Tending the Nets a c1930 WPA era watercolor by Sculptor and Painter Albert Wein.
By Albert W. Wein
Located in Southampton, NJ
This painting was exhibited in Albert Wein: An American Modernist, September 17, 2008 - November 29, 2008 at the Boston Atheneum. Curator of the exhibition and Hilles Curator of Pain...
Glass, Oak, Paint, Paper
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s. From left to right, they are: 1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It ...
Canvas, Wood
"Labor", Handsome WPA-Era Painting with Nudes by Muralist Lichtenauer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Because Joseph Mortimer Lichtenauer is best known for his public murals, it's not surprising that this easel painting -- with its frieze-like array of nude and Classically dressed fi...
Paint
$5,500
H 19 in W 34 in D 1 in
"The Return of Thomas Pickering, " Important WPA-Period Oil Painting by Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this fully realized oil on canvas study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office...
Paint
$3,250
H 22 in W 15.25 in D 0.1 in
"Seated Black Male Nude, " Art Deco Watercolor by Brown County Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This painting of a Black male nude, executed in rich, brilliant shades of burnt sienna, reddish brown, blue and green, was painted by a Brown County, I...
Paint
$7,125Sale Price|25% Off
H 41.5 in W 35 in D 2 in
"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " WPA-Era Painting, Semi-Nude Male Figure, Dark Pink
By William Schulhoff 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when the circus provided an affordable and exotic form of entertainment for the Everyman, this vivid painting, glowing with the colors of red clay, slate and dusty pink, ca...
Paint
$25,000
H 36 in W 48 in D 2 in
1936 WPA Era American Scene Modernist Painting "A Connecticut Day" Howard Ahrens
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
1936 WPA Era AMERICAN SCENE MODERNIST PAINTING A Connecticut Day HOWARD AHRENS Truly a museum quality artwork. Absolutely beautiful American modernist painting depicting a group of...
Canvas, Paint
$9,500
H 23.5 in W 27.5 in D 1 in
"Vision of Angels, " Important Night-Time Scene, WPA Era, African American Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although not signed, this brilliant scene of a nude black male figure, marvelling at a vision of angels in the heaven from his position on the ground...
Paint
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 17.5 in W 33 in D 2 in
"Pueblos", Classic WPA-Era Mural Study with Native Americans for Los Angeles, CA
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of WPA-period mural painting, executed by Verona Burkhardt for the Immigration and Naturalization Center in Los Angeles, depicts five Pueblo Indians in the foreground and a magnificent landscape of canyons and Pueblo dwellings in the background. This served as a study for one of five large canvases she delivered to California in 1941 or 1942, but the building was cordoned off due to America's entrance into World War II. Burkhardt (or Burkhard) was the daughter of two important artists and was introduced to painting and crafts at an early age. In her prime, she won seven U.S. Government mural commissions in national competitions for buildings in Wyoming, Montana, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. She settled in Grand Junction...
Paint
Antique Oil On Board Seascape Unsigned C1930
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Oil On Board Seascape Unsigned C1930 Measures - 11" x 13 3/8" x 1 1/8" An unsigned antique oil on board seascape painting from circa 1930. The artwork captures a coastal sc...
Wood
$2,573
H 17 in W 21 in D 0.1 in
‘Victoria and Albert a lovely vessel’ Watercolor Royal yacht by Harold Wyllie
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A working watercolor of the Royal yacht by Wyllie. Arguably the most beautiful paddle steamer and yacht ever built. “Titled Victoria and Albert a lovely vessel.” Overall size 17” x 21”. Harold Wyllie...
Paint
$2,360Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.75 in W 14.5 in D 2 in
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male & Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...
Paint
"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of energy and vivid color, this atmospheric and charming scene of a small-town carnival, complete with a barker, boys with balloons, a blue tent in the foreground and a sign announcing the "500 LB Lady," was painted by E. Wilder Lincoln in the 1930s or 40s. Painters and sculptors were fascinated with circuses and carnivals...