Forum Gallery presents a group exhibition of American social realism featuring paintings, drawings, and sculpture dating from the first half of the Twentieth Century to today. Artists working in the years between the world wars and well known for their contributions are shown side by side with contemporary American Artists whose work continues the humanist legacy of social realism.
Reginald Marsh
Mr. Broe on the Manhattan Bridge, 1936
tempera on board
24 x 18 inches
Raphael Soyer
In the City Park, c. 1934
oil on canvas
38 x 40 inches
SOLD
Isabel Bishop
Manhattan Street, 1929
oil on canvas
10 x 12 1/4 inches
SOLD
Reginald Marsh
Untitled (Bums on The Bowery), 1944
watercolor and ink on paper
13 3/4 x 19 inches
Everett Shinn
Fifth Avenue, 1900
pastel on paper
20 x 16 inches
Raphael Soyer
Men at the Mission, 1935
oil on canvas
11 x 17 inches
Harry Wickey
Siesta on 11th Avenue, 1956
bronze
28 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
John Storrs
Woman and Soldier, 1940-51
terracotta with applied paint
7 3/8 h x 5 w x 4 7/8 d inches
Reginald Marsh
Two Women on a Promenade, 1948
watercolor and grisaille on paper
10 x 8 inches
Raphael Soyer
Passersby, 1933
oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Aaron Bohrod
City Workers, circa 1930s
pencil on paper
11 x 15 inches
Louis Lozowick
Crane, 1928
lithograph
15 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches
SOLD
Mahonri Young
The Chiseler, Kneeling, ca. 1903-04
bronze
9 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 inches
Louis Lozowick
Traffic, c. 1930
lithograph
12 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches (paper size)
SOLD
Raphael Soyer
Waiting at the Station, c. 1941
oil on canvas
18 x 14 inches
Jack Levine
Election Night, 1969
etching
19 1/2 x 25 inches
Philip Evergood
Village Days, nd
oil on masonite
17 x 11 inches
Wood Gaylor
Street Window, nd
oil on wood panel
7 x 7 inches
SOLD
Philip Evergood
Workers Victory, 1948
oil on canvas on board
49 3/4 x 48 inches
William Gropper
Little Steel, ca. 1937
oil on canvas
33 3/4 x 44 1/2 inches
James H. Daugherty
Lynching, 1925-27
oil on canvas
24 x 35 inches
Charles White
Help! Chicago, c. 1935 - 1938
pencil on paper
9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches
Ben Shahn
Bountiful Harvest, 1944
tempera on board
38 x 28 inches
Robert Gwathmey
Picking Cotton, c. 1950
watercolor with pen and ink on wove paper
19 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches
Robert Gwathmey
Like Son, 1948
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
SOLD
Chaim Gross
Mother, Daughter and Son, 1980
white alabaster
11 1/4 x 10 x 9 1/2 inches
Ben Shahn
Farmer and Son, c.1936
ink on paper
5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
David Levine
Massed Bathers, Coney Island
watercolor on paper
7 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
David Levine
Piece Work, 1997
watercolor on paper
13 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches
David Levine
Women and Racks, 1975
watercolor on paper mounted on board
6 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches
Rance Jones
La Enfermera, 2018
watercolor on paper
21 x 17 inches
Linden Frederick
Traveling Salesmen, 2020
oil on linen
55 x 55 inches
SOLD
Rance Jones
Azucar y Tabaco (Sugar and Tobacco), 2020
watercolor on paper
21 x 18 inches
SOLD
Alan Magee
Helmet II, 2019
acrylic on canvas
40 1/8 x 50 1/8 inches
Steven Assael
Days, 2017
oil on canvas
41 3/4 x 53 3/4 inches
Alan Magee
Memoir, 1990
monotype with watercolor and black pencil
14 x 11 inches
David Levine
Congress on its..., 1979
ink on paper
13 1/2 x 11 inches
David Levine
Reagan -Alligator Tears, 1983
ink & pencil on paper
13 1/2 x 11 inches
David Levine
Secretary of State - Florida Katherine Harris, 2001
ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
David Levine
Gen. Colin Powell, 1991
ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
David Levine
Truman, 1974
ink on paper
13 3/4 x 11 inches
David Levine
Jimmy Carter, 1979
ink on paper
13 3/4 x 11 inches
Raphael Soyer
In the City Park, c. 1934
oil on canvas
38 x 40 inches
SOLD
Isabel Bishop
Manhattan Street, 1929
oil on canvas
10 x 12 1/4 inches
SOLD
Reginald Marsh
Untitled (Bums on The Bowery), 1944
watercolor and ink on paper
13 3/4 x 19 inches
Harry Wickey
Siesta on 11th Avenue, 1956
bronze
28 1/8 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches
Jack Levine
1932 (In Memory of George Grosz), 1959
oil on canvas
64 x 56 inches
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John Storrs
Woman and Soldier, 1940-51
terracotta with applied paint
7 3/8 h x 5 w x 4 7/8 d inches
Reginald Marsh
Two Women on a Promenade, 1948
watercolor and grisaille on paper
10 x 8 inches
Louis Lozowick
Crane, 1928
lithograph
15 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches
SOLD
Mahonri Young
The Chiseler, Kneeling, ca. 1903-04
bronze
9 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 7 inches
Louis Lozowick
Traffic, c. 1930
lithograph
12 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches (paper size)
SOLD
Wood Gaylor
Street Window, nd
oil on wood panel
7 x 7 inches
SOLD
Robert Gwathmey
Picking Cotton, c. 1950
watercolor with pen and ink on wove paper
19 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches
Robert Gwathmey
Like Son, 1948
oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
SOLD
David Levine
Women and Racks, 1975
watercolor on paper mounted on board
6 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches
Linden Frederick
Traveling Salesmen, 2020
oil on linen
55 x 55 inches
SOLD
Rance Jones
Azucar y Tabaco (Sugar and Tobacco), 2020
watercolor on paper
21 x 18 inches
SOLD
David Levine
Secretary of State - Florida Katherine Harris, 2001
ink on paper
14 x 11 inches