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15 1/4 x 20 3/8 in approximately, not including the extra edge. It has been in storage. Soiling in clouds I think and maybe elsewhere. It looks like gouache. You can see the colors run off the edge. There is a crease at the top. Allen is from Tennessee, and lived in Kansas City for a time and operated an art service.

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This is a charming and very cool Antique WWII WPA American Folk Art Oil Painting on canvas, depicting an evening social scene at Long Beach Pier The Pike. In this scene you can see several sailors, a mother with her children, and a Mexican woman talking to a soldier in the foreground. Signed and dated: “Bea Stewart 1945″ in the lower left corner. Approximately 20 x 24 1/2 inches. Good condition for age, with some light craquelure, scuffing and edge wear from age. Acquired from a deceased estate in Long Beach, California. Please check my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “willsusa_utzeqm” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

• Size: Medium
• Region of Origin: California, USA
• Artist: Bea Stewart
• Production Technique: Oil Painting
• Framing: Unframed
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Style: WPA, Americana, Folk Art
• Item Height: 20 in
• Item Width: 24 1/4 in
• Material: Oil, Canvas
• Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
• Type: Painting
• Subject: Americana, Amusement Parks, Children & Infants, Figures, Military, Ships, Women
• Signed: Yes
• Signed By: Bea Stewart
• Year of Production: 1945
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original

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