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Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting
Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting

Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting

Located in Dallas, TX

Art deco styled machine age representation of floating river-island factory.

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20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist

Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist

By Ernest Hamlin Baker

Located in New York, NY

Signed lower right Framed by Bark Baker was a self-taught illustrator. Most of his works were covers for Time Magazine, although he was responsible for eleven covers for Fortune Mag...

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1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Hand Painted Wooden W.P.A. Sign for City of New York, circa 1930
Hand Painted Wooden W.P.A. Sign for City of New York, circa 1930

Hand Painted Wooden W.P.A. Sign for City of New York, circa 1930

By WPA

Located in San Francisco, CA

About This is an original hand painted wooden sign from the WPA from the city of New York, USA

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Early 20th Century American Industrial Signs

Materials

Wood

American Regionalist WPA Period Industrial Worker Oil Painting
American Regionalist WPA Period Industrial Worker Oil Painting

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

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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth
"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth

"Ironworker, " Important WPA-Era Depiction of Industrial Worker by John Garth

By John Garth

Located in Philadelphia, PA

, and served as Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the 1930s. He painted murals for the Sir

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937
"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937

"Spirit of Oshkosh, " Art Deco Mural Study by Eugene Savage, 1937

By Eugene Francis Savage

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best known for a spectacular set of murals...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting

Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting

Located in Hagley, England

This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...

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1920s Art Deco Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago

Located in Puglia, Puglia

Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA

By Thomas Hart Benton

Located in New York, NY

Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...

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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Egg Tempera, Board

A Dynamic 1930s Boxing Match Painting by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin
A Dynamic 1930s Boxing Match Painting by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin

A Dynamic 1930s Boxing Match Painting by Famed Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A dynamic, colorful 1930s painting of a boxing match in Mexico by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Painted during one of the artist's early trips to Mexico, an exceptional...

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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century
Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century

Italian Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century

By Piero Dorazio

Located in New York, NY

Italian Modern Abstract Work on Paper Color Field Non-Objective European Mid-Century - "Gonage" Dorazio completed "Gonage" in 1949 when just after the artist had been awarded a stip...

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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

"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

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan

Located in New York, NY

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore (1909-1984) Bathers 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches oil on canvas board signed lower left BIO o...

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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s
"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s

"Five Josephs, " Important Art Deco Painting w/ Male Nudes, Provincetown, 1930s

By William L'Engle

Located in Philadelphia, PA

An extraordinary example of Art Deco painting with allegorical meaning -- like so many murals painted in the 1920s and 1930s -- this large work by William L'Engle depicts five nude m...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

The Orchestra

Walter FeldmanThe Orchestra, 1950

$4,750

H 21.5 in W 25.75 in D 2 in

The Orchestra

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The Orchestra, 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left, 21 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches, labeled verso “Brown University, Trustee, The Walter Feldman Trust for Artwork” titled verso,...

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1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"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

Materials

Paint

L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)

L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)

By Marc Chagall

Located in Boca Raton, FL

L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream) Oil on wood by Marc Chagall c late 70's Comes with Numbered and Verified Certificate of Authenticity from Comite Chagall in Paris signed and...

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1970s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism
"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism

"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism

Located in New York, NY

"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Heusing (20th Century) "High School Dance" 27 x 32 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated '47 Lower Righ...

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1940s American Realist Figurative 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

Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste
Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste

Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste

By Pablo Picasso

Located in New Orleans, LA

Signed, dated and numbered “Picasso / 3.2.67 / II” (upper right) Crayon on paper Hailed among the fathers of modern art, Pablo Picasso possessed a seemingly endless supply of creati...

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20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses
"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses

"Nudes in the Surf", Atmospheric Painting with Male Nudes and Horses

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Continuing a tradition going back decades, Josef Pieper painted a series of seaside scenes with multiple nude male figures, riding and leading horses along the shore, their strong bo...

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Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

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