Wpa Still Life
Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism
The painting
Category
1930s American Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Joseph SolmanStudio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism, c. 1930s
$25,000
H 13.25 in W 15.25 in
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, Hollywood
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life', Carnegie, Biltmore, Mills College, CPLH, LACMA, WPA, CWS, Hollywood
Signed, lower
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
$2,850
H 16 in W 19.75 in D 1 in
"Pear" Henry Schnakenberg, Realist Fruit Still Life, WPA Artist, Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Henry Schnakenberg
Pear, circa 1925
Signed lower right
Oil on board
12 x 14 inches
Provenance
The artist
Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Private Collection
Cecelia Lord, Summerland, ...
Category
1920s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$2,500
H 17.25 in W 19.25 in
Still Life with Vase and Urn
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Bright, fun, oil on board still life by WPA painter J. William Hallquist. Signed lower right.
Category
1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
he spent most of his adult life.
A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
VASE WITH FLOWERS IN MIRROR Modernist Oil Painting Joseph Raskin WPA Artist
By Joseph Raskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed Lower left
Joseph Raskin painted still lifes throughout his career, often using them
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600
H 34.25 in W 24.25 in
Large Modernist Oil Painting Wild Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Nicolai S. Cikovsky, (American, 1894-1984)
Floral Still Life
Oil on canvas. Hand signed (lower
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 35.5 in W 30.75 in
Modernist Floral Oil Painting Roses, Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
/lived in New York / Russian Federation. Nicolai Cikovsky is known for Shore landscape, figure, still
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
H 23 in W 19.75 in
Antique American School Signed WPA Black Artist Studio Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American signed modernist artist studio oil painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 18L x 24H.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
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H 26 in W 20 in D 2 in
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Still Life Painting" Class at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Helen and Otis
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$8,200
H 24 in W 20 in D 2 in
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, modernist still-life of fruit in gouache, watercolor, crayon and india-ink.
Donald Jeffries Bear was born
Category
1940s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
$1,750
H 12 in W 18 in D 0.13 in
Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibition.
Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Expressionist Color Drawing Cobalt Glass Vintage Frame Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work throughout
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
$1,250
H 13.5 in W 10.5 in
Expressionist Ink, Pastel, Crayon Drawing Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
a Ben-Zion exhibition.
Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Blue and Green Tablescape (WPA abstract still life painting c. 1960)
By Lionel Gilbert
Located in Hudson, NY
Painter and WPA artist, Lionel Gilbert
Mid century modern, abstracted still life painting, c. 1960
oil on
Category
1960s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 26 in W 29 in D 2 in
Philip Evergood American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Still Life Interior
By Philip Evergood
Located in New York, NY
Interior with Man at Table American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Painting
Philip Evergood
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$45,000
H 19 in W 23 in D 2 in
'Ginger Cat with Still Life', American Modernist, WPA Muralist, SFAA, GGIE, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, Risling worked on a number of substantial WPA mural projects including, in 1936 and 1937, with Edith
Category
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,600
H 26.25 in W 30.25 in D 0.75 in
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
William Meyerowitz (1887 - 1981)
Oil painting on canvas
Depicting a still life scene with fruit
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Horses Leaving the Barn
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock group), Lucille Lunquist
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and of the Woodstock group), Lucille Lunquist, later
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$2,500
H 11 in W 13 in D 0.75 in
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock group), Lucille Lunquist
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
$3,500
H 14.25 in W 11.57 in
The Golden Gate
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
administrator for the WPA), Arnold Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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WPA Still Life with NYC Street Scene Aaron Berkman Circa 1950-60.
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Hallowell, ME
Signed lower left. Oil on canvas in what might be the original frame. Wonderful still life at a
Category
1950s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 29 in W 32 in D 3 in
"Doll in Mirror, " Aaron Bohrod, Trompe L'oeil Still Life, WPA Wisconsin Artist
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
during World War II as a war artist and in Europe on assignments from "Life" magazine and from the U.S
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modernist Floral Oil Painting Roses, Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
/lived in New York / Russian Federation. Nicolai Cikovsky is known for Shore landscape, figure, still
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
exhibition.
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Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Expressionist Ink, Pastel, Crayon Drawing Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
a Ben-Zion exhibition.
Ben-Zion consistently threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Expressionist Color Drawing Cobalt Glass Vintage Frame Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work throughout
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Pastel, Ink
Quirky WPA Style Still Life Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Great bold colors on this interesting painting. Signed and dated 1937. The painting is unframed.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
division of the Federal Arts Project, (WPA) where she learned the art of screenprinting, which would become
Category
1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
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
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Zinnias Colorful Flowers in Vase Oil Painting Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
of motion characterize even his still lifes and placid townscapes. On occasion, he uses impasto to
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New Years Greeting Vintage Floral 1945 Serigraph Silkscreen Print WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
.
Warsager joined the graphic division of the Federal Arts Project WPA/FAP in 1935, during the Depression
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Large Modernist Ben Benn Still Life with Fruit Bowl Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
still-life and Post Impressionist landscape painter who was part of the first generation of artists in
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
New York Night
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock group), Lucille Lunquist
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Golden Gate
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Located in Fairlawn, OH
administrator for the WPA), Arnold Blanch (landscape, still-life and figure painter, and member of the Woodstock
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Questions About Wpa Still Life
- What is a still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A still life is a type of painting or drawing portraying an arrangement of different objects. Typically, these subjects include fruit, flowers, dining ware, and glassware.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024No, a still life doesn't have to be realistic. Still life is a genre or type of subject matter. To fit the definition, a piece simply needs to portray inanimate objects. Artists can employ any style they choose to represent the objects in their paintings. Some examples of abstract still-life paintings include Georges Braque's Violin and Candlestick, Pablo Picasso's Still Life with Chair Caning and Paul Cézanne's Fruit Bowl, Glass, and Apples. Find a large collection of still-life paintings on 1stDibs.
- What is a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- What is Dutch still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dutch still life paintings are painted works of art depicting everyday objects that were produced in the Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries. Although the pictured items are realistic, they tend to have symbolic meanings. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Dutch still life paintings.
- What is Flemish still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pronkstilleven is a type of still life that was developed in the 1640s by Flemish artists. Rather than traditional still-life paintings, these emphasized abundances and various objects considered to be part of a luxurious life such as fruits, flowers and wild game. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
- Why is it called still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024Why it is called still life has to do with the history of the art genre. Still life painting became a distinct genre thanks to the work of late 16th- and 17th-century Dutch artists. They called their paintings stilleven, which translates to motionless or silent life in English. This term relates to the fact that Dutch still life artists painted motionless objects such as flowers and fruit. As the genre spread beyond the Netherlands, English-speaking artists referred to it as still life. Shop a selection of still life paintings on 1stDibs.
- What is a still life image?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021A 'Still Life' image refers to a work of art where the main subject usually portrays an intimate interior scene showing natural objects like food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc. or man-made objects like drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc. which are mostly arranged on top of a flat surface like a table or mantel.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.
- Is still life art realism?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Whether or not still life art is realism depends on the piece. Dutch still lifes produced during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are examples of a realistic style. Impressionist and Expressionist still lifes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are not realistic. Shop a variety of still life art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Although still lifes occur in ancient murals, Jacopo de’Barbari is considered to have painted the first still life, in 1504.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Most people considered the nationality of the still life technique to be Dutch. This is because Realist still life painting originated in Holland in the 16h century. However, artists from other parts of the world also work in the genre. On 1stDibs, shop a range of still life paintings.
- La ChrysomeleFebruary 23, 2021A still life painting portrays inanimate subjects of small to medium size : a bouquet, a cup of fruits, cooking utensils, a set of keys, etc.
Glenn Green GalleriesFebruary 25, 2021A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven". - 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022In his work Still Life with Fuji Chrysanthemums, Tom Wesselmann used well-defined contour lines to depict flowers, fruit and other household objects. The American Pop artist made the piece of laser-cut steel and designed it to hang on the wall like a canvas painting. Shop a variety of Tom Wesselmann art on 1stDibs.
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