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American Regionalist WPA Period Industrial Worker Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait painting of an industrial worker. Oil on canvas, circa 1925
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
. Wigmore Fine Art, New York Private Collection, New York Shannon's, Summer Sale Fine Art Auction, June 25
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
the WPA of the 20th Century. Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992), Industrial Cityscape, 20 x 16 inch
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful "New York Subway
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial Ink on paper. 12 x
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial "Cellar with Horseshoe"
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial Joseph Solman
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of
Category

1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 Private Collection, New York Colonial Sand and Stone Co., founded by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism George Pearse
Category

1910s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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

"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Industrial Landscape, " WPA Mid-Century Modern Social Realist Watercolor
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Louis Wolchonok (1898 - 1973) Industrial Landscape, 1925 Watercolor on paper 22 1/4 x 16 inches
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

"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

Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair HAIG PATIGIAN
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker. Sight size: 18 x
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
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
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
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
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
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
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Paper

Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003
Category

1930s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
offer prestige to the Depression-era program. The industrial subject matter and style of his art during
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

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

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

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

WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
Industrial Art and the Art Students League; her teachers included William von Schlegell, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Color

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
modern art are the works of Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Rouault. 1932-33 Tschacbasov moves for a short time
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
possible. Our gallery, Helicline Fine Art, just launched our new digital exhibition: American Art: The WPA
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Industrial Composition
By Murray Hantman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Murray Hantman (1904-1999). Industrial Composition, c.1948-50. Oil on canvas measures 18 x 24
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Female WPA Modernist New Jersey Dock Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
of Industrial Arts; Moore Institute; Philadelphia School of Design for Women; Graphic Sketch Club
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

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

"Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City), " George Picken, WPA Scene
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
), 1928 Oil on canvas 22 x 27 inches Signed lower right Provenance: D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York, circa
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Along the Kanahawa River, West Virginia, " Ernest Fiene, WPA Coal Steamboat
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Pennsylvania and West Virginia during the winter of 1935-36. The industrial areas of Pennsylvania and West
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Clowns: Aren't We All?" Henry Glintenkamp, WPA Era Circus Figures, Modern
By Hendrik Glintenkamp
Located in New York, NY
Fine and Industrial Art and the John Reed Club School of Art. As chairman for the committee responsible
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
of his life he also spent time working in styles such as Cubism and Futurism, (influenced by the Art
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
able to begin formal art studies until 1916, when he began courses at the now-defunct Independent
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronze Sculpture Abstract Brutalist Goat or Ram WPA Artist Mounted on Base
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Surfside, FL
with the Teachers Project of the WPA and attended the Art Students League for three and a half years on
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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