Philip Evergood

Railroad Men's Wives - American Scene Painting - Social Realism

Circa 1933-1939

This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life. Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...

"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped, and hanging from the "Tree of Life," which represents the unique interconnectedness of life. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged, three-headed serpent wraps itself around the tree that both physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...

Early work when Stuart Davis was an illustrator. Christie's, New York Catalogue Raisonné

Arnold Friedman worked as a clerk for decades at the Station Y, the branch at 3rd Avenue and East 67th Street in New York City. This present work was done two years after his retirem...

Signature lower right, 'Dopplera' for Freida Wilhelmine Doppler (Swiss, 1870-1968) and painted circa 1890. (Also spelled Frieda Doppler.) Accompanied by label with title, 'Train Stat...

"Great Neck Landscape" American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA PHILIP HOWARD EVERGOOD (1901 - 1973) Great Neck Landscape 12 x 16 inches Oil on board, circa 1935. S...

The Wounded Traveller Signed M. Bishop lower right (thought to be Irish) dated 1918 verso (possibly depicting a soldier returning home from WW1?) signed oil on canvas, unframed canv...

Third Class Carriage (Down South), c. 1942 - 45, oil on canvas, 24 x 29 inches, labels verso read: "Painting by Mervin Honig [with address included]" and inscribed verso: "Title: Thi...