur Rosenman
Category
1930s Art Deco Interior Paintings
Materials
Board, Gouache
Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
saw the inaugural show at the Museum of Modern Art featuring Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Cézanne
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Monotype
WPA Still Life with NYC Street Scene Aaron Berkman Circa 1950-60.
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Hallowell, ME
position at the WPA Art Center of the 92nd Street Y in New York City, at a Directors salary of $23.50 per
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 29 in W 32 in D 3 in
Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
Baltimore Hebrew Congregational Building (1956).
His works are at the Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Israel
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster, Wood
"Road to Cripple Creek, Colo., " Wood Engraving by Gerhard H. Bakker
Located in Milwaukee, WI
in the WPA art program during those years. After an art study period at Broadmoor Art Academy in
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
In the late 1920s
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category
1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (Collapsed Shacks)
By Karl Fortress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
worked in WPA art projects. From the early 1930s through the 1950s, Fortess exhibited nationally at the
Category
1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
lithographer.
From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Robert Gilberg Mixed Media Abstract California Artist '1911-1970'
By Robert Gilberg
Located in Oakland, CA
to Nevada City in 1946, in 1935 to 1940 he attended WPA Art Classes in Oakland and San Francisco and
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Metal
Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
continue to be highly collectible, especially among those who want both WPA and boxing venue art pieces
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Young Girl Sitting on a Bench
Located in San Francisco, CA
, Wilshire Art School, and Otis Art Institute. During the 1930s he worked on the WPA art projects and as an
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
participate in the WPA Federal Art Project at its inception.
1896 Born on May 1 in Poland
1907 Emigrates to
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lithograph Belgian American Surrealism WPA Modernist Karl Fortess Surrealist Art
Located in Surfside, FL
, villages, and remote wilderness landscapes (Pemberton, “Alaska art museum collects WPA’s Depression works
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Vermont Quarry', Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Quarry'.
Serigrapher, muralist and teacher, Guy Maccoy began his art studies at the Kansas City Art
Category
1940s Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Paint, Screen
'Landscape', Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA, WWAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'.
Serigrapher, muralist and teacher, Guy Maccoy began his art studies at the Kansas City Art Institute and
Category
1940s Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Paint
Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
, Jr. art collection
Joseph Solman (January 25, 1909 – April 16, 2008) was a Jewish American painter
Category
20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT
By Herend
Located in New York, NY
"Wrestlers" 1936 Olympic Porcelain Gay Mid 20th Century Art Deco WPA Modern LGBT
Hungarian
Category
1930s Modern Nude Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
continue to be highly collectible, especially among those who want both WPA and boxing venue art pieces
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
1930s Colorado Modernist Landscape Painting of Trees, Mountains & Houses
Located in Denver, CO
WPA Art Program, City Park Pavilion, Denver. Clara Messick appears in the 1947 Denver directory as an
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
H 24.25 in W 21.5 in D 1 in
'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with his family as a child. Ulreich attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where he studied under
Category
1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
invited to participate in the WPA Federal Art Project at its inception.
1896 Born on May 1 in Poland
1907
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
artists in San Francisco for many years, and served as Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA in this period. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Circus Performers by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
, Smith painted for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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- What is a WPA mural?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021A WPA mural was a public work of art owing to a federal government program that came to fruition in the United States during the 1930s. WPA stands for Works Progress Administration. As part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, the government-funded Works Progress Administration hired artists, illustrators, graphic designers and more to paint murals and create sculptures in schools, municipal buildings and elsewhere all over the United States — the effort, which included teaching art classes to children and budding artists, was put in place to build morale and offer employment during the Great Depression.
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