New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Surfside, FL
Subject: American Family Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States In this painting, Joseph Wolins uses vibrant and complimentary colors and broken brushwork. Joseph Wo...
Canvas, Oil
WPA Era Watercolor Painting of New York Ice Skaters by Ida York Abelman
Located in Peabody, MA
WPA era scene of skaters on a pond by the New York artist Ida York Abelman (1908-2002) is just in at the shop. Likely painted upstate in the vicinity of the Catskills, this watercolo...
Paint
$6,197
American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Norwich, GB
He had five one-man exhibitions at the prestigious ACA Galleries in New York from the mid-1930s to the mid-1940s - and it was at one of these one man shows that the work presented he...
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
During World War I, he served in the German army and received wounds which left him partially paralyzed. In New York City in the 1930s, John Von Wicht was an active WPA artist, work...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, WPA, American Modernist, New York
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art...
Oil, Board
$3,600
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting WPA Era Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York where Tromka first became interested in art.
Paper, Gouache
1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
"Tugboat in New York Harbor" Ernest Fiene, Modernist, WPA, Cloudy Horizon
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Fiene Tugboat in New York Harbor Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Ernest Fiene was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1894. As a teenager, Fiene immigrated...
Canvas, Oil
$19,500
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Initialed lower left: WS Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, New York Swann Au...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor, Board, Paper
$25,000
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
By Ernest Fiene
Located in New York, NY
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) Glass Blowers 28 x 23 inches Oil on canvas board Signed and dated 1944 lower...
Oil, Canvas
"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4 x 20 inches Housed in a Lowy frame. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, March 1, 200...
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$5,000
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, silver, and blue rooftop skyline "41st & 10th" by Hudson, NY based artist, Ricardo Muler...
Oil, Gesso, Wood Panel
"Factory on the River" Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Initialed lower right: WS Provenance: Estate of the artist Private Collection, New York Swann A...
Canvas, Paint, Oil
1940's American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
1930's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Harlem River Dr
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
Vintage Modernist New York School WPA Ashcan Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a period modernist frame. Image, 36"L x 20"H, overall 37"L x 21"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 36.75 in W 24.75 in
New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Surfside, FL
Subject: American Family Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States In this painting, Joseph Wolins uses vibrant and complimentary colors and broken brushwork. Joseph Wo...
Canvas, Oil
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H 36.75 in W 24.75 in
New York City Tenement Family Modernist WPA Era Oil Painting Wolins
By Joseph Wolins
Located in Surfside, FL
Subject: American Family Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States In this painting, Joseph Wolins uses vibrant and complimentary colors and broken brushwork. Joseph Wo...
Canvas, Oil
"New York City Scape" WPA Modernist Lucille Blanch
Located in Petaluma, CA
A wonderful perspective shown of the New York City skyline by WPA modernist Lucille Blanch (1895-1981).
Graphite, Paper
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H 20 in W 16 in D 2 in
Vintage New York City Street Scene WPA Woman Walking Portrait Oil Painting
By Grace Elizabeth Mallon
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist cityscape oil painting with a young woman walking. Oil on board, circa 1956. Signed. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a wood frame.
Canvas, Oil
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H 18 in W 14 in D 0.25 in
Spectacular Orig Watercolor Painting, New York City, 1934 by WPA Artist Sewall
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The tiny detail on this special pairing is unbelievable. By WPA Portland Oregon artist, Ed Sewall. Titled "New York City "L" Exit" Dated November 1934. In original frame with oregon ...
Paper
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H 15.25 in W 33 in
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York where Tromka first became interested in art.
Gouache
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H 15.25 in W 33 in
Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting WPA Era Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
At the age of seven he immigrated with his family to the United States, settling in New York City. It was on the boat coming to New York where Tromka first became interested in art.
Gouache, Paper
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H 18 in W 37 in D 2 in
Antique American School Modernist WPA Cityscape New York City 42 St Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist cityscape painting of 42nd Street in New York City. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Unsigned. Displayed in a modernist frame. Image size, 16"L x 17"H.
Canvas, Oil
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H 12 in W 13 in
1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
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H 38.5 in W 44.5 in
"Goodbye Manhattan, " Cecil Bell, New York, Staten Island Ferry Boat, WPA
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
Cecil Bell Goodbye Manhattan, circa 1945 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. George Levine, New York Private Collection, New York Literature: Phy...
Canvas, Oil
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H 8 in W 10 in
Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, Impressionist WPA Era
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Hayley Lever (1876 - 1958) Electric Building in Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York, 1933 Oil on canvas 8 x 10 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Clayton Liberatore Galleries, B...
Canvas, Oil
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H 28 in W 33 in
"Blackwell's Island (Roosevelt Island, New York City), " George Picken, WPA Scene
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
Wigmore Fine Art, New York, circa 1999-2000 Private Collection, New York A native New Yorker, George Picken was born in 1898.
Canvas, Oil
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H 19 in W 17 in
New York City El, Subway, Urban Cityscape, Transportation, Female WPA Modernist
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated "1939" lower right Frame by Heydenryk She was born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Russian immigrant parents. Meltzer was unable to afford oil paints unt...
Canvas, Oil
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H 16 in W 18 in
1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene
By Morris Sirota
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest WPA period murals we have offered, this scene of the Bronx market with sellers and buyers crowding around a subway stop and a rising cluster of buildings to one sid...
Paint
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H 29 in W 35 in
New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in New York, NY
New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism Philip Reisman (American, New York, 1904-1992) New York City Street Scene 22 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Oil ...
Masonite, Oil
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H 17.5 in W 18.25 in
1930's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Harlem River Dr
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
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H 17.5 in W 18.25 in
1940's American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York.
Watercolor
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H 24 in W 20 in
"City Holiday, " New York City Modern American Scene WPA Modern Art Drawing NYC
By Don Freeman
Located in New York, NY
A student of John Sloan at the Art Students League in New York, Freeman created drawings of the theater, which were published in the Herald Tribune, New York Times, and Theater Magaz...
Paper, Oil
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H 35 in W 43 in
"Playground, Carl Schurz Park" George Picken, New York City, East River, UES WPA
By George Picken
Located in New York, NY
They joined other European immigrants settling in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen. Picken enlisted in the army during World War I and saw action at Verdun.
Canvas, Oil
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H 21 in W 47 in
Queen City of the Lakes, Buffalo, New York, WPA mural study American Scene Urban
Located in New York, NY
Like many WPA mural studies, this work is unsigned. The title of the work is also the nickname for the City of Buffalo, NY. Several of the buildings depicted in the painting are stil...
Canvas, Oil
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H 25 in W 22 in
"The Fighter" Boxing Woodstock New York Figurative WPA Mid-century Sporting
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right A Woodstock artist, Ruggles was active during the WPA period. The drawing measure 16 x 13 inches. The work, framed, is 25 x 22 inches.
Paper, Gouache
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H 29.5 in W 38 in
"Snow Storm in New York City, " Bertram Hartman, WPA Rooftops Winter Cityscape
By Bertram Hartman
Located in New York, NY
To support himself during the Depression Hartman worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) as well as for the FAP (Federal Arts Project) and under their auspices he painted ...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 18 in W 22 in
"View of New York" WPA Mid 20th Century American Modern Watercolor on Paper
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"View of New York" WPA Mid 20th Century American Modern Watercolor on Paper 14 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches.
Paper, Watercolor
WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting Wooded Park Scene
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
Harry Zitter (1898 - 1989) Harry Zitter was active/lived in New York. Harry Zitter is known for street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes,...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
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H 18 in W 21.25 in
WPA New York Artist Watercolor Painting Manhattan Park Scene
By Harry Zitter
Located in Surfside, FL
Harry Zitter (1898 - 1989) Harry Zitter was active/lived in New York. Harry Zitter is known for street scene, subway scenes, social realist, nudes, African American, genre scenes,...
Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
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H 18 in W 14 in D 0.25 in
WPA Original Watercolor Painting, New York City, 1934 by WPA Artist Sewall
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The tiny detail on this special pairing is unbelievable. By WPA Portland Oregon artist, Ed Sewall. Titled "New York City "L" Exit" Dated November 1934. In original frame with Oregon ...
Paper
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