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WPA Painting Featuring Visitors to the Zoo
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Great WPA period painting featuring visitors to the zoo with aviaries in the background, possibly
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Paint
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
and painting with several instructors. His wife and children joined him, and they all continued to
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Tempera
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 67 in W 47 in
1940s Three Oil on Oval Canvas WPA Paintings of Trains w. Ribbons Surrealist
Located in Miami, FL
WPA era (1930s/1940s ) Oil on Oval Canvas Grouping of 3 Paintings of Trains with a Ribbon and
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$8,500 / set
H 31 in W 45.75 in D 2 in
WPA "New Americana" Exceptional Antique 1941 WPA Exhibited Carnegie Painting
Located in Exton, PA
Monumental, important WPA painting by Percy Albee. The painting is oil canvas measuring 36" x 48
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
45% Off
H 40 in W 52 in D 2 in
WPA styled Cubist Industrial Oil Painting by Joan Hedman
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A cubist industrial WPA styled oil painting depicting a storage tank compound in the 1930's-40's
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
"Under the Apple Tree, " Tour de Force Enamel Painting with Two Women
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, though executed in 1963, is strongly reminiscent of WPA paintings from the 1930s and 1940s. The idyllic
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Enamel
$4,250
H 10.5 in W 7.25 in D 0.75 in
Tugboat WPA era painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
an interest in art at an early age. At 15 years old he turned professional by painting murals for a
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in New York, NY
Albert Pels (1910-1998)
Painting of a group of figures, c. 20th century.
12 x 16 in.
Framed
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Street Scene Painting American School
Located in Wiscasset, ME
WPA street scene painting American school. Unsigned, could be NYC.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Folk Art Paintings
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:
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Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Leaving the Factory- American Scene Watercolor Painting-WPA Painter
Located in Marco Island, FL
near where Fredenthal was born and grew up. The approximate date of the painting is between 1935 to
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$42,000
H 33 in W 43 in D 2 in
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Early Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$1,100
H 16.25 in W 15 in
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
1940s Signed Realist WPA Banana Flower Oil Painting
Offered for sale is a stunning 1940s realist
Category
Vintage 1940s American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in New York, NY
recipient of a Masters of Painting degree at the University of Iowa in 1924.
During nearly seven decades as
Category
1930s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Oil
$30,000
H 24 in W 21 in D 2 in
Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,600
H 15.25 in W 33 in
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
expressionism of his Russian roots.
Tschacbasov’s paintings of the 1930’s reflect the social and political
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon
Located in Portland, OR
A very good Impressionist oil painting of the Oregon High Desert by the celebrated Pacific
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,795
H 21 in W 25 in D 1.75 in
Monumental WPA Gloucester Oil Painting New England Lobstermen George Harding
Located in Exton, PA
for the Saturday Evening Post and Harpers. He did Post Office Murals for the WPA. The painting
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,360 Sale Price
38% Off
H 55 in W 45 in D 3 in
WPA Impressionist Figurative Landscape Oil Painting Panel "Ocho Rios" Jamaica
Located in Portland, OR
A important American Impressionist painting by Isabella Howland (1895-1974), "Ocho Rios", Jamaica
Category
1940s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,295
H 15.5 in W 20.25 in D 1.5 in
1940 WPA School EXHIBITED Painting SPRING FLOOD by Morris Shulman
By Morris Shulman
Located in Exton, PA
Fine WPA period painting by Morris Shulman. The painting is oil on canvass measuring 24" x 30
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
H 34 in W 40 in D 2 in
Important Regionalist WPA Modern Framed And Signed Landscape Oil Painting
By Martyl Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist landscape oil painting by Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf Martyl (1917/18 - 2013). Oil on board
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,436 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28 in W 32 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Cityscape Bridge View Rare WPA Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist bridge landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$4,475
H 28 in W 36 in D 2 in
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron Bohrod, Ilya Bolotowsky
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
H 34 in W 29 in D 2 in
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
family, some were hand signed some were not.
These were studies for larger paintings.
Simka Simkhovitch
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
family, some were hand signed some were not.
These were studies for larger paintings.
Simka Simkhovitch
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Gouache
Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper.
In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$2,600
H 22.5 in W 30.75 in D 0.1 in
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
El Pulsa de México, an English-language magazine. After that time, he dedicated himself to painting
Category
Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Chicago Modernist Gouache Painting Shabbat Hebrew Calligraphy WPA Artist Judaica
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
A Judaica painting with Hebrew Calligraphy by noted Chicago Modernist. Alexander Raymond Katz (his
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. New Yorker Magazine Published 1935 American Scene Modern WPA
Antonio
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
.
A WPA muralist, illustrator and modernist painter especially known for paintings with Jewish themes
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board
Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPA
By George Schwacha Jr
Located in Surfside, FL
painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,500
H 18.25 in W 22.25 in
Antique American Modernist WPA Female Portrait Interior Exhibited Oil Painting
By Anatol Shulkin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,880 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28 in W 33 in D 2 in
Dennis Burlingame, WPA Era, Circus Sideshow "SnakeCharmer" Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist painting of a circus by Dennis Meighan Burlingame (1901 - 1964). Oil
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$15,600
H 42 in W 54 in D 3 in
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
Daniel Celentano
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$35,000
H 30 in W 30 in D 2 in
Joseph Wolins WPA Artist Dancing, Torah Modernist Judaica Cubist Oil Painting
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Surfside, FL
Modern European Painting. Wolins was one of the New York area artists associated with the WPA. Art
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Urban Landscape c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting
Oil on board. Approximately 20" wide x 16" high.
The
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$850
H 20 in W 24 in D 1 in
Historically Important American Army Soldiers in Paris Cafe WPA Ashcan Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American oil painting. Oil on canvas. Measuring 18 by 22 inches.
Category
1930s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,475
H 22 in W 18 in D 2 in
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
books, etcher, painter of townscapes, landscapes, figure painting, muralist, and graphic silkscreen
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
art books, etcher, painter of townscapes, landscapes, figure painting, muralist, and graphic
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
author of art books, etcher, painter of townscapes, landscapes, figure painting, muralist, and graphic
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
Riot, Revolution, Police figures on Horseback in City Streets.
Hand signed lower right.
Painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Mag Cover Published 1938. American Scene Modern WPA
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Antique American Modernist WPA Social Realist Carnival Scene Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist carnival scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$620 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18 in W 22 in D 2 in
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Fortune Cover. Sept 1933 Illustration American Modern WPA Era
Antonio
Category
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
WPA Period "Coastal Village" American Modernist Realism Oil Painting Lev Landau
By Samuel David Lev-Landau
Located in Surfside, FL
. Worked primarily in oil and casein.
There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Maurice KishWhimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist, 20th.c
$3,300
H 16.5 in W 13.5 in
Rare 1946 WWII Judaica Abstract Oil Painting Nahum Tschacbasov WPA Artist Rabbi
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
.
Tschacbasov’s paintings of the 1930’s reflect the social and political preoccupations of the times. He received
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz
Located in Miami, FL
1940s WPA School Winter Scene Oil Painting by A. Stuz
Offered for sale is a large 1940s WPA
Category
Vintage 1940s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood, Paint
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
family, some were hand signed some were not.
These were studies for larger paintings.
Simka Simkhovitch
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
painting of flute player.
Boris Deutsch was a modernist figurative painter important in Southern
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
family, some were hand signed some were not.
These were studies for larger paintings.
Simka Simkhovitch
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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