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Circus Performers by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled (Circus Performers), 20th century Oil on board 21 x 18
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Circus Scene by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972) Untitled (Circus Figures), 20th century Oil on board 16 x 19 3/4
Category

20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Dennis Burlingame, WPA Era, Circus Sideshow "SnakeCharmer" Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist painting of a circus by Dennis Meighan Burlingame (1901 - 1964). Oil
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Acrobat and Circus Horse, " Vivid WPA-Era Painting with Semi-Nude Performer
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
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

"Clowns: Aren't We All?" Henry Glintenkamp, WPA Era Circus Figures, Modern
By Hendrik Glintenkamp
Located in New York, NY
Hendrik (Henry) J Glintenkamp Clowns: Aren't We All?, 1942 Signed lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse Oil on Masonite 20 x 16 inches The painter and illustrator Henr...
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

William P. Hicks, Circus
Located in New York, NY
William P. Hicks has drawn everything about the circus that will fit in the plate. The main figure
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Circus Girl With Plumed Hat
By Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
YASUO KUNIYOSHI (1893 -1957) CIRCUS GIRL WITH PLUMED HAT, 1933 (D.L60) Lithograph, signed in
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Impressionist Portrait Painting of Circus Clown 1950
Located in Rochester, NY
Bold portrait of an introspective circus clown. Rich colors. Detailed circus background. Oil on
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Family Mother, Kids American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Polish Born Boston Expressionist Oil Painting WPA Artist Colorful Modern Woman
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
, and working on horse-drawn canal barges in Belgium and France and with small traveling circuses. There
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape w Tower
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s
By Robert Riggs
Located in New York, NY
"The Knockout" Boxing Sports American Watercolor WPA Mid-Century Modern 30s/40s. Known for his
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Circus Acrobats - ( Friends with Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo )
Located in Miami, FL
most likely a small itinerant circus. Lucile Blanch completed the painting a year after she received a
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Carnival in Manchester, " Atmospheric, WPA-Era Painting with Carousel by Gernand
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gernand's "Circus" painting in the Phillips Collection is strongly reminiscent of "Carnival in Manchester
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Chaim Gross Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbi Klezmer Music WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

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

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene Nude
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 Nude Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Three Girls Bronze Relief Sculpture Plaque Chaim Gross Modernist WPA Era Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
City streets and parks, women in interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Marble, Bronze

"500 LB Lady, " Colorful and Charming WPA-Era Carnival Scene by Lincoln
Located in Philadelphia, PA
with circuses and carnivals in this period, capturing the public and private moments of clowns, trapeze
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Judaica Jewish Watercolor Painting Rabbis WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
linocuts and lithographs of landscapes, New York City streets and parks, women in interiors, the circus
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"Circus Scene, " 1930s Painting with Barker in Orange & Green, American Flags
By Iver Rose
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A riot of color and movement, much like the experience of walking around the circus in its heyday
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Union City, NJ
including Cooper Union. From 1935 to 1938, he was a WPA artist with the Federal Art Project, and this job
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Polish Expressionist Profile Portrait Drawing TWO CHILDREN
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
barges in Belgium and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Untitled
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began reaching for new
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Untitled
Untitled
H 26.5 in W 20.5 in
Sunday Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
North. The first job that Thrash got was working with a circus and a Vaudeville act. In 1911, at the
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

RECLINING NUDES, Signed Original Watercolor Drawing, Warm Gray, Graphite
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
precursor to the Whitney Museum of American Art), showing a watercolor "Circus" in their 13th Annual
Category

1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Mixed Media, Graphite

Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
interiors, the circus, and vaudeville. The entire suite is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
country. He lived the hobo life, joined the Sparks and then Barnum and Bailey circuses, later working as a
Category

1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
traveled across the country. He lived the hobo life, joined the Sparks and then Barnum and Bailey circuses
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; Denver Art Mus.; Mus. FA, Houston; SFMA; PAFA. Commissions: true fresco, WPA, Hollywood H.S., 1935; oil
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Clown print, hand signed 144/250 Russian born American artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn Heights, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Pencil

New York Harbor
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
was a project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

New York Harbor
New York Harbor
H 33.5 in W 40.5 in D 1 in
Chinese Theater, Los Angeles
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
By Dong Kingman
Located in Missouri, MO
project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left. Not
Category

1930s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Clown WPA
By Maurice Kish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Clown WPA
Portrait of a Clown WPA
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Modern Abstract painting of Circus Acrobats by American painter, Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Washington, DC
, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Art Project (FAP, 1935-1943) succeeded the
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Gouache

Modern Museum
By Gerrit Hondius
Located in East Hampton, NY
Gerrit Hondius was a WPA-era painter known for his images of circuses, ballerinas and the
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Park Scene with Nine Figures
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
Brooklyn Heights, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Picnic in the Park
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dream of the Old Country
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
Brooklyn Heights, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Woman with Red Flowers
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Graton, CA
Brooklyn Heights, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus
Located in Wiscasset, ME
It does appear to have a signature, but I cannot make out the name. Very well executed.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus
H 26.5 in W 32.25 in D 2 in
Great WPA 1930s Lion Tamer Circus Painting by R. G. Fiege
By R.G. Fiege
Located in Wiscasset, ME
, does not detract from the painting. The great depression was as hard on circuses as it was on every
Category

Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Paintings

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Congress of Wonders, Carnival Show" Dennis Burlingame, WPA Figurative Modernism
Located in New York, NY
"Congress of Wonders, Carnival Show" Dennis Burlingame, WPA Figurative Modernism Dennis Meighan
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began reaching for
Category

20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Untitled
Untitled
H 26.5 in W 20.5 in
Polish Expressionist Profile Portrait Drawing TWO CHILDREN
By Josef Presser
Located in Surfside, FL
barges in Belgium and France and with small traveling circuses. It was at this time that Presser began
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel, Paper, Gouache

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