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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
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
Flower Still Life
By Adrian Dornbush
Located in Los Angeles, CA
framed, signed and inscribed “Adrian Dornbush/ Flower Still Life” verso, a remnant of exhibition label
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
STILL LIFE WITH FROWERS
By Philip Reisman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIP REISMAN
"STILL LIFE WITH FROWERS"
OIL ON PANEL. SIGNED
AMERICAN, C.1935
20 X 16 INCHES
Category
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Studio Objects I
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Studio Objects III
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Studio Objects II
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life
By William S. Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
William S. Schwartz
Still Life with Yellow Mums, circa 1950
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
20 x
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life of Fruit, " Albert Swinden, American Abstract Association, AAA
By Albert Swinden
Located in New York, NY
Albert Swinden (1901 - 1961)
Still Life of Fruit, 1937
Oil on canvas
18 x 30 inches
Provenance
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naturalistic Wood and Wheel Barrow Pastoral Country Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Idyllic pastoral country still life painting of a stack of wood and a wheel barrow. Signed and
Category
1970s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 27.75 in W 54.5 in D 1.5 in
Semi-abstract Still Life, Large 20th Century Blue & Pink Oil Painting
By John Heliker
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Heliker (American, 1909-2000)
Still Life with Sugar Bowl
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Flower Still Life" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting of Colorful Flowers
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"Floral Arrangement with Glass Vase" Post-Impressionism Still Life Oil Painting
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the Paris Salons: Autumn and the
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 32.5 in W 27.5 in D 1.75 in
"Still Life with Guitar" Modern Mid Century Oil Painting with Fruits and Guitar
By Harry Shoulberg
Located in New York, NY
representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and intense marks. This
Category
1960s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Harry Shoulberg"Still Life with Guitar" Modern Mid Century Oil Painting with Fruits and Guitar, 1963
H 33.5 in W 39.5 in D 2 in
Still Life (artist in Met, Chicago Art Inst., Boston MFA, Whitney, etc.)
By Emanuel Glicenstein Romano
Located in New Orleans, LA
designing and painting murals for the WPA, one of his murals is in the Klondike Building, Welfare Island
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Floral Arrangment in Jug" Post-Impressionism Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the Paris Salons: Autumn and the Tuileries. His works are
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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
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
H 26 in W 20 in D 2 in
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
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
"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
'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 Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
Flowers Still Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stone City Art Colony. Rowan was principally a watercolor painter of still lifes, landscapes, and birds
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life (New Hope Mid-century Modernist drawing)
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful still life drawing by American artist, Lloyd Raymond Ney (1893-1964). Ink on paper, 14.5
Category
1950s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Tulips
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and titled verso: "Tulips / Pauline Bliss Williams"; dated verso: "WPA - 1937".
Category
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flowers in White Vase" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Paper Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting on paper depicting a colorful floral still life in a white vase on top of a
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil
VASE WITH FLOWERS IN THE MIRROR Modernist Oil Painting
By Joseph Raskin
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Raskin painted still lifes throughout his career, often using them for formal and technical
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1970s Large Wood, Copper Inlay Sculpture Wall Relief Tropical Flowers Motif
By Helen Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
-school art class sponsored by the WPA. Then to New York’s Little Red School House, followed by Music and
Category
1970s American Modern Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Copper
Expressionist Judaica Havdalah Oil Painting Jewish American Modernist Ben Zion
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting of still life Havdalah scene with braided candle, spice tower box and kiddush cup
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
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
Sea Shells – Blue & Gold
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, and Peter Blume, among others. As in the case of Untitled (Floral Still Life), also in this exhibition
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Study of Classical Drapery)
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
in 1925. From 1929-1931, Matulka taught at the Art Student's League and created murals for the WPA
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Flower Bouquet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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
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
'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
Oil, Canvas
H 26.25 in W 30.25 in D 0.75 in
Still Life
By Frederick Conway
Located in New Orleans, LA
Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy Grande Chaumiere. He painted murals for the WPA
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Floral Still Life)
By Zama Vanessa Helder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Floral Still Life), ca. 1940s, watercolor on paper, signed lower left, 10 x 13 inches (image); artist’s
Category
1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Norman Barr, Still Life
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
Norman Barr made mural on the NYC-WPA; this lithograph was made in the WPA workshop but was not
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Nudes with Still Life
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure
Category
1950s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Candelabra, " Edward Millman, Colorful Abstract Expressionist Still Life
Located in New York, NY
most productive WPA artists in Illinois. He received commissions from both the Illinois Art Project and
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Naturalistic Three White Lotus Waterlilies Still Life Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the
Category
1970s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 46.75 in W 36.75 in D 2 in
"Pears in Striped Bowl" Painting & Pastel Still Life Jack Hooper
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
in a Work Projects Administration (WPA) school at the age of twelve. Hooper served in the United
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pastel
Early 20th Century Vibrant Modernist Painting, Still Life, Crane Fountain
By William Sommer
Located in Beachwood, OH
life.
In 1913, he and his colleagues began painting at Brandywine, about 30 miles south of Cleveland
Category
1910s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tableaux with Lobster, Pineapple and Clock
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a still life table top kitchen scene. Wicker chair loaded
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Tiger Lilies, " Brilliant Still Life in Oranges and Blues by Wachtel
By Simon Wachtel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
canvases for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), exhibited on occasion at the Philadelphia Museum of
Category
Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Paint
Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
and still life to portraiture, including black subjects.
Green's work is in permanent collections in
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
1950s "View from the Window" Jack Hooper Mid Century Still Life oil Painting
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
family, he began art training in a Work Projects Administration (WPA) school at the age of twelve. Hooper
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Maresca Encaustic Wax Oil Painting and Tile On Board Still Life w Fruit
By Joseph Maresca
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Maresca (American, b. 1946).
Still life rendering on wood mounted tiles.
Flowers, Plant
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wax, Encaustic, Oil
Hand Colored Etching by WPA Artist Agnes Mills, 1982, Unique
Located in Larchmont, NY
dated lower right
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA Artists
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 19.5 in W 17 in D 0.75 in
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in Larchmont, 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
Abstract Expressionist Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
threaded certain subject matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist 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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist 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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
matter—nature, still life, the human figure, the Hebrew Bible, and the Jewish people—into his work
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
worked as an artist-correspondent for Life Magazine and made hundreds of sketches of U.S. soldier life
Category
1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Cardboard, Watercolor
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- What is a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- 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 24, 2021A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven". - 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 ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.
- 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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