"Naval Recruit, " Classic WPA Mural Study by Henricksen for Naval Station, 1936

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...

Providing a charming and insightful depiction of the induction of young men into the U.S. Navy, this mural study -- no doubt created for the U.S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, north of Chicago -- includes eight scenes that show new, incoming sailors being transformed for military life. The men are shown arriving in their civvies, but are soon undergoing physicals, hair cuts...

Full of atmosphere, rich color and drama, this mural study by Dunbar Beck was executed in preparation for his lobby painting at the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts. Until it...

This classic example of Social Realist art was painted by Rollin Crampton as a study for a WPA mural -- perhaps never executed -- in the 1930s, when he was s...

A superb example of allegorical mural painting, this circular study depicting a female figure in Grecian robes overlooking a child with a plumb line, surrounded by scenes of construc...

Extremely rare and important, this painting by Eugene Savage served as the preparatory study for one of six monumental Art Deco murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping company in ...

Italian Neo-classic style mural painting on canvas of a Pair of medallions with cupids centering a still life of fruit behind a blue drape with a swag valance

Eduard Buk Ulreich (1899-1966) mix-media on panel, 1940s Design for a Mural. Titled: Freedom of the Seas. Measures: 12.75" H x 35.25" W In excellent condition. The inscription ...

One of Six fun vintage study for an Italian Classic garden courtyard. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasant scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale...

Vintage set of six paintings on boards, study for an Italian Classic garden. Probably a scenographic preparation. Pleasant Mediterranean architectural...

One of six fun vintage study for an Italian Classic Garden Fountain. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasant scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale,...

One of six fun vintage study for an Italian classic garden. Probably some scenographic preparation. Really pleasure scenery and nice vivid color on the blue and white scale, circa 1940.