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Wpa Railroad Art

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

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House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inches (sight) Framed 19 1/2 X 21 3/4 in...
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left. Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at this wonderful image; elephan...
Category

1930s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century pair of French townscape oil paintings
By Henry Schafer
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
**PLEASE NOTE: EACH PAINTING INCLUDING THE FRAME MEASURES 15 INCHES x 13 INCHES** Henry Schafer German/British, (1841-c.1914) Chartres, France & Metz, Lorraine Oil on canvas, pair,...
Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Interior Scene Animals Figures Rare Cityscape Oil Painting 1963
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic MidCentury interior scene painted in 1963 and signed illegibly. This work comes in a contemporary wood frame.
Category

1960s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Toast" Louis Charles Moeller, American 19th Century Realist Genre Painting
Located in New York, NY
Louis Charles Moeller A Toast Signed lower right Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches Louis Charles Moeller was a master of American genre painting. His meticulously detailed, highly finish...
Category

19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Illuminated Vanity Together Mirror with Stool Paramount Theater Boston
Located in Westport, CT
Art Deco acid etched Illuminated Vanity with aluminum trim attached to Vanity with illuminated bottom column, original aluminum stool. From the women’s powder room Paramount Theater...
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Vanities

Materials

Aluminum

Factory Worker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Factory Worker, c. 1936, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 18 ¼ x 36 inches; exhibited in City ...
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Factory Worker
Factory Worker
$6,500
H 18.25 in W 36 in D 2 in
WWII Aircraft Factory Workers Industrial 20th Century American Scene WPA Modern
Located in New York, NY
WWII Aircraft Factory Workers Industrial 20th Century American Scene WPA Modern Frederick Buchholz (1901-1983) WW2 Aircraft Factory 18 x 24 inches Oil on Canvas, c. 1940s Signed l...
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Diner
By Max Ferguson
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in New York City in 1959, Max Ferguson started as a filmmaker, making award-winning animated films as a teenager. But it was while he was a visiting student at an art school in ...
Category

Early 2000s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Diner
$7,000
H 11 in W 12 in
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers. Dated and signed "32 Harry Gottlieb" lower right. Sight: 13 1/8" H x 18 1/4" W. Harry Gottlieb, painter...
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
William Gropper Senator Signed lower center Oil on board 16 x 12 1/4 inches ACA Galleries, New York Private Collection, New York Bonhams, American Art Online, August 23, 2023, Lot 3...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris Deutsch (American Lithuanian Russian, 1892-1978) "The Flute Player," 1947 Oil paint on canvas, Hand signed and dated upper left, Provenance: gallery label (Pasadena Art Museu...
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century c. 1930s
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
American Scene Industrial Modern Lamp Magazine Illustration Mid-Century Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Oil Terminal Lamp Magazine, published, c. 1930s. 15 3/4 X 12 inches (image...
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Folk Outsider Naive Art Metal NYC Cityscape Sculpture Wall Hanging Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Folk Outsider Naive Art Metal NYC Cityscape Sculpture Wall Hanging Contemporary "NYC Cityscape" 39 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 2 inches Unsigned Offered is an extraordinary hand crafted wall s...
Category

1990s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"VILLAGE IN CATALONIA" 1973 MASTER OF THE PALETTE KNIFE SPAIN FRAME 34 X 40
By Jose Vives-Atsara
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jose Vives-Atsara Catalonia Village (1919-2004) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 34 x 40 Medium: Oil Applied by Palette Knife Dated 1973 " Village in Catalonia" Spa...
Category

1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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