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Charles Bunnell 1940s WPA Watercolor Golden Cycle Mill Colorado
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
As an authentic WPA-era watercolor, this piece is especially appealing to collectors of American Modernism, industrial landscapes, and Western art history.
Watercolor
$14,500
Charles Bunnell “Kansas Village” 1939 WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Ideal for collectors, designers, and admirers of WPA-era art, this 1939 painting embodies the enduring sophistication of American modernist watercolor traditions.
Watercolor
Charles Ragland Bunnell 1939 WPA Man His Search for God Modernist Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
The composition feels both structured and ethereal, balancing figuration with early modernist abstraction. Charles Ragland Bunnell is recognized as one of the key figures in early A...
Gouache
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Charles Ragland Bunnell WPA 1940s Figurative Village Landscape Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Created circa 1940 during the WPA period by Colorado modernist Charles Ragland Bunnell, this original watercolor reflects his broader exploration of American Regionalism and modernis...
Watercolor
Charles Ragland Bunnell WPA-Era Modernist Cityscape, Colorado c.1935
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Executed circa 1935, this graphite drawing by Charles Ragland Bunnell captures the artist's distinctive modernist vision through an architectural hillside cityscape rendered with con...
Graphite
$6,500
Charles Bunnell 1941 “Birth of Mind” Abstract Surrealist Gouache WPA
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
A rare and museum-quality 1941 original by Charles Ragland Bunnell, 'Birth of Mind' represents one of the most intellectually and emotionally charged works from the artist’s pivotal ...
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Loop Alley' — Modernist Chicago Cityscape, WPA
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Turzak’s Works Progress Administration–era graphics were later reassessed in the exhibition Beyond the Surface: WPA Works of Charles Turzak, presented at the Figge Art Museum from No...
Woodcut
'The Workers (No. 1)' — 1930s WPA Signed Modernist Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Created by the artist for the Federal Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Woodcut
'The Workers (No. 2)' — 1930s WPA Signed Modernist Woodcut
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Created by the artist for the Federal Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Woodcut
Antique American WPA Figurative Pastel Drawing
By Charles William Ward
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist pastel drawing by noted New Jersey/Philadelphia New Deal Muralist Charles William Ward. Pastel on paper. Gorgeously framed in an antique frame.. Signed low...
Parchment Paper, Pastel, Paper
Charles Schlein New York Subject Oil on Board
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Just four years earlier, the Bernheim Jeune gallery had a group exhibit for some of the world’s most well-known artists including Cezanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Matisse, Vlaminck, Modigli...
Oil, Board
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H 19 in W 16 in D 2 in
Abstract with Guitar 1938 New Hope Lambertville Ramstonev WPA American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Abstract with Guitar 1938 New Hope Lambertville Ramstonev WPA American Modernism. 14 x 11 Oil on board. Charles Evans (1907 - 1992) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey.
Oil, Board
Amusement Pier (WPA era Social Realist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Just four years earlier, the Bernheim Jeune gallery had a group exhibit for some of the world’s most well-known artists including Cezanne, Seurat, Gauguin, Matisse, Vlaminck, Modigli...
Watercolor, Rag Paper
'North Bank of the Chicago River' — WPA Graphic Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
He moved to Orlando, Florida, in 1958, where he continued painting and experimenting with modernist genres and abstraction. The Figge Art Museum mounted an exhibition of Turzak’s WP...
Woodcut
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H 21 in W 21 in D 0.75 in
Untitled (Vintage 1930s Modernist WPA Era Line Drawing of Kansas City)
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage circa 1935 WPA era Line Drawing of the Kansas City Skyline with buildings and road by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968). Presented in a custom frame with all archival mat...
Graphite
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H 14 in W 15.5 in
1950s Landscape Study, Mixed Media Drawing WPA Era Street Scene American Realist
By Charles Silberman
Located in Surfside, FL
14x15.5 framed , 3x4.75 sight size Miniature Landscape Study by American artist, CHARLES SILBERMAN Des Moines, Iowa, b. 1925, d. 2011
Ink, Mixed Media, Pen, Pencil
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H 11.07 in W 9 in
'La Salle and Washington Street (Chicago, Illinois)' — WPA American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Image size 11 1/16 x 9 inches (281 x 229 mm); sheet size 13 1/2 x 11 1/16 inches (343 x 281 mm). Collection: Krannert Art Museum (University of Illinois). ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles...
Woodcut
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H 10.25 in W 8.25 in D 0.75 in
Kansas City Skyline, 1930s WPA Era Modernist Line Drawing, Black & White, Framed
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Modernist, 1930s WPA era cityscape of the Kansas City Skyline by Charles Bunnell (1897-1968).
Graphite
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