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WPA Styled Painting by John Imhoff
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A painting in the style of the works of WPA artists depicting a person painting shutters done in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Primitive Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
example of WPA-style portraiture, and in the tradition of Evans' documentary photographs, it depicts a
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

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
Category

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

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

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
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait 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
Category

Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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

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
Category

20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

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
Category

2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
By Paul Zimmerman
Located in Surfside, FL
Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a group of tenement children of mixed races, African
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Museum. Krevoruck was “well versed in a variety of extraordinary styles. Particularly known for his WPA
Category

1950s Surrealist Abstract 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
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

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
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
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

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Geometric WPA Painting Transcendental Art Modern Non Objective 1940s
Located in New York, NY
and drawings that embraced styles from realism through abstraction. A member of the WPA, he was best
Category

1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Encaustic

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
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

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

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
. During these early years, his paintings followed a somewhat whimsical figurative style and leaned towards
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
and painting with several instructors. His wife and children joined him, and they all continued to
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Oil, Canvas

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

1947 Expressionist Oil Painting Flute Player Musician Boris Deutsch WPA Artist
By Boris Deutsch
Located in Surfside, FL
painting of flute player. Boris Deutsch was a modernist figurative painter important in Southern
Category

1920s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
worked in a social realist style reminiscent of the work of Max Weber. So the painting presented here
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained glass style
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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

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

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chicago Jewish Modernist Mixed Media Surrealist Painting WPA Artist Mosaic Tiles
By Alexander Raymond Katz
Located in Surfside, FL
. A WPA muralist, illustrator and modernist painter especially known for paintings with Jewish themes
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Alkyd, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
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
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
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
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

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

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

Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style
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
artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists were given a
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
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

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

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
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1930 Oil Painting Sea Side Sailboats American Modernist WPA Artist Morris Kantor
By Morris Kantor
Located in Surfside, FL
1974. He produced a prolific and diverse body of work, much of it in the form of paintings, which is
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pastel Painting Woman in Interior Polish Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
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

Pastel

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

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
Category

1940s Realist Portrait 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
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

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

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Modernist Beach Scene Painting, Playing Ball in Surf, WPA Jewish Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Surfside, FL
artist known primarily for her work as a genre painter. Her paintings often depict human figures
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Paper

41st & 10th: Abstract WPA Style Cityscape, New York City Rooftops & Water Tower
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
Cityscape painting on muslin of iconic New York City water towers against an abstract maroon
Category

2010s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Wood Panel, Oil

Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
Jewish New Yorkers with an interest in European Expressionism, presented an urban, abstract, formal style
Category

20th Century Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) 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
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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

WPA Style Scene of Working Men Seated with Newspapers by John Deforest Stull
Located in New York, NY
American artist John Deforest Stull in 1939. The composition depicts a WPA style scene of two men
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, 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

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