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Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period -
Midtown
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
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 framed.
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz.
The youngest of four children
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original drawing by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913). Portrait of a young woman, ca
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in New York, NY
right: Mills
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA. Artists
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Watercolor
H 37.75 in W 31.625 in D 1.5 in
1940s WPA Era American Modern Figurative Painting of Figure on Deserted Street
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
piece captures the quiet desolation of the American West during the post-WPA era.
Measuring 24 x 30
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 1.75 in
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36 in W 27 in D 2 in
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957
Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings.
Ber...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns, and was ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
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
Portrait Drawing Bearded Man Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
WPA Style Portrait Painting of a Gentleman, American, 1930s-1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Portrait painting of Walter Levin, oil on canvas, unframed. Signed Haughton College Bickerton in
Category
Mid-20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American
This is not signed
bronze portrait bust
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Minna HarkavyBronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist, c.1930-1940
H 16 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American
signed
bronze portrait bust, marble, stone
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Rare Self Portrait Oil Painting Polish, Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel School
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed self portrait. Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Impressionist Portrait Painting of Circus Clown 1950
Located in Rochester, NY
.
american Emmett Kelly wpa figure portrait impressionist modern
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Youth with Pipes and Valves, " Sensitive Portrait of Young Man, Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively painted, this WPA-period portrait of a young man in an unusual setting
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 30 in W 26.5 in D 2 in
THOMAS HART BENTON
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, lower right image corner. Image size: 18 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches.
Americana, WPA, Artist Portraits
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Cowper Stove (Industrial Interior Photograph of Abandoned Factory Furnace)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
photographer of the WPA period, whose portrait of Doug is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Portrait of a Clown WPA
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
WPA Painting of a Nubian Male
By WPA
Located in San Francisco, CA
Truly a great WPA style portrait of a Nubian male. In the original frame.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
WPA Man
Located in Chicago, IL
WPA Water and Pastel
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Oil Portrait of Woman and Child WPA
By Tully Filmus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This oil portrait of a woman and a child was painted by Tully Filmus (1903-1988), the noted
Category
20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beautiful WPA portrait wood social realist Michael Lenson 1932
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful WPA portrait of a pretty woman by the re-known social realist painter Michael Lenson
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Wood
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
By Morris Shulman
Located in Surfside, FL
in Maine,” Colby College, 1964;
Westbeth Gallery, NY, 1973
“NYC WPA Art” at Parsons School Design
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
1940s WPA American Modernist Portrait Watercolor Painting, Farmer with Hat Blue
Located in Denver, CO
Original watercolor on paper of a portrait of a farmer by WPA era artist Watson Bidwell (1904-1964
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
H 29.75 in W 24.75 in D 0.75 in
Antique American Modernist WPA Male Smoking Portrait Oil Painting Carl Laughlin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist portrait painting of a man smoking by Carl Laughlin (born 1926). Oil on board, circa
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz.
The youngest of four children
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957
Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings.
Ber...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns, and was ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
1930s WPA Period Portrait of a Nude Woman
Located in Essex, MA
A WPA period oil on canvas portrait of a nude woman, posing on a red fabric draped stool, in front
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
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
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
Portrait Drawing Bearded Man Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
WPA Artist Original Oil Painting 40s Portrait of a Handsome Man
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Painted by Portland, Oregon WPA Artist, Edward Sewall (1905-2000) is this fine, 1940s oil on canvas
Category
Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American
signed
bronze portrait bust, marble, stone
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Minna Rothenberg Harkavy (1895-1987) Estonian-American
This is not signed
bronze portrait bust
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Minna HarkavyBronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist, c.1930-1940
H 16 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
American School WPA Modernist Surreal Large Interior Portrait Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal interior scene painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed on stretcher verso. Image size 46L x 36H. Housed in a period modern frame.
Category
1930s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 43 in W 56 in D 2 in
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Rare Self Portrait Oil Painting Polish, Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel School
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed self portrait. Jacques Zucker was born in 1900 in Radom, Poland. He was a notably famous
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Huge Aschan School WPA Style Social Realism Interior Scene Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned.
Category
1960s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 53 in W 68 in D 2 in
Vintage New York City Street Scene WPA Woman Walking Portrait Oil Painting
By Grace Elizabeth Mallon
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist cityscape oil painting with a young woman walking. Oil on board, circa 1956. Signed. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a wood frame.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boris Deutsch 'American, 1892 - 1978' a Signed Modernist Portrait Oil on Canvas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boris Deutsch (American, 1892 - 1978) A signed WPA Modernist Female Portrait Oil on canvas painting.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 34 in W 22.25 in D 2 in
Ballerina
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic portrait by American WPA artist Buckley MacGurrin.
Category
1940s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deco Era Portait
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA style portrait of a red haired woman. Oil on canvas, unframed and signed E. Smith
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Richard Ayer Painting "Phyllis"
Located in Oakland, CA
Late 30's Cubist painting by San Francisco WPA artist, Richard Ayer. A portrait of Ayers wife
Category
20th Century American Paintings
Materials
Wood, Canvas
American School WPA Modernist Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist portrait of a female figure. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned. Displayed in a
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American WPA Era Woodcut Portrait
By Minnie Lois Murphy
Located in Houston, TX
Eye-catching female portrait woodcut by WPA-era American artist Minnie Lois Murphy (1901-1962
Category
1920s Other Art Style Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
By Morris Shulman
Located in Surfside, FL
in Maine,” Colby College, 1964;
Westbeth Gallery, NY, 1973
“NYC WPA Art” at Parsons School Design
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
Antique American School Modernist WPA Ashcan Woman Portrait Signed Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American WPA Social Realism Portrait Return From War Signed Oil Painting
By Leon Kroll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American social realist portrait oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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