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Five Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modern Baltimore Black & White Photograph
Located in New York, NY
Fine Fireman 1940s Mid Century WPA Era Modernism Baltimore Black & White Photograph. A. Aubrey
Category
1940s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair 5 - 8 x 10 photographs Mid 20th Century WPA Architectural
Underwood and
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'El Station, Interior' NYC Subway, WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA during the Great Depression, Velonis brought the use of silkscreen printing as a fine art
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
By Marion Post Wolcott
Located in Surfside, FL
Photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Marion
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Oil, Board
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism. 30 x 24 inches
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
By Todros Geller
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration (WPA) Federal One program in the United States. The cover featured a goat on the shore of Lake
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
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
Category
1930s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
1940's Abstract Composition Jazz Lithograph Pencil Signed and Dated WPA Artist
By Konrad Cramer
Located in Surfside, FL
, Cramer briefly joined the (WPA) Federal Art Project, administering the regional program in Woodstock. In
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
example of WPA-style portraiture, and in the tradition of Evans' documentary photographs, it depicts a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 40 in W 34.5 in D 3 in
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
Stuart Davis
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
H 18.5 in W 22 in D 1 in
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
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
Helen Clark
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in New York, NY
"Two Seas and a Moon" Surrealism American Scene WWII Modern WWI Denver WPA Era
Arnold Ronnebeck
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
By Richard Whorf
Located in New York, NY
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
TILL THE COULDS
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saturday Morning (Market, Taos Plaza, New Mexico), 1950s Figural Linocut Print
By Barbara Latham
Located in Denver, CO
tradition into a contemporary, multi-ethnic village. Sharing some of the spirit of WPA photographs, these
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category
1990s Modern Abstract Photography
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category
1990s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Paper
Vintage Abstract Expressionist Hyman Bloom Photo Collage Assemblage Photograph
By Martin Sumers
Located in Surfside, FL
1930s Bloom worked sporadically for the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Brooklyn as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). From 1957 to 1958, she was president of the
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Cowper Stove (Industrial Interior Photograph of Abandoned Factory Furnace)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
Industrial interior photograph of a rusted factory stove, framed with non-glare glass
"Cowper Stove
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Densities
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
Located in Surfside, FL
vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram Lassaw some also bear the
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
Solomon, and James Brooks amongst other art luminaries.
This is for the original vintage photograph. I
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Silver Gelatin Photo of Ibram Lassaw Modernist Sculpture (Photograph)
By John Reed
Located in Surfside, FL
luminaries.
This is for the original vintage photograph. I believe the inscription is in the hand of Ibram
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
original member of the American Abstract Artists. She also worked for the WPA, Works Progress
Category
1970s American Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dropping In
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled (Three Ducks Taking to Flight)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
catalogue, which provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Winchester Virginia February 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Arthur Rothstein
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Main
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Grange Meeting Fairfax County Virginia January 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
By Arthur Rothstein
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Three
Category
1940s American Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Spoleto - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
Fourcade, New York, photographed by Ivan Dalla Tana.
With the description in Italian on the rear.
Very
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
No Reserve
H 14.57 in W 20.48 in D 0.04 in
Untitled - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
edition of 2500, and curated by Xavier Fourcade, New York, photographed by Ivan Dalla Tana.
With the
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
No Reserve
H 14.57 in W 20.48 in D 0.04 in
Untitled - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
edition of 2500, and curated by Xavier Fourcade, New York, photographed by Ivan Dalla Tana.
With the
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
No Reserve
H 20.48 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
After Brueghel (Spoleto) - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
1985 in a limited edition of 2500, and curated by Xavier Fourcade, New York, photographed by Ivan Dalla
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
No Reserve
H 20.48 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
catalogue, which provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting)
By Werner Drewes
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
York. From 1934 to 1936, Drewes taught at the Brooklyn Museum under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
in San Francisco for many years, and served as Mural Director for the WPA Art Project there in the
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 14.75 in W 11.75 in D 0.1 in
Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
and he photographed many aspects of rural life. These photographs served as the basis for a series of
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Blue Wing
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the 1940 – 1941 catalogue, which provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
Steel Mill Exterior II (Industrial Photography of Abandoned Factory w/ Blue Sky)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
Industrial landscape photograph of an abandoned steel mill factory, framed with non-glare museum
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Before Day Light
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy, England, Germany, and France
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
untitled (Duck taking to flight, flushed by a dog)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy, England, Germany
Category
1940s American Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Courbet's 1866 oil, "Origin of the World," or recently Robert Mapplethorpe's explicit photographs. Then
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
catalogue, which provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
VOLCANO
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Courbet's 1866 oil, "Origin of the World," or recently Robert Mapplethorpe's explicit photographs. Then
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Courbet's 1866 oil, "Origin of the World," or recently Robert Mapplethorpe's explicit photographs. Then
Category
1930s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor
DEBRIS - Large Ink Drawing - Study for the Print
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Courbet's 1866 oil, "Origin of the World," or recently Robert Mapplethorpe's explicit photographs. Then
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
PLUNGING COMET
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Courbet's 1866 oil, "Origin of the World," or recently Robert Mapplethorpe's explicit photographs. Then
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
Refinery Scene
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
provided a short biography and a photograph of the artist, he traveled and studied in Spain, Africa, Italy
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Program for Nantucket Stage Production Dracula, Signed by Edward Gorey
Located in Nantucket, MA
photographs and Gorey designs, as well as great advertisements from island businesses of the day.
The
Category
Vintage 1970s American Post-Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
H 13.5 in W 10.25 in D 1 in
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Find a variety of wpa photographs available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the modern, abstract and Surrealist styles can be found today in our inventory. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the wpa photographs on 1stDibs that include elements of black, gray, beige, orange and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Dong Kingman, John Reed, Martin Sumers, Konrad Cramer and Werner Drewes are often thought to be among the most beautiful. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and silver gelatin print — can elevate any room of your home.
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