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GLADYS

GLADYS

By Will Barnet

Located in Portland, ME

Signed, dated and titled in ink, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA. 14 1/2 x 10 inches, 370 x 253 mm.

Category

1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

BACKSTAGE

BACKSTAGE

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Portland, ME

Soyer did several prints under the auspices of the WPA's Federal Art Project, all in small editions, all now rare.

Category

1930s Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!
NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!

NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!

By Chet La More

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Image 10 ½ x 14 3/8”, sheet 12 3/8 x 15 7/8. With the FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC - WPA stamp. The WPA print editions are generally 25.

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH

WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in Portland, ME

Vintage Gelatin Silver print, 1936. Stamped verso "Federal Art Project/"Changing New York"/Photographs by Berenice Abbott" and also stamped and inscribed "Title: Washington Square L...

Category

1930s Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture
Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture

Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

By the 1930s, Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles.

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Sea Rocks - Mid Century Landscape Painting with Impasto, Circa 1940s, Signed
Sea Rocks - Mid Century Landscape Painting with Impasto, Circa 1940s, Signed

Sea Rocks - Mid Century Landscape Painting with Impasto, Circa 1940s, Signed

By Homer Levinson

Located in Soquel, CA

During the 1930s Levinson lived on the Monterey Peninsula and had a studio in Carmel where he fulfilled commissions for the Federal Art Project. In the 1960s he lived in San Francisc...

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars

John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece, WPA wood engraving
John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece, WPA wood engraving

John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece, WPA wood engraving

Located in New York, NY

It was published in an edition of 25 by the NYC-WPA, and has a stamp that reads 'Federal Art Project No. 1.' Although this was made on the NYC Project, Billmyer is mostly associated...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa

'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa

By Todros Geller

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

Chicago: 1979, pp. 28, 44, 238; Mavigliano, George J. and Richard A. Lawson. The Federal Art Project in Illinois 1935-1943. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990, p. 1...

Category

1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

Untitled: Head of A Woman 1
Untitled: Head of A Woman 1

Untitled: Head of A Woman 1

By George Zachary Constant

Located in New York, NY

A member of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Constant also worked in the WPA and other Federal Art Projects and began exhibiting regularly from the late 1920s in the ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Untitled: Head of A Woman 2
Untitled: Head of A Woman 2

Untitled: Head of A Woman 2

By George Zachary Constant

Located in New York, NY

A member of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Constant also worked in the WPA and other Federal Art Projects and began exhibiting regularly from the late 1920s in the ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Modern art painting of a small band of horses
Modern art painting of a small band of horses

Modern art painting of a small band of horses

Located in Colfax, CA

Polos sporadically worked with the San Francisco Federal Art Project in the late 1930s. A scholarship enabled him to travel to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico and study.

Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Winged Male Figure - Apollo

Winged Male Figure - Apollo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Herron was active in the Federal Art Project, a New Deal program which provided work to artists across the country.

Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Concrete

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist

Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century

By Joseph Solman

Located in New York, NY

From 1936 to 1941, he was active in the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. In 1949, he was honored with a retrospective exhibition at the Phillips Memorial Gallery in Was...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Still Life of Fruit " Albert Swinden, American Abstract Association, AAA
"Still Life of Fruit " Albert Swinden, American Abstract Association, AAA

"Still Life of Fruit " Albert Swinden, American Abstract Association, AAA

By Albert Swinden

Located in New York, NY

In 1935, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia attended the opening of the inaugural exhibit at the Federal Art Project Gallery, accompanied by Audrey McMahon, New York regional di...

Category

1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Metro 2nd Class

Metro 2nd Class

By Clement Haupers

Located in New York, NY

Upon completing his studies in France, Haupers returned to Minnesota where he became an influential teacher at the St. Paul School of Art. He rose to prominence in 1935 as the state ...

Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

By Edgar Yaeger

Located in Detroit, MI

Yaeger was best known for his contributions to the Michigan Federal Art project and the Works Progress Administration scheme during the Depression Era, to which he contributed a numb...

Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!
PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!

By Bernard Joseph Steffen

Located in Santa Monica, CA

His works are in many museums. His WPA / Federal Art Project prints are held in 13 Museum collections according to the GSA catalog on the WPA.

Category

1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled (Provincetown)
Untitled (Provincetown)

Untitled (Provincetown)

By Remo Michael Farruggio

Located in Fairlawn, OH

During the Great Depression Farruggio worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration from 1936 to 1939.

Category

1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

African American Sitting Portrait
African American Sitting Portrait

African American Sitting Portrait

By Arnold Blanch

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

In the 1930s, he was a muralist for the Federal Art Project and did work in post offices in Fredonia, New York and Norwalk, Connecticut.

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Southern Landscape
Southern Landscape

Southern Landscape

Located in Milford, NH

Within two years, she was back in New York working as an illustrator and attending classes at the Art Students League in 1928-29. Following a four-year sojourn to France and North Af...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg
A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg

A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg

Located in Chicago, IL

During her rich and fruitful career, Spongberg completed muralist commissions under the Works Progress Administration, painted private commissions, exhibited at numerous museums in t...

Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Raging Bull Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Raging Bull Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic on Paper

By William Baziotes

Located in New York, NY

During the late 1930s, the artist worked for the WPA Federal Art Project, both as a teacher and in its easel division.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Krasner, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Krasner, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)

Krasner, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)

By Lee Krasner

Located in Southampton, NY

During the Great Depression, Krasner joined the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, transitioning to war propaganda artworks during the War Services era.

Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century
The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century

The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century

By Aaron Berkman

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

During the Depression, in 1929 Berkman moved to New York City where he was appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art ...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania
Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania

Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania

By John Fulton Folinsbee

Located in Wiscasset, ME

For a time, Folinsbee worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project. During this tenure he completed murals in the United States Post Offices in Freeland and...

Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist

Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred to as the WPA, including Berenice Abbott, William Baziotes, Aaron B...

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Portrait (Untitled)

Portrait (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

By 1937, she was employed by the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration where she worked together with Benjamin Bufano from whom she was said to have develope...

Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Copper

Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York
Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York

Abstract painting of People on the Beach oil on canvas circa 1950-1960 New York

By Aaron Berkman

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

During the Depression, in 1929 Berkman moved to New York City where he was appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art ...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green
People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green

People Lawn Bowling in Central Park New York City 1950 oil/canvas NYC blue green

By Aaron Berkman

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

During the Depression, in 1929 Berkman moved to New York City where he was appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art Project’s Contemporary Art ...

Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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Verklaete Nacht

Mary HenryVerklaete Nacht, 1996

Unavailable

H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in

Verklaete Nacht

By Mary Henry

Located in Glenview, IL

Was affiliated with the Federal Art Project, also in Oakland, from 1938-40.

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Through the Window
Through the Window

Joseph De MartiniThrough the Window

Unavailable

H 12 in W 12 in

Through the Window

By Joseph De Martini

Located in Boothbay Harbor, ME

Joseph De Martini's successful career began in the 1930s with the WPA Federal Art Project and the Macbeth Gallery. Over the next twenty-five years he exhibited in the most prestigio...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum

Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara, and in 1937 Federal Art Project ...

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Lemons

Still Life with Lemons

By Anton Refregier

Located in Bethesda, MD

From 1934 to 1940, Refregier worked on various Federal Art Projects as a teacher, supervising artist, and mural supervisor.

Category

1950s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Man and Woman
Man and Woman

Enid BellMan and Woman

Unavailable

H 6.75 in W 9 in D 1 in

Man and Woman

By Enid Bell

Located in Rego Park, NY

From 1944 to 1968, she was Instructor of Sculpture and Head of the Sculpture Department of the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art. Previous to that time, she served for one ...

Category

20th Century American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

"Nude at the Beach"  Oil on Board by Buckley MacGurrin
"Nude at the Beach"  Oil on Board by Buckley MacGurrin

"Nude at the Beach" Oil on Board by Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Pasadena, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Allegory No. 1
Allegory No. 1

Jerre H. MurryAllegory No. 1, Circa 1938

Unavailable

H 10.75 in W 9.5 in

Allegory No. 1

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

The Los Angeles Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Southern California Art Project, took an interest in Murry’s work, and after a period of privat...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Allegory No. 2
Allegory No. 2

Jerre H. MurryAllegory No. 2, 1938

Unavailable

H 9.25 in W 10.25 in

Allegory No. 2

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

The Los Angeles Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Southern California Art Project, took an interest in Murry’s work, and after a period of privat...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Still Life
Still Life

Francis CrissStill Life, 1930

Unavailable

H 22.25 in W 20.25 in

Still Life

By Francis Criss

Located in Santa Barbara, CA

From 1935 to 1939, he was a teacher and muralist for the Federal Art Project of the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) – for which he did mural painting in the Williamsburg Housi...

Category

1930s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wild Iris
Wild Iris

George Zachary ConstantWild Iris, 1945

Unavailable

H 20 in W 30 in D 3 in

Wild Iris

By George Zachary Constant

Located in Rego Park, NY

A member of the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Constant also worked in the WPA and other Federal Art Projects. He began exhibiting regularly from the late 1920s in the ...

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in Blue
Woman in Blue

Reuben KadishWoman in Blue, 1930

Unavailable

H 26.25 in W 15.5 in

Woman in Blue

By Reuben Kadish

Located in Graton, CA

During the 1930s he was in San Francisco and head of the mural division for the Federal Art Project. During WWII Kadish was an art correspondent for Life magazine.

Category

American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening Evidence
Awakening Evidence

Dorothy MorangAwakening Evidence

Unavailable

H 25.5 in W 19.5 in

Awakening Evidence

By Dorothy Morang

Located in Santa Fe, NM

In 1940, she joined the Federal Art Project under the supervision of Vernon Hunter.

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

James Joyce

Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991James Joyce, 1928

Unavailable

H 13.63 in W 10.63 in

James Joyce

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of work, Changing New York, an extensive socio-historical record of New York’s van...

Category

1920s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Abstract Expressionist Green Mold for a lithograph by Beckford Young
Abstract Expressionist Green Mold for a lithograph by Beckford Young

Abstract Expressionist Green Mold for a lithograph by Beckford Young

Located in Pasadena, CA

During the Depression Young painted murals of the Federal Art Project. He became supervisor of the Oakland area of the project and later art director for Northern California.

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Other Medium

Surrealist Green Acrylic Abstract by Beckford Young
Surrealist Green Acrylic Abstract by Beckford Young

Surrealist Green Acrylic Abstract by Beckford Young

Located in Pasadena, CA

During the 1930s, Young worked on Federal Art Project murals, eventually serving as Supervisor for the Oakland area and later as Art Director for Northern California.

Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Portrait of Ronald Colman
Portrait of Ronald Colman

Edna ReindelPortrait of Ronald Colman, 1948

Unavailable

H 36.25 in W 30 in

Portrait of Ronald Colman

By Edna Reindel

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Reindel worked for the Federal Art Project of the WPA, completing a number of murals on commission from 1937 to 1942.

Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Lyric Theater, 100 Third Avenue

Lyric Theater, 100 Third Avenue

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of work, Changing New York, an extensive socio-historical record of New York’s van...

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Flatiron Building, Madison Square

Flatiron Building, Madison Square

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of work, Changing New York, an extensive socio-historical record of New York’s van...

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos 4, 6, 8

Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos 4, 6, 8

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of work, Changing New York, an extensive socio-historical record of New York’s van...

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Transection #15, 1972
Transection #15, 1972

Transection #15, 1972

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Cleveland, OH

Back in the United States, Carter taught at the Cleveland Museum of Art from 1929 to 1937. He was also Director of the Federal Art Project for Northeastern Ohio, and taught at the Ca...

Category

1970s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Blooming Cereus No. 2
Night Blooming Cereus No. 2

Night Blooming Cereus No. 2

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

From the mid-1930s through the early 1940s, Sheckler created prints under the auspices of the Federal Art Project. During the same period she produced a series of watercolors for the...

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

John Saccaro Original Oil Painting On Canvas Signed Large Abstract Framed Art
John Saccaro Original Oil Painting On Canvas Signed Large Abstract Framed Art

John Saccaro Original Oil Painting On Canvas Signed Large Abstract Framed Art

By John Saccaro

Located in Bloomington, MN

John Saccaro (1913 - 1981): An American born artist who sever as a camoufleur during WWII, was enrolled in the Easel Painters and Mural Sections of the Federal Art Project, studied a...

Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Shells and Rocks

Helen Katherine ForbesShells and Rocks, 1932

Unavailable

H 18.5 in W 22.75 in

Shells and Rocks

Located in Spokane, WA

It also includes murals done during the 1930s, where she contributed significantly to New Deal art projects. Notably, she collaborated with artist Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli in 1939 t...

Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Flight to Egypt
Flight to Egypt

Anna WalinskaFlight to Egypt, 1957

Unavailable

H 20 in W 13.5 in

Flight to Egypt

By Anna Walinska

Located in New York, NY

Her parents were Russian immigrants, part of the Jewish intelligentsia whose political and social views forced them to immigrate first to London where Anna was born and later to NY. ...

Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Free Space
Free Space

Free Space

By Lee Krasner

Located in Hudson, NY

Krasner was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Arts Students League, The Cooper Union, and the National Academy of Design; her career as a full-time artist took off during...

Loch Awe
Loch Awe

Helen RennieLoch Awe, 1962

Unavailable

H 35.5 in W 39.5 in

Loch Awe

By Helen Rennie

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During the Great Depression of the 1930s Helen joined the ranks of the WPA in the Federal Art Project and worked on various projects, including a noted mural at Roosevelt High Sc...

Two Nudes
Two Nudes

William McBrideTwo Nudes, 1940

Unavailable

H 5.5 in W 4 in

Two Nudes

Located in Des Plaines, IL

By 1935, McBride was working as an artist through the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Illinois Art Project.

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Concussion
Concussion

Werner DrewesConcussion, 1983

Unavailable

H 16.13 in W 11.13 in

Concussion

By Werner Drewes

Located in New York, NY

In 1934 Drewes began a long career as a teacher when he took a position teaching drawing and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum Art School funded by the Federal Art Project of the Wo...

Category

1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

Sun Image
Sun Image

Jerre H. MurrySun Image, 1936

Unavailable

H 40 in W 34.5 in

Sun Image

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

The Los Angeles Synchromist painter Stanton Macdonald Wright, State Supervisor for the Southern California Art Project, took an interest in Murry’s work, and after a period of privat...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Osprey
The Osprey

Zena KavinThe Osprey, Circa 1935

Unavailable

H 13.5 in W 10 in

The Osprey

By Zena Kavin

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Though Kavin was a resident of Northern California most of her life, she spent approximately four years in New Mexico in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where she worked as an artist...

Category

20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Tulips
Tulips

Zama Vanessa HelderTulips, Circa 1940

Unavailable

H 26.5 in W 22.5 in

Tulips

By Zama Vanessa Helder

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Relocating to Spokane, Helder taught watercolor painting and lithography for the Federal Art Project at the Spokane Art Center from 1939 to 1941.

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (New Mexico Church)
Untitled (New Mexico Church)

Untitled (New Mexico Church)

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

As part of the Public Works of Art project, Skeele executed a 7-by-33-foot-long mural depicting daily life in Taos for Torrance High School, California, completed in 1936; and also i...

Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Homage to Millet
Homage to Millet

Maurice NewmanHomage to Millet, 1930s

Unavailable

H 34.5 in W 40.5 in

Homage to Millet

By Maurice Newman

Located in New York, NY

During the Second World War he was employed as a model maker by the Federal Works of Art Defense Project from 1940 to 1942.

Category

1930s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Head of a Man
Head of a Man

Nina SaemundssonHead of a Man, Circa 1935

Unavailable

H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 8.5 in

Head of a Man

By Nina Saemundsson

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

By the mid-1930s Saemundsson was living in Los Angeles, and in 1935 her nine-foot concrete statue of “Prometheus Bringing Fire to the Earth,” created under the aegis of the Federal P...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Prometheus
Prometheus

Nina SaemundssonPrometheus, Circa 1940

Unavailable

H 20 in W 13 in D 14 in

Prometheus

By Nina Saemundsson

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Prometheus is not only the subject of this handsome head sculpture, but also of Saemundsson’s nine-foot concrete statue "Prometheus Bringing Fire to the Earth," created under the aeg...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite

TIMBERING

TIMBERING

By Beatrice Mandelman

Located in Portland, ME

Titled and signed in pencil, and with the stamp of the "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA." 8 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (image), 10 1/2 x 16 inches (sheet).

Category

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Spanish Church, San Francisco
Spanish Church, San Francisco

Spanish Church, San Francisco

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Signed and titled in pencil. With the WPA Federal Art Project blind stamp in the lower right margin.

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fantasy Dancer

Leon SaulterFantasy Dancer, 1960

Sold

H 68 in W 6 in D 6 in

Fantasy Dancer

By Leon Saulter

Located in Los Angeles, CA

By the 1930s Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while he was a resident of Los Angeles.

Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE
VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE

VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Hebert also worked under the California WPA / Federal Art Project in the late 30's. One of those prints is on 1stdibs - item LU41137911212

Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements
Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements

Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements

By Samuel Grunvald

Located in Surfside, FL

Arrived in US in 1921. Worked for Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC.

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Moon Pool  - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA
Moon Pool  - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA

Moon Pool - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA

Located in Santa Monica, CA

ALBERTI SPRATT (American 1893 – 1950) MOON POOL 1938 Lithograph signed and titled and with FEDERAL ART PROJECT blind stamp lower right. Very good condition.

Category

1930s Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

White Head Dress
White Head Dress

White Head Dress

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Serenade

Serenade

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Luna

Luna

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peg Resting

Peg Resting

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sakti

Buckley MacGurrinSakti, 1963

Sold

H 48 in W 26 in

Sakti

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Alexandria

Buckley MacGurrinAlexandria, 1949

Sold

H 14 in W 20 in D 3 in

Alexandria

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

In 1934 MacGurrin was invited to work on the second Federal Art Project, eventually becoming the supervisor for Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara.

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

By Louis Lozowick

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Louis Lozowick, 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan', lithograph, edition 10 or fewer, 1936. Flint 135. Signed and dated in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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