$2,500
"Meditation, " Figure & Farm Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner began their careers by creating numerous murals for the WPA (Work Projects Administration), primarily post offices.
Linocut
$100,000
Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
In the 1930s, he taught at the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration).
Paper, Watercolor
"Farmer, " Portrait Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner began their careers by creating numerous murals for the WPA (Work Projects Administration), primarily post offices.
Linocut
"Untitled (Girl Reading), " Wood Engraving by Stella Emma Harlos
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Harlos was also a member of the Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors and the Works Projects Administration, helping to organize the first art rental gallery in the country. She painted a...
Woodcut
$60,900
"The Saint of the Flaming City, " Oil on Canvas signed by Raymond Breinin
By Raymond Breinin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
When he came to America he attended classes at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. A painter of murals for the WPA, he was invited to join the Downto...
Canvas, Oil
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Still Life (artist in Met, Chicago Art Inst., Boston MFA, Whitney, etc.)
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in New Orleans, LA
In 1936 Romano worked designing and painting murals for the WPA, one of his murals is in the Klondike Building, Welfare Island, New York, another of these works is in the Florida Hol...
Oil
A Rare 1930s Modern, American Scene, Midwestern Summer Country Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
He won numerous prizes for his work including the Augustus Peabody Prize from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1929 and The Logan Medal at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930. Griffen...
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Spanish Seaside Village (Cadaques Catalonia), Cleveland School
By Rolf Stoll
Located in Beachwood, OH
Stoll also produced a number of murals including a WPA (Works Progress Administration) for the United States Post Office in East Palestine, Ohio.
Oil
Deco Woman
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...
Crayon
Female Nude Study
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...
Crayon
Girl in Profile
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...
Watercolor
Tanks #1 Lithograph by Louis Lozowick, Signed, Mid-20th Century
By Louis Lozowick
Located in New York, NY
During the Depression Lozowick, like many of his fellow artists, created murals and prints for the WPA including a mural for the New York City General Post Office (1936).
Lithograph
Manhattan Bridge Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, Edition of 10, 1934
By Louis Lozowick
Located in New York, NY
During the Depression Lozowick, like many of his fellow artists, created murals and prints for the WPA including a mural for the New York City General Post Office (1936).
Lithograph
Standing Female Nude
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...
Ink
'New York, Central Park' — 1930s American Modernism
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. gave him his first portrait commission, leading Meyerowitz to paint several prominent legal figures. He also completed a WPA-era mural...
Etching
Female Nude in Profile, Ink on Paper, American Modern, Circa 1925
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...
Ink