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20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Urban Landscape c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
20th Century Oil WPA Style Oil Painting Oil on board. Approximately 20" wide x 16" high. The
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fine, WPA-style Oil Painting, 1935, by Dorothy Van Loan
By Dorothy Van Loan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1935, when this painting was finished, and at the Revsin Gallery.
Category

Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Cubist Industrial Oil Painting by Joan Hedman WPA Styled
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A cubist industrial WPA styled oil painting depicting a storage tank compound in the 1930's-40's
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
that WPA period feel. A pensive painting sure to bring you peace. With frame it measures 33" x 27
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Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
variety of extraordinary styles. Particularly known for his WPA subjects, Krevoruck's work revealed a
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
Tschacbasov's painting style changes from social criticism to themes that are personal and symbolic, leading to
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: French Paris Scene Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States The
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvas painting of fishing boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
became interested in art. Fascinated by a woman who was painting, he decided that he wanted to become an
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1930s American Modern 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
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Modernist Oil Painting Expressionist Vase, Flowers WPA Artist Ben ZIon
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Stephen Kayser, “Biblical Paintings,” The Jewish Museum Catalogue, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
. Here, he would begin his career painting murals for the WPA, as well as accepting private commissions
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Organ grinder with parrot Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Klezmer Musicians Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Klezmer Musicians Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist decorated
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Modernist Oil Painting Gestural Landscape WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Hasidic Rabbi preaching in Synagogue Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Fiddler on the roof, Shtetl matchmaker Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Expressionist Judaica Rabbis Oil Painting Jewish American WPA Modernist Ben Zion
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Adam & Eve in Twickenham: WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a "Adam & Eve" in pink dress and blue shirt with suspenders, and
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
right Oil on canvas 22 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches 24 1/2 x 21 (frame) Morris Kantor (Belarusian: Морыс Кантор
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Fiddler on the roof Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Self Portrait Oil Painting Polish, Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel School
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Jewish American artist mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

1927 Oil Painting Eiffel Tower Paris American Modernist Wpa Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
) Oil painting on canvas Hand Signed lower left. Provenance: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Marine Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tree Lined Park Path Oil Painting Ecole D'Paris WPA Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Riviera Harbor Scene Oil Painting Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Post Impressionist Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: board Country: France Dimensions
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Solman (1909-2008), Chair with Chinese Rug, oil paint on masonite, initialed JS on recto
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20th Century Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in Larchmont, NY
Albert Pels (1910-1998) Painting of a group of figures, c. 20th century. 12 x 16 in. Framed
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in Salon French Interior Oil Painting Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Modernist Oil Painting Nude Male on Beach WPA Artist Group of 10
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
, 1952). Ben-Zion continued his style of representational painting based on the abstract, and is perhaps
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Man in Suit (WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard as Edith Cromwell)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a man with suit and tie "Man in Suit," painted by Mark Beard aka
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Jewish Wedding Mechutanim Medium: Oil Surface: Board, size includes artist
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Family Outing with Dog (Picnic in the Park) Ben Benn Oil Painting WPA
By Ben Benn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Holland, which houses the finest Van Gogh paintings.” He was a member of the WPA. During its eight years
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Philip Krevoruck 1919-1999 an accomplished WPA artist . Surrealist Oil on board painted during the
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

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
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By Walter Quirt
Located in New York, NY
field during the WPA era in the 1930s. Abstraction, 12 x 16 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed lower center
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979) Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939 Oil and
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1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Oil, Canvas

American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Parisian Street Scene, Oil on Canvas Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
continued to live in Ohio until America’s involvement in World War II. His oil painting The End of John
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

41st & 10th: Abstract WPA Style Cityscape, New York City Rooftops & Water Tower
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
environments inspire my oil paintings: Puerto Rico, where I grew up, New York City, Fire Island Pines, and
Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Wood Panel, Oil

Guy Pene du Bois WPA American Modernism Realism NYC Scene Oil Lawyers in Court
By Guy Pène Du Bois
Located in New York, NY
Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Board

WPA Style Scene of Working Men Seated with Newspapers by John Deforest Stull
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated large scale oil on canvas painting was realized by the esteemed
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
creation of the acclaimed mural. Gropper continued to produce more Social-Realist oil paintings and to
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
continued to produce more Social-Realist oil paintings and to frequent Europe for inspiration. Fascinated by
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"Nude, " Arnold Blanch, Woodstock School, WPA, Figurative
By Arnold Blanch
Located in New York, NY
Arnold Blanch Nude Signed lower right Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Provenance: G. David Thompson
Category

1930s Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
oil paintings. Gikow's early prints experiment with color, shape, dimension, and tension as she
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
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

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D'Paris WPA Female Equestrienne
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
mostly known for his expressionist figure paintings. In his young years he traveled to Palestine to study
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

"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
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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Wpa Styled Oil Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of wpa styled oil paintings for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, abstract or Expressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 149 modern, 79 abstract, 23 Impressionist, 15 Post-Impressionist and 13 Expressionist examples available. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add wpa styled oil paintings that pop against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of brown, gray, black, blue and more. William Gropper, Maurice Kish, Jacques Zucker, William Clutz and Vance Kirkland took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and fabric.

How Much are Wpa Styled Oil Paintings?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — wpa styled oil paintings in our inventory begin at $300 and can go as high as $156,500, while the average can fetch as much as $3,783.