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New Deal Federal Arts Project

An expressive and lyrical gouache watercolor painting by the Russian-American artist and illustrator Vladimir Yaffe, who worked in New York City during the 1940s and was involved in the burgeoning WPA art movement there through the New Deal Federal Arts Project. His offerings included sculpture and architectural bas relief, and his works were exhibited at […]

Wild Horses

Artist: Vladimir Yoffe
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Tagged With: 1940s, Franz Marc, german expressionism, New Deal Federal Arts Project, russian, Vladimir Yaffe, Wassily Kandinsky, WPA
Added to Gallery: March 25, 2018

The Statue of Liberty beckons in this inspired dated 1949 fine-art exhibited watercolor by the Russian/American artist Vladimir Yoffe, who was an active New York City WPA artist and art deco designer in the 1930s and 40s. A colorful sunrise is captured in this moody, ominous city-scape, which shows lower Manhattan’s picturesque skyline greeting the day as the bustling urban […]

New Day Rising

Artist: Vladimir Yoffe
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Tagged With: art deco, New Deal Federal Arts Project, new york city, New York Harbor, skyline, Vladimir Yoffe, Watercolor, WPA
Added to Gallery: March 2, 2016

The WPA artist and art deco designer Vladimir Yoffe created this smart and modern machine age commercial illustration as advertising for Pan Am World Airways. The imagery shows a dizzying map of the earth highlighted by the routes the early commercial airline offered. Today, the  Russian/American artist is best remembered for his work for the New Deal […]

World Airways

Artist: Vladimir Yoffe
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Tagged With: 1940s, advertising, art deco, aviation, Golden Age, machine age, mid-century modern, modernist, New Deal Federal Arts Project, Pan Am Airlines, poster design, Russian Artist, Vladimir Yoffe, World Airways, WPA
Added to Gallery: March 2, 2016

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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