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Back Fence with Bird. - Mid-Century - WPA Artist
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Miami, FL
others - She was a WPA artist
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in Larchmont, NY
Students League in 1939, as well as, on the board the WPA Artists. One of the most important murals done
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Liza Monk (1906-?) Brutalist nail sculpture of Hercules WPA artist based in CA
By Monk Designs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Brutalist sculpture of Hercules by Liza Monk - Los Angeles based WPA artist.
Heavy and welded
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 31 in W 13 in D 6 in
'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the Fine Arts.
After serving in World War I, Ulreich moved to New York and worked as a WPA
Category
1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
urban spectacle of New York during the Depression and the horror of the Holocaust. WPA Artist.
Best
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Wpa Artist Minna Harkavy '1887 – 1987' Pair Opposing Bronze Table Lamps
By Minna Harkavy
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of modernist 1930's sculptural bronze table lamps by WPA Artist Minna Harkavy. Raised figural
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Table Lamps
Materials
Wood
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
right: Mills
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA. Artists
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Watercolor
H 37.75 in W 31.625 in D 1.5 in
Hand Colored Etching by WPA Artist Agnes Mills, 1982, Unique
Located in Larchmont, NY
dated lower right
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA Artists
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 19.5 in W 17 in D 0.75 in
Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
By Philip Reisman
Located in Surfside, FL
of the City of New York. The artist was elected an Academician at the
National Academy of Design. A
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
WPA Artist woodblock print "Letter from overseas"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1938, 1940), the Union of American Artists (1940
Category
1930s American Realist Interior Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Social Realist Lithograph Moses Soyer WPA Artist Hudled Refugees
By Moses Soyer
Located in Surfside, FL
with the fast-moving, machine-driven technology of the 20th century, American artists began to explore
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dockside with Seagull, " Important Painting by WPA Artist Stull
By John Deforest Stull
Located in Philadelphia, PA
view of a dockside scene was painted by John De Forest Stull. The artist shows many iconic symbols of
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Bohrod (1907-1992)
Listed Wisconsin WPA American Artist
Original Watercolor Painting
Hand
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'El Station, Interior' NYC Subway, WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA during the Great Depression, Velonis brought the use of silkscreen printing as a fine art
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Morning Chat, " Moody, Atmospheric Painting by Daniel Koerner, WPA Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
sun breaks through grey clouds to illuminate the church steeple below. The artist was Daniel Koerner
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 35.5 in W 29 in D 1.75 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
William Gropper WPA Artist Watercolor in Grisaille, circa 1932- “Uprooted”
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This original watercolor by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper
relates to two of
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
important venue for progressive art in the city, which operated until 1933.
Katz and other Jewish artists
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
By William Baziotes
Located in New York, NY
, founded the Subjects of the Artist School. Baziotes was also one of the first New York artists to
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.5 in
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
Harriton was a Romanian-born Jewish modernist artist and social realism painter in the United States.
Born
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States.
Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
25. Rare NYC WPA print.
The image depicts boys diving into a fountain to collect coins.
The work is
Category
Mid-20th Century Prints
Materials
Paper
H 24 in W 20 in D 0.13 in
American Modernist Oil Painting Expressionist Vase, Flowers WPA Artist Ben ZIon
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
right, with the artist 's label and label from Duveen-Graham gallery, NY.
16 x 7 3/4 in., unframed as
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
at the art academy and with a commercial artist, and in 1912 he attended the Kunstgewerbemuseum
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
wife Sarah Jane Blakeslee. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Heavy-Lidded Female Head" Dignified Art Deco Sculpture by WPA Artist
By Jean de Marco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
classic example of Art Deco design. The artist was Jean de Marco, who was born in France, studied at the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
and narrative American scene works. Many notable Jewish artists worked for the WPA amongst them Ben
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
Beckmann, is a late survival of the social commentary expressionism of the WPA era; His early lithograph
Category
20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
American Modernist "Feast of Pure Reason" Aquatint Mezzotint Etching WPA Artist
By Jack Levine
Located in Surfside, FL
smoking; signed in pencil lower right, edition: "Artist's Proof" lower left
Provenance: from the estate
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching, Aquatint
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
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
a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
. Here, he would begin his career painting murals for the WPA, as well as accepting private commissions
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
American Modernist Oil Painting Gestural Landscape WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Antoine Bourdelle.
Harkavy was a WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Minna HarkavyBronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist, c.1930-1940
H 16 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
optimistic, affirming themes, Judaica, balancing acrobats, cyclists, trapeze artists and mothers and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief piece, Industry and Landscape
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
evolved into modernists and increasingly abstract artists.
Over thirty pieces spanning the length of this
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Terracotta
Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
Publications 1941 - 1944; War Correspondent for Chicago Sun 1944; American Legion Magazine 1945; Artist
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
treasured artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his lifetime Gross has gone through tragedy and a real test of
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Female Nude with Deer, " Arresting Art Deco Painting by WPA Artist
By Frederick Massa
Located in Philadelphia, PA
attenuated, almost Mannerist hands and neck of the figure are suggestive of other artists prominent in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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