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Subway

This 1940s painting by Alfred Statler features a bustling rush-hour NYC Subway commute envisioned almost as modern dance.

Rush Hour NYC Subway Commute

Artist: Alfred Statler

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art
Tagged With: Alfred Statler, new york city, NYC, regionalist, Subway, WPA
Added to Gallery: February 8, 2021

A very well executed WPA in aesthetic moody tonalist 1930s to early 1940s fine art oil painting by the Lithuanian-American artist Jack Levitz. The artist was a Jewish immigrant who settled in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Levitz’s Social Realist/Ashcan School style recalls George Luks and Everett Shinn. This oil on masonite painting shows a New […]

Elevated Train At Night, NYC

Artist: Jack Levitz

Filed Under: Fine & Decorative Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1930s, Cityscape, Jack Levitz, New York, regionalist, Subway, Subway Cars, Tonalist, Urban, WPA
Added to Gallery: January 25, 2017

 

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