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Outdoor Market WPA sketch
Outdoor Market WPA sketch

Outdoor Market WPA sketch

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

David Margolis (b.1911). Outdoor Market, ca. 1935. Charcoal on paper, image measures 7 x 9.5 inches

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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA
Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA

Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA

By George Schwacha Jr

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed lower left corner Oil on masonite Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25 This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Crown Heights in Broo...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan
"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan

"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan

$6,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 22.5 in W 31 in D 1.5 in

"Under the El", WPA-Era Painting of Philadelphia Market by Van Loan

By Dorothy Van Loan

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Brilliantly painted in a palette of canary yellow, orange-red, browns and blues, this WPA-period

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

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"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene
"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene

"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene

By Morris Sirota

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the finest WPA period murals we have offered, this scene of the Bronx market with sellers

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s
"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s

"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s

$7,800Sale Price|20% Off

H 20 in W 23.5 in D 1.25 in

"August Evening, " Masterful Landscape with Figure by MacGilvary, 1930s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Full of dramatic, shifting light and deep, atmospheric colors, this landscape painting by Norwood MacGilvary depicts rolling farmland and a winding road, with a dramatic mountainside...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

$550Sale Price / item|83% Off

H 33.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.5 in

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

Located in Atlanta, GA

Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s. From left to right, they are: 1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It measures 23.5" H x 27.5" W. 2) In...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

"Cocktail Party", Sophisticated Art Deco Painting by Patterson
"Cocktail Party", Sophisticated Art Deco Painting by Patterson

"Cocktail Party", Sophisticated Art Deco Painting by Patterson

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This sophisticated view of a 1920s cocktail party -- probably taking place on the upper levels of an Art Deco tower in New York or Chicago -- was painted by Robert Patterson, one of ...

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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter

"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work...

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Vintage 1950s American Art Deco Paintings

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Vintage American Impressionist Framed New England Farm Landscape Oil Painting
Vintage American Impressionist Framed New England Farm Landscape Oil Painting

Vintage American Impressionist Framed New England Farm Landscape Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Oil on canvas, 18 x 22 inches overall, 16 x 20 inches image size. Vintage American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed.

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1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes
"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes

"The Golden Hour, " Monumental Painting with Utopian Scene, Multiple Male Nudes

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Monumental and quite extraordinary, this utopian scene -- all cast in a lovely, warm glow -- depicts a wide range of nude figures, mostly male, in a grassy river valley between mount...

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Vintage 1920s British Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague
"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague

"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This classic example of American Scene painting, depicting a group of four laborers loading the harvest onto a wagon amidst the fields, has the energy and dynamic of Thomas Hart Bent...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer

"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945
"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945

"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945

$52,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 103 in W 134 in D 0.25 in

"Peace, " Monumental Art Deco Tapestry w/ Goddess of Abundance and Nudes, 1945

By Gaston Alfred Henrich

Located in Philadelphia, PA

A unique and remarkable work of art with great historical importance, this monumental Art Deco tapestry celebrating the end of World War II presents a large scene of nude male and fe...

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Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas

Located in Soquel, CA

Snow in the Valley - Winter Landscape in Oil on Canvas Serene winter landscape by A. V. Gagliardi (20th Century). A valley is covered with snow, with a small house and river in thew...

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1970s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape
"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape

"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 ...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954
"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954

"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954

By Christopher Clark (1875-1942)

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Bold and striking, this large 1950s painting of a nude male youth, executed in black gouache or charcoal on a rich, deep red ground, was made by Christopher Clark. The artist is bes...

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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

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Paint

"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA

"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreg...

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938
"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938

"Lost in Thought", Large Painting of Young Man and Bathers, Felix Meseck, 1938

By Felix Meseck

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Centered around a young man in a blue swimsuit who is lost in thought, looking into the distance, this atmospheric painting shows a group of swimmers enjoying a lovely summer day. T...

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Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan
Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan

Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan

By Dorothy Van Loan

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Executed in gorgeous shades of coral, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan, a celebrated modernist who won many...

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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"State Fair Scene with Horses & Merry-Go-Round", American Scene Painting, 1947
"State Fair Scene with Horses & Merry-Go-Round", American Scene Painting, 1947

"State Fair Scene with Horses & Merry-Go-Round", American Scene Painting, 1947

By Edmund Brucker

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Large and dynamic, this 1947-vintage painting depicts a shirtless man handling a high-spirited Percheron horse that won a blue ribbon at the Indiana state fair. The young men watch...

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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a wpa market in our inventory may begin at $750 and can go as high as $16,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,050.