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Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York

Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York

By Aaron Berkman

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Throughout his career he took part in many group exhibitions including at the Brooklyn Museum, the Riverdale Museum, WPA Artists’ 50th anniversary and various NY State and City comme...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green

People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green

By Aaron Berkman

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Throughout his career he took part in many group exhibitions including at the Brooklyn Museum, the Riverdale Museum, WPA Artists’ 50th anniversary and various NY State and City comme...

Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Old Jewish Lower East Side NYC Chicken Plucking Seymour Rosenthal Lithograph
Old Jewish Lower East Side NYC Chicken Plucking Seymour Rosenthal Lithograph

Old Jewish Lower East Side NYC Chicken Plucking Seymour Rosenthal Lithograph

By Seymour Rosenthal

Located in Surfside, FL

He had a great passion and respect for the struggles of working Americans an affinity and sensibility formed from his exposure to the Ashcan and WPA artists of the period. as well as...

Category

Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Winter (Blue Jay)
Winter (Blue Jay)

Winter (Blue Jay)

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

Young Doe
Young Doe

Young Doe

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Young Bull
Young Bull

Young Bull

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woods in September
Woods in September

Woods in September

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Three Mules
Three Mules

Three Mules

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Ode to Mullien
Ode to Mullien

Ode to Mullien

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mule
Mule

Mule

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hair Sheep Ram
Hair Sheep Ram

Hair Sheep Ram

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Creek, September
Creek, September

Creek, September

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Country Band
Country Band

Country Band

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel, Glitter, Mica

Black Sheep (big)
Black Sheep (big)

Black Sheep (big)

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

High Wide and Handsome by Fletcher Martin 1953, Original Stone Lithograph
High Wide and Handsome by Fletcher Martin 1953, Original Stone Lithograph

High Wide and Handsome by Fletcher Martin 1953, Original Stone Lithograph

By Fletcher Martin

Located in Phoenix, AZ

He studied mural painting with the legendary Siqueiros. He became a WPA artist painting murals at North Hollywood High, San Pedro Federal Building and post offices in Idaho, Texas an...

Category

1950s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Frosty Weeds
Frosty Weeds

Frosty Weeds

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Judging Hefers

Judging Hefers

By Nora Othic

Located in Columbia, MO

She builds on a legacy from her artistic predecessors such as Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and the WPA artists from the Depression era, all known for celebrating rural America.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Drawings and Water...

Materials

Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

A Young Girl’s Portrait in Pastels, Chalk and Charcoal on Paper, Signed
A Young Girl’s Portrait in Pastels, Chalk and Charcoal on Paper, Signed

A Young Girl’s Portrait in Pastels, Chalk and Charcoal on Paper, Signed

Located in San Francisco, CA

Abbreviating the full year to a two-digit decimal trailing a dash was standard practice across WPA artist logs, architecture blueprint blocks and art academy inventory lists in 1935.

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Night Work
Night Work

Night Work

By Lena Gurr

Located in London, GB

Many of her colleagues were WPA artists, though Gurr was not involved in the project herself, including Dorothy Block and Minna Harkavy.

Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper

"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper

Located in Soquel, CA

As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his mur...

Category

1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Carnegie Lake
Carnegie Lake

Carnegie Lake

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Harlow may have died in 1991. Sources: WPA Artist’s Work Card; WPA Biography; Who Was Who in American Art (1985), p. 263 Lake Carnegie is a reservoir that straddles the borders of t...

Category

1950s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

By Maurice Becker

Located in Surfside, FL

He was included in the MoMA show Murals by American painters and photographers 1932, along with Ben Shahn, Stuart Davis, Bernice Abbott, George Biddle, Ernst Fiene and many other WPA...

Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair
Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair

Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms
Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms

Abstract and Fractured, Biomorphic and Geometric Forms

By Agnes Hart

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Agnes Hart’s first began her career as a social realist artist in the 1930’s. She was also WPA artist. Her longtime friend Milton Avery encouraged her, and she exhibited in the same ...

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Girl in Profile
Girl in Profile

Girl in Profile

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Female Nude Study
Female Nude Study

Female Nude Study

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Standing Female Nude
Standing Female Nude

Standing Female Nude

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Neighbors

Neighbors

By Norman Barr

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During the 1970s, Barr served as President of the New York WPA Artists, Inc. In 1987, the Museum of the City of New York acquired twelve of Barr’s paintings from the 1930s and 1940s,...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s
WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s

WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s

Located in Bernville, PA

Anthony Vozech was an Ohio artist that did WPA work in the 1930s and 1940s. One of his most famous works was an aluminum and limestone relief done in 1940.

Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right
Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right

Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Nude Woman in Chair Watercolor, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed
Nude Woman in Chair Watercolor, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed

Nude Woman in Chair Watercolor, American Modern, Circa 1930, Framed

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Still Life with Tromp L'Oeil
Still Life with Tromp L'Oeil

Still Life with Tromp L'Oeil

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1920s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Deco Woman
Deco Woman

Deco Woman

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1910s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Crayon

Hilaire Hiler WPA Era Native American Fox Costume Color Serigraph 1934 Print
Hilaire Hiler WPA Era Native American Fox Costume Color Serigraph 1934 Print

Hilaire Hiler WPA Era Native American Fox Costume Color Serigraph 1934 Print

By Hilaire Hiler

Located in Denver, CO

An important 1934 WPA-era color serigraph by American modernist Hilaire Hiler (1898–1966), this dynamic work titled Native American Fox Costume exemplifies the artist’s bold synthesi...

Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns

Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1910s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Wire Haired Girl and Cat

Wire Haired Girl and Cat

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Wire Haired Girl and Cat

Wire Haired Girl and Cat

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Studio
Studio

Studio

By Remo Michael Farruggio

Located in Sheffield, MA

The US Government initiated the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project. Farruggio took part in the project and ultimately, was one of two artists chosen for a one...

Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signals
Signals

Signals

By Remo Michael Farruggio

Located in Sheffield, MA

The US Government initiated the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project. Farruggio took part in the project and ultimately, was one of two artists chosen for a one...

Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Covered Bridge
Covered Bridge

Covered Bridge

By Remo Michael Farruggio

Located in Sheffield, MA

The US Government initiated the Works Progress Administration and the WPA* Artists Project. Farruggio took part in the project and ultimately, was one of two artists chosen for a one...

Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Female Nude in Profile, Ink on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1925
Female Nude in Profile, Ink on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1925

Female Nude in Profile, Ink on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1925

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Category

1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink

Ben Wilson - Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Signed, Estate stamped
Ben Wilson - Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Signed, Estate stamped

Ben Wilson - Lightness (Abstract Expressionist painting), Signed, Estate stamped

By Ben Wilson

Located in New York, NY

His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, filled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reflecting an acute aware...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernist Signed Wood Engraving
'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernist Signed Wood Engraving

'Avalon South' —— Mid-Century Modernist Signed Wood Engraving

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

As a member of the National Serigraph Society, he frequently exhibited his work at a time when screenprinting, developed as a fine art medium by WPA artists, was gaining broad recogn...

Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Words and Deeds Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, Circa 1990
Words and Deeds Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, Circa 1990

Words and Deeds Oil Painting, Abstract Style, Signed, Circa 1990

By Ben Wilson

Located in Fairlawn, OH

His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, lled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reecting an acute awareness...

Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ben Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed
Ben Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed

Ben Wilson - Byzantium, original signed Abstract Expressionist painting Framed

By Ben Wilson

Located in New York, NY

His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, filled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reflecting an acute aware...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Cityscape, Modernist Collage
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Cityscape, Modernist Collage

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Cityscape, Modernist Collage

By Conrad Marca-Relli 1

Located in Union City, NJ

From 1935 to 1938, he was a WPA artist with the Federal Art Project, and this job was his first opportunity to devote himself exclusively to his art work.

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rock Candy Mountain  (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting) framed 70s
Rock Candy Mountain  (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting) framed 70s

Rock Candy Mountain (unique, signed Abstract Expressionist painting) framed 70s

By Ben Wilson

Located in New York, NY

His paintings of the ’30s and ’40s were expressionistically rendered, often Biblical parables, filled with what he called “the grief of the intolerable” and reflecting an acute aware...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Permanent Marker

Modernist Rabbi In Synagogue Judaica Watercolor Harry Sternberg
Modernist Rabbi In Synagogue Judaica Watercolor Harry Sternberg

Modernist Rabbi In Synagogue Judaica Watercolor Harry Sternberg

By Harry Sternberg

Located in Surfside, FL

During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago, Chester and Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Pink Vase with Flowers"
"Pink Vase with Flowers"

"Pink Vase with Flowers"

By James Lechay

Located in Lambertville, NJ

He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"City View"
"City View"

"City View"

By James Lechay

Located in Lambertville, NJ

He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Bottle & Glasses"
"Bottle & Glasses"

"Bottle & Glasses"

By James Lechay

Located in Lambertville, NJ

He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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