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Portrait of a Black Woman, Maxine - Mid-Century WPA
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Miami, FL
A charming portrait of a Black woman with stylized hairstyle of the period -
Midtown
Category
1940s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
By Morris Shulman
Located in Surfside, FL
in Maine,” Colby College, 1964;
Westbeth Gallery, NY, 1973
“NYC WPA Art” at Parsons School Design
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Oil, Board
Antique American School Impressionist WPA Woman Ballerina Portrait Oil Painting
By Richard Hook
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted early 1900's oil painting. by Richard Hook. Great color and composition. Nicely framed.
Category
1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist WPA Female Portrait Interior Exhibited Oil Painting
By Anatol Shulkin
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior portrait oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1930. Unsigned
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz.
The youngest of four children
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daydream (WPA Era Oil Painting on Canvas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
that WPA period feel. A pensive painting sure to bring you peace. With frame it measures 33" x 27
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original drawing by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913). Portrait of a young woman, ca
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Girl Eating an Apple, Modernist Style, Agnes Mills WPA Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
right: Mills
As one of the youngest and considered by many to be one of the most gifted WPA. Artists
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Watercolor
H 37.75 in W 31.625 in D 1.5 in
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
Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957
Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings.
Ber...
Category
1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.
Who Was Who in
Category
1930s Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of Kevin's playmate
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Depression, Vogel left the Art Institute in 1940, and was accepted on the WPA Easel Project. This allowed him
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Portrait of Young Girl
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Depression, Vogel left the Art Institute in 1940, and was accepted on the WPA Easel Project. This allowed him
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Darkness (portrait of a young woman)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
; Denver Art Mus.; Mus. FA, Houston; SFMA; PAFA. Commissions: true fresco, WPA, Hollywood H.S., 1935; oil
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Helene Sardeau (The Artist’s Wife)
By George Biddle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Mixed Media
Portrait of a Gentleman, Large Modernist Oil Painting
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
by several others during the 1920s. Kopman worked for the WPA as an artist during the Depression and
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Warm Toned Modern Portrait of a Medieval Woman
Located in Houston, TX
Warm toned modern portrait of a medieval woman wearing red dress against a blue background. Signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 27.75 in W 22.75 in D 1.75 in
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?)
By Byron Browne
Located in Portland, ME
Browne, Byron (American, 1907-1961).
UNTITLED PORTRAIT (Self Portrait?). watercolor and pencil
Category
1940s Portrait Prints
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of African American Woman by Anthony Sisti Circa 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
Portrait of an African American Woman by Tony Sisti (1901-1983). Sisti was a master draftsman. With
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper
H 29 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
"Portrait of a Woman, " Leon Kroll, Mid-Century American Realism
By Leon Kroll
Located in New York, NY
Leon Kroll (1884 - 1974)
Portrait of a Woman, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
20 3/4 x 17 inches
Signed
Category
1950s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Young Girl" Parisian Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with brown hair against a light blue
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 1.5 in
"Portrait of Spanish Dancer" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young Spanish Dancer with black hair against a deep
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 20.75 in W 18.75 in D 2 in
"Portrait of Young Girl With Two Braids" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with hair tied up against a light blue
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 2.25 in
"Portrait of Young Girl with Blue Shirt" Post-Impressionist French Oil Painting
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young girl with short brown hair against a light
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Wood Panel, Oil
"Portrait of Young Boy" Post-Impressionism French Sepia Chalk Painting on paper
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a Young Boy with a beret with great attention to
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
H 15.5 in W 11.5 in D 0.75 in
"Girl Sewing" Post-Impressionist Portrait of Seated Girl Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicting a portrait of a seated girl sewing. The subtle tones and
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait of Woman with Head Wrap" Post-Impressionism Oil Painting on Canvas
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a young woman with dark hair and a head wrap against
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 16 in W 13.5 in D 1.5 in
"Portrait of a Man in Suite" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
texture in the oil paint. This portrait is done in a highly impressionistic manner with unique colors and
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 32.5 in W 28.5 in D 2.75 in
"Portrait of Young Boy" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Panel Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding oil painting depicitng a portrait of a yong boy with a landscape in the background
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 17.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.75 in
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
14x11.5 image size , 22.5x17.5 backing size
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns, and was ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
A Woodcut on Paper, Self-Portrait of Emil Armin
By Emil Armin
Located in Chicago, IL
A woodcut on paper of a self-portrait of artist Emil Armin.
Emil Armin was born in Radautz
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
EVENING THOUGHTS Signed Lithograph, Young Black Woman, Color Collage Portrait
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
% acid free. EVENING THOUGHTS is an abstract color collage portrait depicting a pensive young black woman
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SABBATH ANGELS Signed Lithograph, Watercolor Portrait, Angels, Candlesticks
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
free. SABBATH ANGELS is a contemporary style angel portrait measuring 14 x 20.5 inches, image size is
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Farmer, " Portrait Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
H 17.12 in W 15.56 in
HOMAGE TO SIGMUND FREUD Signed Lithograph, Surreal Portrait, Psychoanalysis
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
master drawing. HOMAGE TO SIGMUND FREUD is a surrealistic portrait composition depicting Sigmund Freud's
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
NEW DREAMS Signed Lithograph Young Black Girl Portrait, African American History
By Ernest Crichlow
Located in Union City, NJ
techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. NEW DREAMS presents a poignant, realistic portrait
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
MOTHER AND CHILD Signed Lithograph, Mother Daughter Pencil Drawing Portrait
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
CHILD is an endearing figurative portrait study of a mother with her young daughter hand printed from
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL KAZ
By William Zorach
Located in Portland, ME
Zorach, William (American 1887-1966). PORTRAIT OF NATHANIEL KAZ. Pencil on paper, 1956. Inscribed
Category
1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
THE FAMILY Signed Stone Lithograph, Mother and Children Drawing, Oval Portrait
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
oval portrait drawing of a young mother holding her toddler son in her lap as her daughter stands near
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
HAPPY MOTHER Signed Stone Lithograph, Hand Drawn Portrait Mother and Daughters
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
portrait drawing of a woman holding her two daughters as they engage in an intimate moment of time together
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Arthur Smith Modernist Erotic Painting
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Beautiful Woman watercolor painting by Robert Philipp
By Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
A sensitive portrait beautifully rendered in watercolor and gouache.
Mid century. I am guessing
Category
1940s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
art institution sparked by the WPA.
His art collection once included more than 1,000 paintings from
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 19.5 in W 44.5 in D 2 in
Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
This portrait of a clown by Maurice Kish is part from a series of carnival figures, circus clowns
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Clown N.2 (In Green)
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Deserted Street, Figurative Exterior Painting with Yellow, Orange and Red
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
murals), Neusteter’s, Denver, 1937; mural room and ranch bar, Albany Hotel, Denver, 1937; WPA
Category
1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 32.5 in W 38.5 in D 1.75 in
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Male Portrait in Profile C.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Male Portrait in Profile C.1940
Outstanding portrait by listed
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H 26.75 in W 21.75 in D 0.5 in
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
By Leon Kroll
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Outstanding portrait by listed American
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H 26.75 in W 20 in D 0.5 in
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
H 17.5 in W 14.75 in D 1.25 in
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
Untitled: Head of A Woman 1
By George Zachary Constant
Located in New York, NY
George Zachary Constant (American/Greek 1892-1978), "Untitled: Head Of A Woman No. 1", Portrait
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
George Zachary Constant (American/Greek 1892-1978), "Untitled: Head Of A Woman No. 2", Portrait
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Playboys (2 American male refugees from the Gatsby era preen on Mexican beach)
By Caroline Durieux
Located in New Orleans, LA
Louisiana’s WPA Art Project, which she administered without regard for the race of the participants within a
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Argentinian Modern Art by Antonio Seguí - La Maîtresse et son Chien
By Antonio Seguí
Located in Paris, IDF
artist working in Philadelphia with the WPA. The carborundum mezzotint uses the grits to create pits
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Papier Mâché, Mezzotint, Etching
H 17.92 in W 12.41 in D 0.04 in
"Untitled (Girl Reading), " Wood Engraving by Stella Emma Harlos
Located in Milwaukee, WI
organize the first art rental gallery in the country. She painted a WPA post office mural, Land of Wood and
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Nude Portrait by Arthur Smith WPA Artist
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
for the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nude Portrait by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in Larchmont, NY
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
, Tschacbasov works on the WPA Federal Arts Project, Easel Division, where he meets other artists and becomes
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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