Wpa Sculptures

Eckhardt was a friend and contemporary of Viktor Schreckengost, and was primarily known for ceramic sculpture in the 1930s and 1940s. This sculpture is a WPA piece created for the Oh...

Like so many WPA sculptures from the 1930s and 40s which valorized and celebrated the American worker, this classic wall-mounted work depicts a lumberjack at rest, his ax at his feet...

Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture and innovative ceramicist and produced a wide range of sculptures and wares in ceramic beginning in his college days, through his years working...

Large and impressive, carved in a naive-sophisticated way that suggests folk art as well as WPA sculptures which glorified the worker, this large bas relief depicts a shirtless young...

Max Kalish The Road Builder inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth Height: 13 1/8 in...

Vibrant with compressed energy, this remarkable hand-carved sculpture depicting mother, father and child fiercely protecting each other, follows in the WPA tradition which celebrated...

Field taught drawing and painting until his death, and Laurent taught sculpture and wood carving there for the next 50 years.

Two Figures (Mother and son) 9" x 17" terracotta sculpture, signed lower left mounted to wood panel, 15 1/2" x 23 1/2" George Aarons (born Gregory Podubisky, in St. Petersburg, Russ...

Family Carved Sculpture American Scene Modernism Mid 20th Century WPA Realism Milton Hebald (American, 1917-2015), Family of Three 13 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches Carved wood, c. 19...

In the mid-1930s, Milton went to work for the WPA, teaching and producing public art. Hebald had his first one-man show at the age of 20, in New York City.

Her bronze sculpture American Miner’s Family is owned by the Museum of Modern Art and the large stone sculpture Two Men won first prize in a sculpture competition at the Metropolitan...

Her bronze sculpture American Miner’s Family is owned by the Museum of Modern Art and the large stone sculpture Two Men won first prize in a sculpture competition at the Metropolitan...

Morris created this abstract biomorphic nonobjective plaster sculpture during the WPA era of the 1930s / 40s. Monogrammed.

She also designed cement and mosaic sculptures of animals and figures to be placed in New York City playgrounds.

This is a carved glass panel. I belive this is milk glass. it is a classic Americana scene of a cowboy or frontier trapper and an Indian or Native American with a feathered headdress...

This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family. Louis 'Lou' Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, a...

Ted Egri (American, 1913-2010) Bronze sculpture Rabbi Signed Egri and numbered 4/30 on side.

Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections throughout the United States, with substantial holdings (27 sculptures) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculptu...

In l939 he taught adult classes with the Teachers Project of the WPA and attended the Art Students League for three and a half years on full scholarship.

Size includes wood mounting. George Aarons (born Gregory Podubisky, in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1896 - died in Gloucester, Massachusetts 1980) was a distinguished sculptor who lived ...

"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor series. The WPA era work is made of plaster.

Frank Kleinholz (Brooklyn, 1901 - 1987) Lovers Ceramic unique glazed miniature sculptural plaque with gold leaf or foil under the glaze. Initialled recto and hand signed verso with ...

"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA In the late 1920s, Joseph Freedlander was asked by the City of New York to design a series of bronze...

Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections throughout the United States, with substantial holdings (27 sculptures) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculptu...

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall circa 1940s.

Unique and lovely, this 1930s ceramic sculpture depicts a dancing female figure, her long robe swirling around her as she moves through space, her head looking down and her hands at ...

This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the famous Cleveland School ceramicists -- depicts an Indian chief with full feather he...

This important example of WPA art, which celebrates American history and folklore like so many murals and other artworks in the 1930s, presents the bearded figure of Johnny Appleseed.

Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the 1930's. Titled "Aztec" and is signed on the lower edge. Listed in the Donal Hord book....

Stylized and reductive, this beautiful 1930s-vintage ceramic sculpture depicts a sitting mother holding her child very close, her legs crossed and her arms enfolding the baby. The wa...

WPA terracotta buffalo sculpture by Anthony Vozech, circa 1930s.

Beautifully sculpted from a ruddy block of mahogany and finished with a patina that gives it a lovely glow, this piece is a superb example of WPA-era sculpture. The artist, Raymond T...

Clearly influenced by stylized Etruscan and African sculpture, this heavy-lidded female head is a classic example of Art Deco design.

Although best known today for his abstract sculptures, many at display at the Howard Whalen Sculpture Garden in Sierra Madre, California, the artist started his career in the WPA era...

Handsome and important, this glazed ceramic sculpture of a standing half-nude male, dressed in a pair of pants held up by a rope for a belt, was sculpted by Brents Carlton in the 193...

Brutalist sculpture of Hercules by Liza Monk - Los Angeles based WPA artist.

Pasquale Napolitano (1901-2001) Seted Figure of a Man, ca. 1935. Carved hardwood, measuring 22" h., 9.75" d., 14" w. Signed bottom right side. Natural wood shrinkage cracking on...

"Pioneer Family," 23 1/2 x 16 1/4 x 10 3/4 inPlaster. c. 1927. Unsigned. Realism The Smithsonian has a cast of this sculpture in its collection. Pictured on the cover of “The Sculpt...

Entirely charming and whimsical, the anonymous sculptor of "Pan with Rabbit" has created a masterful portrait of a rotund Pan beguiling a woodland rabbit. Carved from a cylinder of r...

Rosario Russell Fiore (American, 1908-1994) A set of three WPA bronzes depicting founding fathers, 1930s. 5 inches wide by 4 inches deep by 9 ¾ inches tall Rosario R.

A magnificent example of WPA sculptor Waylande Gregory's work at the height of his career in the 1930s, when he was creating major fountains, public monuments and World's Fair sculpt...

This rare and important pairing of plaster maquette and bronze panel, sculpted in preparation for a WPA bas relief at the post office in Loudonville, Ohio, was created by Rudolf Henn...

Carved from a "found" panel of distressed walnut, this superb bas relief sculptural panel of a falling satyr, his legs and arms akimbo, was carved by Don Griffith, a WPA artist in Co...

Schnittmann also worked with mid-century architect Meyer Loomstein, placing his WPA style sculptures in his residences, office and commercial buildings in St.Louis.

Presenting A stunning original WPA wood sculpture by Chicago artist Burton Freund.

An original WPA wood sculpture by Chicago artist Burton Freund.

Presenting A stunning original WPA wood sculpture by Chicago artist Burton Freund.

Presenting an original carved wood sculpture by American WPA artist Avis Zeidler Nemkoff.

In some ways a classic example of WPA-era sculpture celebrating the American worker, this pair is also different than other pieces with the same theme in the 1930s.

Works by Chaim Gross can be found in major museums and private collections throughout the United States, with substantial holdings (27 sculptures) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculptu...

This work was subsequently hung adjacent to Wein's famous Adam sculpture and to this day is the only extant, early painting by Albert Wein that directly relates to his early, cubisti...

Louise Pain created murals and sculpture.

Bernard Zakheim Untitled, Moses with Horns 1953 Terracotta 11.75 x 4 x 1.5 Bernard Zakhiem (1896-1985) Painter, wood sculptor, muralist, teacher. Born in Warsaw, Poland on Ap...

Striking pair of WPA/Art Deco figurines of a male and female, depicting Workers in the field. He is holding a shovel and she is carrying a basket of produce on her shoulders. Dark ch...

A vintage sculpture of a family, produced, circa 1930s by an unknown, possibly American artist, in plaster with a grey glaze. The piece, likely a study or maquette for a monumental s...

A very well done handcrafted pottery fired clay horse in the Art Deco WPA style with strong build , great character , gentile but powerful feel . The piece has a restful peacefulness...

A vintage survey stick in the style of the WPA with markings that have a very tribal Folk Art look sitting on custom iron bases. These are half pieces for the purpose of fitting in m...