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The Decent (Published by the WPA/Federal Arts Project)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
titled. Edition c. 25. Done for the WPA/Federal Art Project. 11 3/4” x 16 7/8". Shields did
Category

1930s Surrealist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

PITCHING HAY - Created for the WPA / Federal Arts Project - (FAP)
By John Turner (b.1916)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Annotated at lower sheet edge "Carbograph and etching". This print was done for the WPA / Federal Art
Category

1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

GLADYS
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA. 14 1/2 x 10 inches, 370 x 253 mm. Scarce. In excellent
Category

1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

BACKSTAGE
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Portland, ME
. Signed in pencil, lower right, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA," lower left. 8 3/8 x 6 7/8
Category

1930s Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flag Raising in Leroy Street - Old New York - Vintage New York
By Kyra Markham
Located in Miami, FL
employment with the Federal Art Project in 1936 coincided with what are considered the finest examples of her
Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Female Torso
By Leon Saulter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while
Category

1970s Cubist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Female Torso
Female Torso
H 23 in W 6 in D 6 in
WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH
By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991
Located in Portland, ME
verso "Federal Art Project/"Changing New York"/Photographs by Berenice Abbott" and also stamped and
Category

1930s Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape
By Fred O. Bohne
Located in Soquel, CA
Francisco in 1933-40. Bohne was employed by the Federal Art Project WPA, a painter and lithographer. Source
Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

John E. Billmyer, Flower Piece
Located in New York, NY
'Federal Art Project No. 1.'
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project; he was one of the first
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Windswept Face Of A Man Marble Sculpture
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936-40
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

'Vermont Quarry', Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the Federal Art Project. He and Geno moved to Los Angeles in 1947 and co-founded the Western Serigraph
Category

1940s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Paint, Screen

Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape
By Homer Levinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Monterey Peninsula and had a studio in Carmel where he fulfilled commissions for the Federal Art Project
Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

'Landscape', Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA, WWAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with his wife, Geno Pettit. During the 1930s Depression, he enrolled as a muralist in the Federal Art
Category

1940s Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Paint

'South-Western Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, WPA, Odessa
By Todros Geller
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board

"The Humber River" George Ennis, Intense Color American Modernist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Washington University in St. Louis and at the Chase School. He was a member of the Federal Art Project. He
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
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

Alexandria
By Buckley MacGurrin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
sets and props for the renowned director Cecil B. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project
Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alexandria
H 14 in W 20 in D 3 in
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
advisor for the Federal Art Project and was a primary art research contributor to the Encyclopedia
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Crayon, Ink

Untitled: Head of A Woman 1
By George Zachary Constant
Located in New York, NY
Art Projects and began exhibiting regularly from the late 1920s in the important annuals and
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Untitled: Head of A Woman 2
By George Zachary Constant
Located in New York, NY
other Federal Art Projects and began exhibiting regularly from the late 1920s in the important annuals
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

1940 American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Pushcart Tenements
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
have his paintings. Gussow even participated in the Federal Art Project, contributing a post office
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Morning Beneath the EL NYC American Scene WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
even participated in the Federal Art Project, contributing a post office mural (Recreation Hours) in
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

On the Beach (Coney Island, New York) — 1930s Graphic Modernism, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom left margin. A fine
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

1940's American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

1930's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Harlem River Dr
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in New York, NY
. She helped found the Federal Art Project design laboratory and painted for more than 30 years on 15th
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Rare 1930s New York Tenement Market Scene Gouache Painting (WPA Era) Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
and served on the exhibition committee. He also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Pastel Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting Modern Monoprint WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
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
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
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
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
and Ilya Bolotowsky. From 1936 to 1941, he was active in the easel division of the WPA Federal Art
Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
served on the exhibition committee. He also participated in the Federal Art Project throughout its entire
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Metro 2nd Class
By Clement Haupers
Located in New York, NY
Federal Art Project in Minnesota, which hired unemployed artists to decorate public buildings and parks
Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Still Life of Fruit " Albert Swinden, American Abstract Association, AAA
By Albert Swinden
Located in New York, NY
the Federal Art Project. Albert Swinden was born in Birmingham, England in 1901. When he was seven
Category

1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly referred
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Expressionist Color Gouache Painting Mid Century Mod WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal) commonly
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg
Located in Chicago, IL
lobby of the Bennett School in Chicago, completed as part of the WPA's Federal Art Project in 1939, is
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
By Edgar Yaeger
Located in Detroit, MI
Federal Art project and the Works Progress Administration scheme during the Depression Era, to which he
Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!
By Bernard Joseph Steffen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
are in many museums. His WPA / Federal Art Project prints are held in 13 Museum collections according
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Watercolor Painting Road Signs, Load Limit, Aaron Bohrod WPA Artist Chicago Art
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Surfside, FL
working class. During the Great Depression, Schwartz became an artist on the Federal Art Project (WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled (Provincetown)
By Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Great Depression Farruggio worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration from
Category

1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

African American Sitting Portrait
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
romantic in subject matter. In the 1930s, he was a muralist for the Federal Art Project and did work in
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Southern Landscape
Located in Milford, NH
remained for the balance of her career, participating in the Public Works of Art and WPA Federal Art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Cripple Creek Victor Mine Colorado, 1940 Watercolor Mountain Landscape Art
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Project (TRAP), and Federal Art Project (FAP) during the Great Depression. Educated at the Broadmoor Art
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dona Ascensione
By Kenneth M. Adams
Located in Fairlawn, OH
National Academy of Design by the time he was twenty eight and worked for the Federal Art Project in the
Category

1930s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum of Modern Art also have his paintings. Gussow even participated in the Federal Art Project
Category

1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Adele and the Ladies (Rochester's fashion conscious ward in Jane Eyre)
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in New Orleans, LA
Art Project. He taught at the Pratt Institute and served as the director of the Pratt Graphics Center
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Wool, Engraving

"Nude, " Arnold Blanch, Woodstock School, WPA, Figurative
By Arnold Blanch
Located in New York, NY
somewhat romantic in subject matter. In the 1930s, he was a muralist for the Federal Art Project and did
Category

1930s Realist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Abstract Expressionist Green Mold for a lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
Federal Art Project. He became supervisor of the Oakland area of the project and later art director for
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Other Medium

'de Young Mansion' – San Francisco' — California WPA, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
work for the San Francisco Fine Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Party - oil on canvas - New York City town house at night - 20th century
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
York City where he was appointed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to oversee the Federal Art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Surfside, FL
watercolors, oils, and prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Reuben Nakian "Leda and the Swan" Etching c.1980
By Reuben Nakian
Located in San Francisco, CA
1936 Nakian joined the WPA, Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. A fine opportunity.
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Wiscasset, ME
) Federal Art Project. During this tenure he completed murals in the United States Post Offices in Freeland
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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