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WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
” deep. Minor wear on the bottom edge.
Anthony Vozech was an Ohio artist that did WPA work in the 1930s
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
"Music with Conch and Lyre, " Study for White House Piano by Dunbar Beck, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
by Dunbar Beck. Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 14.25 in W 20.5 in D 0.1 in
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
, gouache painting, signed with initials, framed. (size includes frame). Work is reminiscent of the drawings
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
'Food Not Cannon' — rare WPA modernist work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Come Muse Migrate, " Art Deco Study for White House Piano, with Whitman Poem
Located in Philadelphia, PA
.
Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York World's fair, but
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 14.25 in W 20.5 in D 0.1 in
'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Project of the New York City WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
portrait busts in the 1913 Paris Salon, he was forced to return to America, where he worked on the Column
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Unemployed Marchers — 1930s Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
to 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Created while Bibel worked in the New York City WPA (Works
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Rest, " Farmer leaning on Work Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
features a man in the act of resting on a stick in the middle of work.
Image: 5.63" x 5.38"
Framed: 14.93
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
lithograph showing a woman slumped over her work in a WPA sewing room, and Snow Clearing (1933), showing men
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals.
Comments
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals.
Comments
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals.
Comments
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
., 1939.
Member: Cincinnati Assn. Prof. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Assn. Prof. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Warren Wheelock Bronze Sculpture, circa 1930s, Boy and Rabbit
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wheelock of Baron von Steuben is in Philadelphia. He did WPA work as well. During the summers of the early
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Tattoo Parlor Sailor (WPA era woman artist)
By Helen Malta
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
(born 1912) worked in New York City in the 1930s, teaching at the Harlem Art Center and working on the
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
By Philip Reisman
Located in Surfside, FL
of the City of New York. His work is also represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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
'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
condition. Scarce.
Created for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
'Court' — 1930s Social Conscience, WPA Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
City Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Collection: National Gallery of Art.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in Larchmont, NY
and rural images, and illustration. He also did murals and worked in the mediums of oil, fresco, and
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Impressionist Oil Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work
Philip Krevoruck was born January 26, 1919 in Fitchburg
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 12.6 in W 11.03 in D 0.99 in
"Nude, " Arnold Blanch, Woodstock School, WPA, Figurative
By Arnold Blanch
Located in New York, NY
work in post offices in Fredonia, New York and Norwalk, Connecticut.
He first studied at the
Category
1930s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
(435 x 289 mm).
ABOUT THIS WORK
This historical image is Lozowick’s study for one of a pair of murals
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Assn., 1939.
Member: Cincinnati Assn. Prof. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'de Young Mansion – San Francisco' — 1930s California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, otherwise in excellent condition. Created for the California WPA. Scarce. Matted to museum standards
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Back Fence with Bird. - Mid-Century - WPA Artist
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Miami, FL
. - Framed Dimensions: 24 x 28
Her work is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum among
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
include Custom Made (1940), a lithograph showing a woman slumped over her work in a WPA sewing room, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Two Figures, " Louis Stone, Abstract, American WPA Modernism
By Louis Stone
Located in New York, NY
and New York. He worked for the WPA easel project (from approximately 1935-1938), painting canvases
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
States. A prolific etcher and wood engraver, his work emphasizes the imagery of his native Riga, the
Category
20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
20th Century Surrealist Painting By Philip Krevoruck Wpa Era
By Philip Krevoruck
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
. Over its eight years of existence, the WPA put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work
Philip Krevoruck
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 25.5 in W 30 in D 1 in
'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the Fine Arts.
After serving in World War I, Ulreich moved to New York and worked as a WPA
Category
1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board
Cincinnati Ohio Ida Street cityscape drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals.
Comments: Contributor
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Dust Bowl, monotype, black and white, wpa style
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Classically trained as a painter, he initially worked in oil on canvas but discovered that monotype printing
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Early Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist.
Signed lower left
Category
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
'Negro' — California WPA, 1930s Social Realism – African American Subject
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
278 mm).
Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pastel Drawing Polish Ecole D'Paris WPA Female Equestrienne
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Pleasant Work (Greenhouse)
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
influence the direction of his work. He saw art that dealt with the effects of atmosphere and light. The
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
-cartoon work for the New York Tribune newspaper, Vanity Fair magazine and the politically 'left-wing
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
large body of work, retaining fifty paintings. After trips to North Africa, Spain, and the Balearic
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
his newspaper work Marsh exhibited a graphic skill and a gift for pictorial humor.
On graduating from
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Hand Colored Etching by WPA Artist Agnes Mills, 1982, Unique
Located in Larchmont, NY
dated lower right
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA Artists
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
H 19.5 in W 17 in D 0.75 in
Abstract Expressionist Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Industrial Landscape, " WPA Mid-Century Modern Social Realist Watercolor
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
, and graphic artist. Wolchonok was a social realist artist who worked in watercolors, oils, and prints
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Cincinnati Ohio cityscape drawing WPA era Eden Parks Drive
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA
Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
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