American artist, Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), painted New York City life of the 1920s and ‘30s. He was part of the “Social Realism” movement of the time.
Not all of Marsh’s paintings are quite so colorful, he gravitated toward regular people in the streets, at the burlesque, on the subway. His concentration on common, everyday scenes are reflective of his concerns for the lives of the average man and woman.