untitled (Exotic Bird in Fantastic Landscape)
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From 1913 to 1952, he earned his living as a
1960s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Graphite
untitled (Exotic Bird in Fantastic Landscape)
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From 1913 to 1952, he earned his living as a
Graphite
York Road Near Rt. 82
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
and 30s, he did numerous American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From
Crayon, Graphite
Seated Nude
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sandusky. In the 1920s and 30s, he did numerous American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during
Ink
“Reclining Female Nude”
By Byron Browne
Located in Southampton, NY
. Throughout his life, Browne was a champion for abstract art. In the 1930’s, Browne worked for the WPA’s mural
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
$5,000
H 14.5 in W 20 in
1) Seated Nude facing left, watercolor 2) Seated Nude Facing left graphite
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From 1913 to 1952, he earned his
Watercolor
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
By Byron Browne
Located in Portland, ME
abstraction within the WPA's mural division. Browne completed abstract works for Studio D at radio station
Watercolor
$12,000
H 21.25 in W 25.25 in
"Seaside (Amagansett Beach)" Guy Pène du Bois, American Realist Beach Scene
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
his involvement with the WPA projects. In 1937 Pène du Bois received a WPA mural commission to depict
Canvas, Oil
Pair of African American Portraits
By Josef Presser
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
, he settled in Philadelphia and later New York, becoming known for his WPA murals and socially
Gouache
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.5 in W 16.5 in
'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
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
$920Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.5 in W 15.5 in
'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
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 19.75 in D 1 in
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, CWS, Hollywood Signed, lower
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$850
H 6.5 in W 5.25 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Gouache, Board
$1,200
H 6 in W 8 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Oil, Gouache, Board
$2,800Sale Price|49% Off
H 55 in W 45 in D 3 in
Impressive WPA Gloucester Oil Painting New England George Matthews Harding
Located in Exton, PA
for the Saturday Evening Post and Harpers. He did Post Office Murals for the WPA. The painting
Oil
$850
H 11.2 in W 15.6 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Lithograph
$1,100
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven
Paper, Charcoal
Jose by Luis Jimenez
By Luis Jiménez
Located in Phoenix, AZ
; from the WPA mural tradition of the Depression; as well as from the graphic traditions of Mexican
Lithograph
Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
abstraction within the WPA’s mural division. Browne completed abstract works for Studio D at radio station
Other Medium
$1,200
H 7.5 in W 4.5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Oil, Board
$1,200
H 7.75 in W 6 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Oil, Board
$2,000
H 6 in W 9 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in
Oil, Board
$6,500
H 21 in W 17 in D 2 in
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA) payroll painting murals. He was one of the seven WPA artists who
Gouache, Board
$3,600
H 25.5 in W 31.5 in
Andrene Kauffman Circus or Zoo Abstract Oil Painting Chicago WPA Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
paintings, 25 murals and 7 sculpture projects earning $24.50 per week. Some of her first works for the WPA
Masonite, Oil
$6,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in W 43 in
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
H 7.5 in W 6.5 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
abstraction within the WPA’s mural division. Browne completed abstract works for Studio D at radio station
Watercolor
$5,500
H 39.75 in W 32.25 in
Large Modernist Oil Painting 1940s, Judaica Hasidic Shtetl Wagon Driver WPA Era
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in Surfside, FL
the WPA Federal Art Project creating murals. ( there were many jewish artists active with in the WPA
Oil, Board
$3,600
H 12 in W 8.5 in D 6.75 in
Ted Egri Taos Modernist Judaica Cubist Bronze Sculpture Rabbi & Torah WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Federal Arts Project, the WPA, making mural paintings and silkscreen prints as well as easel painting
Bronze
Plant-like
By James Brooks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
worked on murals for the WPA Federal Art Project including ones for Queensborough Public Library
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Fiesta by Luis Jimenez (Diptych) Stone Lithograph
By Luis Jiménez
Located in Phoenix, AZ
; from the street culture of the Southwest; from the WPA mural tradition of the Depression; as well as
Lithograph
$2,450
H 17.5 in W 15 in D 1.5 in
Hilaire Hiler 1934 Native American Fox Costume WPA-Era Color Serigraph Print
By Hilaire Hiler
Located in Denver, CO
contributed murals to the WPA Aquatic Park Bath House in San Francisco and later founded Fremont College
Screen
$160,000
H 28 in W 24 in D 2 in
"The Faces We Wore" WPA Family American Scene Figurative Abstract Woman Artist
Located in New York, NY
-1940s. Guccione worked on Post Office murals for the WPA* Federal Works Progress Administration during
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 12 in W 10 in D 0.25 in
"Male Youth at Sunset, " Vivid Art Deco Painting by Dunbar Beck, WPA Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
successful muralists, and he painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and
$17,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 24 in
A Summer Day WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern Ashcan Early 20th Century
By Leon Kroll
Located in New York, NY
Mexico. During the 1930s, he worked for the WPA on murals for the Department of Justice Building. Kroll
Oil, Board
$4,500
H 24.5 in W 20.5 in
Nell Sinton Abstract Expressionist Landscape San Francisco California Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
, (1937-1938). She also worked as an apprentice to Sterne on the Federal Art Project (WPA) murals in San
Canvas, Oil
$500
H 14 in W 11 in
Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
American cities like Washington D.C. His 1938 WPA mural Construction of a Dam was commissioned for the
Lithograph
Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
softened to the artist. When speaking of Schanker's major WPA mural at the municipal building studios of
Watercolor
"Abstract Composition" by Louis Schanker
Located in Wiscasset, ME
softened to the artist. When speaking of Schanker's major WPA mural at the municipal building studios of
Paint
$3,500
H 15.38 in W 20 in
Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Edward Alden Jewell softened to the artist. When speaking of Schanker's major WPA mural at the municipal
Watercolor
Pablo Casals
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
American Scene paintings and painted WPA murals during the Depression. From 1913 to 1952, he earned his
Graphite
Abstract Orange, Yellow, Pink
By Frederick Conway
Located in New Orleans, LA
seriousness of Beckmann's teaching. In 1949, Beckmann painted Conway's portrait. He painted murals for the
Canvas, Oil
$1,895
H 2 in W 28 in D 22 in
Joseph Bidzinski (American, 20th C.) Native American Ceremonial Procession, 1950
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
, simplified modeling, and decorative repetition reflects the influence of WPA-era mural painting and American
Canvas, Wood
$4,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 13.5 in
"Untitled, " Seymour Fogel, Geometric Abstraction, Texas Hard-Edge
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the
Oil, Board
$1,000
H 18.51 in W 24.41 in D 0.79 in
Mid-Century Modern Paris: A View of the Seine
Located in Norwich, GB
-filled interiors. Known for his public murals (including major WPA and corporate commissions) and his
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 29 in
'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MoMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1934 to 1943, initially through the WPA, Bennett created numerous murals for the Section of Painting
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$2,900
H 14.25 in W 20.5 in D 0.1 in
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
strong" Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York World's
Paper
$5,500
H 12.75 in W 3 in D 3 in
Early American modernist abstract sculpture - Totem
By Louis Schanker
Located in Colfax, CA
medium, and during the depression he became a graphic arts supervisor for the WPA. While with the WPA he
Wood, Oil
Early 20th Century British School Erotic Bacchanalian Scene
Located in Exton, PA
Delilah. Done in a manner that is reminiscent of the murals of the WPA, the art deco period, and early
Oil
$20,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 23 in W 19 in
"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Dominick J. Guccione in the mid-1940s. Guccione worked on Post Office murals for the WPA Federal Works
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
Depression, eventually earning him a decent living painting WPA and private murals, as well as a fast-selling
Oil, Board
Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitting the nation causing him to lose his job. He became a WPA
Ink
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
, continuing to teach there for over 34 years. During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals
Acrylic, Illustration Board
$425
H 11 in W 5 in
Jackson Pollock Bearbrick 400% (Jackson Pollock BE@RBRICK)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Joining the WPA in 1937, Pollock painted murals around the
Resin, Vinyl
The Fan
By Leonard Pytlak
Located in Fairlawn, OH
to printmaking. Under the WPA/FAP he produced a mural for the Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn. He was
Screen
The Whistle
By Leonard Pytlak
Located in Fairlawn, OH
League, New York. It was probably here that he was introduced to printmaking. Under the WPA/FAP he
Screen
$1,850
H 16 in W 12 in
High Wide and Handsome by Fletcher Martin 1953, Original Stone Lithograph
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painting with the legendary Siqueiros. He became a WPA artist painting murals at North Hollywood High, San
Lithograph
Fletcher Martin Modernist Studio Ceramic for Stonelain - Matador
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Phoenix, AZ
painted murals for the WPA and was also a war correspondent for LIFE magazine. This large 12.75
Ceramic