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Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist.
Signed lower left
Category
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
Antonio
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
Ernest Hamlin
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mule Deer in Ferns Illustration WPA Poster Silkscreen Artist Proof Unknown
By Charley Harper
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unknown origin, unknown artist. Amazing piece of work. Possibly a WPA Poster, Artist Proof
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 14.5 in W 14.25 in D 0.63 in
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
'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
'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
York and worked as a WPA artist painting murals throughout the United States. His works include murals
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor
'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.13 in
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Steiner-Prag. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
At the Precinct, Story Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
a popular illustrator working in the decorative Brandywine technique, and also a WPA muralist.
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in Larchmont, NY
and rural images, and illustration. He also did murals and worked in the mediums of oil, fresco, and
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
strike breaking, especially in the coal mining and steel-production centers. He did much illustration
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
The Daily News, first drawing city life and then a column of vaudeville illustrations. When The New
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism. 30 x 40 inches
Category
1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
"Thanksgiving" Doris Lee, Family Genre Scene Interior, Americana, WPA, Woodstock
By Doris Lee
Located in New York, NY
much a part of the prevalent American Scene painting. She also completed illustrations for Life
Category
1940s American Realist Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
William Gropper WPA Artist Watercolor in Grisaille, circa 1932- “Uprooted”
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
industrial strikes, especially in the coal mining and steel-production centers. He did much illustration
Category
Vintage 1930s Paintings
Materials
Paint
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
. After publishing the graphic novel Alley Oop in 1930, Gropper's illustration career extended well into
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
campaign, including the cover illustration. The feature helped to bring him national recognition. He
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
The board measures
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
James McCracken
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Man on First" James Chapin, Baseball Sports, Figurative WPA, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
illustration jobs. In 1915 or 1916 he met Robert Frost at his publishers, Henry Holt & Co., for whom he
Category
1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
NYC Cityscape American Scene WPA Modern Realism Mid 20th Century Architectural
Ernest Fiene (1894
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
.
A WPA muralist, illustrator and modernist painter especially known for paintings with Jewish themes
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board
"Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City), " George Picken, WPA Scene
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
took classes in studio art, illustration, and etching through 1923 studying extensively with George
Category
1920s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Mag Cover Proposal WPA Mid Century American Scene
Antonio
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The book reproduced 1 illustration in color and another 27 reproductions in black and
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Antonio
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings.The City (1916
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings.The City (1916
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
Expressionism and Futurism, as well as by popular illustration, graffiti, and children's drawings.The City (1916
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s
By Robert Riggs
Located in New York, NY
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s.
Known for his
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
illustrations for several leading publishers, with Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop for Heritage Press being his
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
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
"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of WPA-period mural painting, this study was painted by Ralf Henricksen in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 16.75 in W 10.75 in D 0.1 in
Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
. After publishing the graphic novel Alley Oop in 1930, Gropper's illustration career extended well into
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
"Three Engineers, " Albert Pels, Men at Table with Compass, WPA, American Realism
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
illustration. He also did murals and worked in the mediums of oil, fresco, and watercolor. He was born on May
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Clowns: Aren't We All?" Henry Glintenkamp, WPA Era Circus Figures, Modern
By Hendrik Glintenkamp
Located in New York, NY
-1946) is known mainly for his anti-war illustrations that appeared in The Masses and other publications
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration (WPA) Federal One program in the United States. The cover featured a goat on the shore of Lake
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
illustrations for several leading publishers, with Dickens' Old Curiosity Shop for Heritage Press being his
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
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