Wpa Railroad Art
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
Large oil on canvas
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
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Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
Large oil on canvas
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right.
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Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
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Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left.
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1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School WPA Modernist Black Figure Ashcan Dock View Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 36 in W 27 in D 2 in
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980)
Subway Scene, 1930s
8 x 9 inches
Ink and wash on paper
Singed lower ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Telephone Pole Worker
38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
Signed lowe...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
"Constant Driving Will Win the War," 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1918 lower right...
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Don Freeman
Located in New York, NY
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Don Freeman (1908-1978)
Pay Day
20 x 30 inches
Oil on board, c. 1940s
Signed lower right
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Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker. Sight size: 18 x 23 1/4 inches. Estate stamped verso.
This drawing is the study for a large oil we ...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Painter
41 ½ x 36 3/4 inches (sight)
Gouache on paper c. 1930s
Signed lower rig...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003)
Good Health Week
10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches
Oil on paper, c. 1940s
Estate stamp verso
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Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
Carlos Lopez (1910-1953)
"Bounty" WPA Mural Study for Michigan Post Office
19 ½ x 22 ½ inches
Oil on B...
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Ice Skating" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Located in New York, NY
"Ice Sakting" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern NYC
Syd J. Browne
Ice Skating on the Lake in Central Park
22 x 30 inches
Oil on canvas. c. 1930s
Signed l...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Mixing Mortar
12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inches (sight)
Framed 19 1/2 X 21 3/4 in...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
The size of the canvas 28 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches. The painting comes directly from the artist's estate. ...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballat...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
By Harold Haydon
Located in New York, NY
"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago
Harold Haydon
"History of the U.S. Postal Service"
21 x 25 1/2 inches
Oil on canvas, c. 1938
Estate s...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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