Wpa Subway
Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'El Station, Interior' NYC Subway, WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper. New York City subway station interior.
Anthony
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Modernism WPA Realism industrial Colorful
"New York Subway
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit
By Max Arthur Cohn
Located in New York, NY
"NYC Subway" American Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Realism Cityscape Transit. 26 x 28 inches
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
Daniel Celentano
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Room for One More (New York City Subway)
By Irving Guyer
Located in New York, NY
This Depression-era New York City subway scene says it all. The body language of all five
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
-dance halls, burlesque, Coney Island, subways and the Bowery. In 1929 Marsh took a studio near Union
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
. The Whitney Museum of American Art, for example, has his Subway Stairs. The Barnes Foundation and the
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial "Cellar with Horseshoe"
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial
Joseph Solman
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA, during the 1930s.
His social realist 1939 mural for the Augusta, Georgia post office Plantation
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By August Mosca
Located in New York, NY
Geometric Abstract American Oil Painting WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective.
August
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the Beach (Coney Island, New York) — 1930s Graphic Modernism, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom left margin. A fine
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Monotype Print Painting Garden Scene Table Chair Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
his "Subway Gouaches" depicting travellers on the New York City Subway.
Born in Vitebsk, Belarus
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Monotype
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
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
Hall, airports and subways.
William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where he
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
22.5 x 18. Image 14.5 x 9
A great New York city street scene with an El train (elevated subway line
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
works include his "Subway Gouaches" depicting travellers on the New York City Subway.
Born in Vitebsk
Category
20th Century Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
"Late Afternoon
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Floral Oil Painting Roses, Flowers in Vase WPA Artist Nicolai Cikovsky
By Nicolai Cikovsky
Located in Surfside, FL
Department of Interior, Washington, D.C. (WPA, GSA)
Landscape and figure painter Nicolai S. Cikovsky, 1894
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Litho crayons on
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
painters in the 1930s. His best known works include his "Subway Gouaches" depicting travellers on the New
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Woodcut
UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Portland, ME
has an affinity with the Artist's "Subway Work at Night, Moscow" of 1935, but may also be one of a
Category
1930s Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
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By Örsjö Industri AB
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Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
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Harlem Renaissance Signed Ellis Original Abstract Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract painting. Oil on board, circa 1940. Signed. Image size 22L x 30H. Housed in a period modern frame.
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Materials
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By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
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Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
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Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Nude Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Saturday Morning (Market, Taos Plaza, New Mexico), 1950s Figural Linocut Print
By Barbara Latham
Located in Denver, CO
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By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Miami, FL
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"Sailor in Repose, " Mid Century Watercolor w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Provocative and unapologetic, this watercolor depiction of a fully nude sailor sprawled across his bed, his uniform and cap neatly laid on a chair to one side, was painted by Emlen E...
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Vintage 1949 Mid-Century Modern Custom L-Shaped Office Desk by George Nelson
By Herman Miller, George Nelson
Located in Lafayette, IN
This remarkable piece is a one-off desk/wardrobe/bar/bookcase/storage cabinet custom-designed by George Nelson in 1949 to match his Basic Cabinet Series (BCS) for Herman Miller. The ...
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By Wes Hempel
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Located in Culver City, CA
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American Regionalist WPA Period Industrial Worker Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist portrait painting of an industrial worker. Oil on canvas, circa 1925. Signed lower right "Maurice Lee". Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 14"L x 18"H.
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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
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Wall Bookcase E22 by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno, 1960s
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wall Unit; Bookcase; E22; Osvaldo Borsani; Tecno; 1960s; Italian Design; Shelves; Writing Desk; Working Desk; Table; Writing Table; Wall Piece; Modular;
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"Frieze of Nude Male Figures, " Art Deco Scene of Bathers and Workers, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Rush Hour NYC Subway Commute
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
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1950s Figurative Paintings
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Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'El Station, Interior' NYC Subway, WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
screenprint printed in color ink on wove paper. New York City subway station interior.
Anthony
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1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
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New York City El, Subway, Urban Cityscape, Transportation, Female WPA Modernist
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated "1939" lower right
Frame by Heydenryk
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1930s Landscape Paintings
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"For New Subway, " NYC, WPA, Men Working Modern Art Mid Century American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Born in Minsk, Russia, George Beline settled in New York City. He studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean Paul Laurens and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He was also a studen...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Large Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'Under Riverside Drive' NYC WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
early 20th century.
While employed under the federal Works Progress Administration, WPA during the
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1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
. The Whitney Museum of American Art, for example, has his Subway Stairs. The Barnes Foundation and the
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1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene
By Morris Sirota
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest WPA period murals we have offered, this scene of the Bronx market with sellers
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
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Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
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Located in Surfside, FL
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1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
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By Bernard Glasgow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
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By Bernard Glasgow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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In the 1930’s
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By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
"Subway Riders" NYC Drawing WPA Modern Modernism Social Realism 20th Century.
Bernard Gussow (1881
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Joseph Solman Lithograph New York City Subway Great Depression WPA Artist
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
background.
it is hand signed from the edition of 100. It depicts a rider on the subway looking over the
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1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Subway Riders
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
The Subway, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's.
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WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting Manhattan Park Scene
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
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WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting Wooded Park Scene
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
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WPA New York Artist Pencil Drawing Manhattan Couple C.1940s
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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H 14.75 in W 12.25 in
Large Modernist Silkscreen Screenprint 'Under Riverside Drive' NYC WPA Artist
By Anthony Velonis
Located in Surfside, FL
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While employed under the federal Works Progress Administration, WPA during the
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WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting African American Man Park Bench Scene
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes, judaica, Coney Island
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"Buildings at Night" WPA Mid-Century Modernism American Scene NYC Cityscape
By August Mosca
Located in New York, NY
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August Mosca (1907
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Located in Los Angeles, CA
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By Raphael Soyer
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of New York City. He
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Dance
Located in Geneva, CH
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Vintage 1970s Mark Rothko Gallery Museum Poster Abstract Expressionism
By (after) Mark Rothko
Located in Surfside, FL
employment with the Works Progress Administration. (WPA)
At the root of Rothko and Gottlieb's presentation of
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
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Louis Gartner Petit Point Needlework Tapestry after Paul Cadmus THE INVENTOR
By (after) Paul Cadmus
Located in Surfside, FL
advertising agency. Cadmus was one of the first artists to be employed by The New Deal (WPA/FSA) art programs
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1960s American Modern More Art
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WPA Style Depression Oil Painting by Morris Topchevsky
By Morris Topchevsky
Located in North Hollywood, CA
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Runaway Train
By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
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By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
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By Alfred Statler
Located in Minneapolis, MN
America's WPA movement. This work in particular captures the urban eccentricities of life in New York City
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By Jack Levitz
Located in Minneapolis, MN
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