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Item Ships From: San Francisco
John Collingham Moore "Children of Henry and Elizabeth Young" Watercolor c.1860
By John Collingham Moore
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Collingham Moore (England, 1829-1880) four children, circa 1860s
Rare pencil, watercolor and white wash by listed artist John Collingham Moore, 19th century.
Here we have the children of Henry and Elizabeth Young...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Oxford cityscape #1
By Ken Messer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Oxford Cityscape #1" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 11.25 inches, framed is 26,85 x 17.75 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition.
About the artist.
After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city.
He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life.
When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours.
He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired.
He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Jake Lee (1915-1991) Original Watercolor "Bandstand on the Bluff" c.1989
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jake Lee (1915-1991) Original Watercolor "Bandstand on the Bluff" c.1989
Wonderful original watercolor by listed California artist Jake Lee.
Though untitled, we are calling this "B...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
California Coast with Cypress Tree
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: California Coast with Cypress
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 16 x 18.75 inches
paper: 16...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
La Chanteuse
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: La Chanteuse
Year: 1958
Medium: Original gouache
Paper: Canson Mongolfier
Paper size: 14.15 x 10.65 inches
Framed siz...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Gouache
Support Group, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"What makes you feel good through a storm in your life?" asks artist Dwight Smith. "A good support group. Family and friends are excellent for support - but f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Jack Hambleton Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack Hambleton (1916-1988) Snowy Industrial Landscape Watercolor c.1970
Original watercolor on paper by Canadian artist Jack Hambleton...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Larry Rivers Modernist Male Figure Original Charcoal Mid 20th C.
By Larry Rivers
Located in San Francisco, CA
Larry Rivers (1923-2002) Modernist Male Figure Original Charcoal Mid 20th C.
Rare charcoal portrait by American modernist painter Larry Rivers.
Original charcoal on paper. Dimensions 17" x 22". The frame measures 29.5" x 34".
Signed lower right. Very good condition.
Figurative artist Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx in 1923 to Ukrainian Jewish parents, and was named Yitzak Loiza Grossberg. Rivers belonged to the second generation of the New York School of painters, although unlike most of his contemporaries he stayed away from abstraction instead preferring narrative paintings.
Rivers attended Hans Hofmann's school for nearly two years. In 1949, he had his first solo show at the Jane Street Gallery, an artist's co-op in the Village. Rivers received favorable reviews and was invited to join the Tibor de Nagy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Charcoal
Sand Flow
By Anne Popperwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "San Flow" 1986 is an original watercolor on Arches watermarked paper by noted American artist Anne Popperwell, born 1948. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22 x 30 inches, framed is 30.25 x 36.25 inches. It is custom framed in a metal bronze color frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Anne Popperwell was born in Oakland, California, in 1948 and studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1968-1970 with a major in painting and a minor in photography. She has been painting and exhibiting her work in both private and public galleries, primarily in Canada, since 1981. She paints in watercolour on paper and acrylic on canvas, though not exclusively, using nature-based imagery. Shortly after her arrival in Canada in 1976, Anne moved to an island off the West Coast to paint a particular landscape, the eroded sandstone shoreline. In the course of this eight-year series of paintings, she experimented with point of view, scale and colour, developing a method of working that creates the effect of light coming from within the subject itself. Her paintings are included in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and in private collections in the United States, Mexico and Europe.
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 "Shades of Saturna", Artlink Canada, Jaydon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009 “Beauty” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2008 “Tropical Flowers” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
996- "Why Don't You Just Leave?" paintings and video installation
1998 tour to 11 British Columbia regional galleries,
originating at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
1993 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1991 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984 Grace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia
1982 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1981 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbi1980 Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2014 Insight Art Gallery, Galiano, B.C
2012 The Field Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2002 “European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabruck, Germany
1997 “Open House”, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1994 "Spring Run", Baux-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994-1996 Government House, Victoria, B.C.
1992 "Hanging Gardens", Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 "Bumbershoot Festival 1990", Seattle, Washington
1986 "Images B.C." The British Columbia Pavilion, Expo 86
Vancouver, British Columbia
1985 "Hot Water Colour", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
"B.C. Women Artists"
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1983 "National Watercolour Exhibition"
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 “Painter’s Day”, Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Public Collections
British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Grants and Awards
1995 British Columbia Cultural Services Branch grant
1973 City of Vancouver Purchase Grant
Exhibition Reviews, Catalogues and Articles
"A Sense of Place", Aqua magazine, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Summer 2014) illus.
“Why Don’t You Just Leave?”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (April, 1996) illus.
Cover, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., (May/June 1990)
Waterman, Jennifer A. “Planetary Visions, Sacred Images of the Earth” Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Volume 4 #8, December, 1986) p. 44, illus.
“B.C. Women Artists”,Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October, 1985) illus.
Orford, Emily Jane, “Anne Popperwell’s Intimate Earth”, Victoria Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C. (October 7, 1984) p. 8
Hartog, Diana, “Body Landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Sedona Dream
By Richard Royce
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sedona Dream" 2004 is a pastel on paper by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.25 x 30 inches, framed is 27.25 x 33.75 inches. It is custom framed in silver aluminium frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame has scratches and will be replaced by a new one before shipping.
About the artist:
After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Royce went to France to study with Stanley W. Hayter, On returning to the US he opened a studio where he produced etchings, cast paper, paintings and sculptural commissions of his own work while at the same time helping other artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Marisol, George Segal, Raphael Soyer, Francoise Gilot and Jim Rosenquist to realize works in various media.
Selected collections
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York
International Paper Corporation, New York
Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, Illinois
Musee du Petite Format, Couvin, Belgique
Uyasuda Life Insurance Company, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
1991 Prestige Gallery, Danvers, MA
1989 Watermark/Cargo Gallery.. Kingston, NY
1986 ARRAS Gallery, NYC, NY
1985 The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1982 Linden Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Keller Gallery, Salem, OR
The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1970 Ventura College, Ventura, CO
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1969 Comsky Gallery, Boston, MA
Ohio University, OH
1968 Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA
The Galor Hagen Gallery, Dallas, TX
University of Southern California Gallery
Selected group exhibitions
2004 Living Space Gallery, Cornville, AZ
2001 Rodman Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1997 Dalton Fine Art, Boston, MA
Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
Prestige Gallery, Atelier Royce Group Show, Danvers, MA
1996 Copley Society Gallery, Group Sculpture Show, Boston, MA
1995 Barbara’s Hang Up Gallery, Group Show, Beverly, MA
1991 Creative Framing Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 5e Exposition International "Petit Format de Papier" Cul-Des-Arts (Couvin), Belgique
1988 Premiere Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format (Traveling show to museums throughout France)
1987 "Eight Upstate Sculptors", Woodstock Artist Assn., NY
1986 First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany
1985 '85 Mini-Exhibition, Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
1984 Paperworks: A National Invitational, Chevey Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Paper, Canvas & Glass, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
Atelier Royce Group Show, Eclipse Gallery, New York
Contemporary Paperworks, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1983 Paper As Images - Traveling exhibition: Six galleries throughout England
1982 Papermaking USA, American Crafts Museum, New York
Atelier Royce Group Show, State University, Purchase, NY
New American Graphics 2, Art Museum Association of San Francisco Traveling...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Pastel
Punch as Bosch Boy - Funk Art drawing by San Francisco Bay Area artist
By William T. Wiley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: William Wiley – American (1937- 2021)
Title: Punch as Bosch Boy
Year: 2003
Medium: Graphite and/or crayon on paper
Size: 12 x 9 inches.
Framed size: 17.5 x 14.25 inches
Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Graphite
Latin American Women w/ Calla Lilies Original Watercolor by Sabine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Latin American Women w/ Calla Lilies Original Watercolor by Sabine
A beautiful original watercolor of three Latin American women (Peruvian / Bolivian) with Calla Lilies.
Signed in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Les Danseurs Espagnols Teresa and Luisillo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Danseurs Espagnols Teresa an Luisillo" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Teresa Viera Romero and Luis Perez Davila A.KA Luisillo, is a watercolor, on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape #II
By Merton Clivette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Merton Clivette (American, 1868-1931)
Title: Landscape II
Year: Circa 1925
Medium: Gouache
Paper: Watercolor
Size image: 17.35 x 22.65 inches
Size paper: 17.35 x 22.65 inches
Signature: Signed lower left by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Clivette was born in Portage, Wisconsin, in 1868 as Merton Clive Cook, the youngest of five (four sons and one daughter). His father was a retired British sea captain, and his mother was an American of French, Scottish and Iroquois Indian stock.
He stayed with a circus for about five years, traveling all over the Western United States, Canada and Mexico. They did shows for the army forts, for railroad workers and on Indian Reservations.
Clivette settled in San Francisco in 1886, when he was offered a job as a reporter and theatrical writer for the San Francisco Call. He met Frederic Remington during this period. He was the first serious artist Clivette had met and he was an inspiration to him.
Clivette had done some drawing and painting on the road during his vaudeville years, he had a natural facility for it, and he had had some formal art training as well. He had had some training in Europe and was aware of the modern art movement in Europe. Later in New York he participated in symposiums and workshops at the Art Students League. Around 1910 he gave up his stage career and began to paint full time. He was about 40 years old and was to continue to paint vigorously and prolifically for the remaining 22 years of his life, His style can be identified with the Expressionist Movement, His subjects include portraits (some quite realistic, others more generalized) Indians and horsemen, laborers, gentlemen and vamps, jungle animals and birds, fish, seascapes and landscapes.
He was an active participant in the art world of New York. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists. In 1923 he showed at the Ainslee Art Gallery at 677 Fifth Ave., in 1925 at the Spanish Society in Brooklyn and in 1927 he had a solo show at the New Gallery, 600 Madison Ave. That same year there was also a solo show of his work in Paris at the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, which included a catalogue. In 1929 he exhibited at the Art Center of the Roerich Museum in a group show of work from the collection of George Hellman. In 1930 he was in a show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, "Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans" which also included the work of Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, William Glackens, Marsden Hartley, Childe Hassam, George Luks and Mark Tobey and sculptors Gaston Lachaise and William Zorach among others. A description and critical analysis of his work in included in the book by Henry Rankin Poore...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Gouache
California Landscape
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "California Landscape" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Landscape, with Woman and Cat
By Paul Lilo Stenberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Lilo Stenberg (Norwegian, 1893-1981)
Title: Winter landscape, with woman and dog
Year: Circa 1940
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 12 x 19 inches
p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Dog and Wolf Fighting
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: Wolf and Dog fighting
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Ink drawing
Signature: signed in pencil on the reverse
Paper: Bainbri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Ink
Time to Go Home Papa
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Time to go Home Papa" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Darrell Craig McClure, 1903-1987 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.85 x 21.5 inches, framed is 24 x 30 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist:
Born in Ukiah Feb 25 1903, he showed his interest in cartooning at a very
early age. One of his cartoons appeared in the old Ukiah Republican Press
when he was nine years old.
His love for the sailing schooners he served on as a young man inspired him
to do a series of paintings on the vessels. McClure's work has been favorably received on both the East and West Coast, and a number of his paintings hang in the Maritime Museum in San Francisco.
He studied at a cartoon school in San Francisco and the California School of
Fine Arts. Instructors included Maynard Dixon, Harold Von Schmidt and
Clarence Mackey, leading artists of the day.
At the age of 17, he began his love affair with the sea, taking his first
voyage on the Annie Johnson, destined for Hawaii. At 19 he shipped out for
the East Coast aboard the freighter, Artiagas, and worked up and down the
coast until friends were instrumental in getting him a job as an apprentice
cartoonist with Hearst's King Features. He was with the newspaper for 37
years. Thirty-one were spent drawing the Annie Rooney cartoon.
McClure’s work is held in numerous collections nationwide, many paintings are on display at the Kelley House, Mendocino, Mateo, NC,the San Juan Islands and the San Francisco Yacht...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Sam and the Inkspot
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964)
Title: Sam and the Inkspot
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Ink drawing
Paper: Bainbridge Bristol Art
Size image: 10.25 x 7.75 inches...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Ink
Winter Landscape
By Raphael Senseman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape " c.1930 is a watercolor by noted American artist Raphael Senseman, 1870-1966 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Jean Carlu "Breaking the Chains" Original Charcoal on Paper c.1920s
By Jean Carlu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Carlu (French, 1900-1997) "Breaking the Chains" Original Charcoal on Paper c.1920s
Rare original work by noted French poster artist Jean Carlu.
A fine example of his interest ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by San Francisco Bay Area artist Hilda Kider, 1921-2017. It i...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape with Barn
By Lewis Suzuki
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016)
Title: Lanscape With Barn
Year: Circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 14.5 x 10.25 inches
paper s...
Category
1970s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Angelo
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Angelo
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 22.5 x 15.5 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Riverwash
By Anne Popperwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Riverwash" 1985 is an original watercolor on Arches watermarked paper by noted American artist Anne Popperwell, born 1948. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22 x 30 inches, framed is 28.25 x 36.25 inches. It is custom framed in a metal bronze color frame. It is in very good condition.
About the artist.
Anne Popperwell was born in Oakland, California, in 1948 and studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute from 1968-1970 with a major in painting and a minor in photography. She has been painting and exhibiting her work in both private and public galleries, primarily in Canada, since 1981. She paints in watercolour on paper and acrylic on canvas, though not exclusively, using nature-based imagery. Shortly after her arrival in Canada in 1976, Anne moved to an island off the West Coast to paint a particular landscape, the eroded sandstone shoreline. In the course of this eight-year series of paintings, she experimented with point of view, scale and colour, developing a method of working that creates the effect of light coming from within the subject itself. Her paintings are included in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and in private collections in the United States, Mexico and Europe.
Solo Exhibitions:
2016 "Shades of Saturna", Artlink Canada, Jaydon Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
2009 “Beauty” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2008 “Tropical Flowers” Casa Dahlia Galeria, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
996- "Why Don't You Just Leave?" paintings and video installation
1998 tour to 11 British Columbia regional galleries,
originating at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
1993 Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1991 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 Fran Willis North Park Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1986 Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1984 Grace Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Winchester Galleries, Victoria, British Columbia
1982 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1981 Kyle's Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, British Columbi1980 Kamloops Public Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2014 Insight Art Gallery, Galiano, B.C
2012 The Field Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
2002 “European Media Arts Festival”, Osnabruck, Germany
1997 “Open House”, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, France
1994 "Spring Run", Baux-Xi Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1994-1996 Government House, Victoria, B.C.
1992 "Hanging Gardens", Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
1990 "Bumbershoot Festival 1990", Seattle, Washington
1986 "Images B.C." The British Columbia Pavilion, Expo 86
Vancouver, British Columbia
1985 "Hot Water Colour", Harbourfront, Toronto, Ontario
"B.C. Women Artists"
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
1983 "National Watercolour Exhibition"
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1981 “Painter’s Day”, Kyle’s Gallery, Victoria, B.C.
Public Collections
British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Maltwood Art Museum, Victoria, British Columbia
City of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia
Esso Resources Canada, Ltd., Calgary, Alberta
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Grants and Awards
1995 British Columbia Cultural Services Branch grant
1973 City of Vancouver Purchase Grant
Exhibition Reviews, Catalogues and Articles
"A Sense of Place", Aqua magazine, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Summer 2014) illus.
“Why Don’t You Just Leave?”, Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (April, 1996) illus.
Cover, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, B.C., (May/June 1990)
Waterman, Jennifer A. “Planetary Visions, Sacred Images of the Earth” Herizons, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Volume 4 #8, December, 1986) p. 44, illus.
“B.C. Women Artists”,Exhibition Catalogue, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (October, 1985) illus.
Orford, Emily Jane, “Anne Popperwell’s Intimate Earth”, Victoria Times-Colonist, Victoria, B.C. (October 7, 1984) p. 8
Hartog, Diana, “Body Landscapes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Oaxaca Coast
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Oaxaca Coast" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Shen Shaolun "Chinese Junk Ship" Original Watercolor c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shen Shaolun Original Watercolor c.1960
Coastal landscape with rugged coastline and ship with sails.
Watercolor on paper. Dimensions 22 1/2 inches x 15 1/2 inches.
Double matted f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
The Pond at Windmill Farm, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"A tranquil setting for a picnic or an early afternoon nap," says Patricia. The eucalyptus trees create a frame for the pond, the mid-ground bushes and the di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Oil Pastel
Untitled
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Untitled
Year: c.2000
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 18 x 24 inches
paper: 18 x 24 inches
Signature: ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Danse Espagnole, Teresa Viera Romero
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danse Espagnole" referring to the famous Flamenco dancers, Teresa Viera Romero, is a watercolor, on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
The Old Factory
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: The Old Factory
Year: c.1980
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 16 x 21 in...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Nell Blair Walden Blaine "Standing Figure" Pastel Drawing, circa 1967
By Nell Blaine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Nell Blair Walden Blaine (1922-1996) "Standing Figure" pastel drawing circa 1967
A Fine original pastel portrait of a standing nude figure by listed artist Nell Blaine.
Dimensions ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Pastel
Reaching Across, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Patricia set up her easel at one of her favorite spots along the American River and painted a small study of the early morning scene. Then she went back to he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Oil Pastel
Dark Blooms VII, Abstract Painting
By Karin Johannesson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A spring garden scene, done in a loose and spontaneous watercolor style. Bright hues of yellow, pink and purple splash about the green foliage. Part of Karin'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Vilela Valentin Vintage Fantasy Dreamscape in Color Pencil c.1986
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Fantasy Dreamscape in Color Pencil by Vilela Valentin c.1986
This is a remarkable original illustration done in color pencil by a very talente...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Color Pencil
View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California II
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "View of Angel Island from Tiburon, California II" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by San Francisco Bay Area artist Hilda Kider, 1921-2017. I...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Nomad Camp
By Donald Teague
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Edwin Dawes Teague (American, 1897-1991)
Title: Nomad Camp
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor
Image size: 10 x 15.25 inches
paper size: ...
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1950s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Barn and Carriage
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Barn and Carriage" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back. The image size is 6 x 7.75 inches, framed is 13.35 x 14.65 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
State of Grace
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: State of Grace
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Acrylic
Danseuses Espagnoles (Spanish Dancers)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danseuses Espagoles" (Spanish Dancers) is a watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is hand signed at the lower r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
The Duck Hunter
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Duck Hunter" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back....
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Mount Fuji, Japan
By Tokusaburo Kobayashi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Tokusaburo Kobayashi (Japanese, 1884-1949)
Title: Mount Fuji, Japan
Year: Circa 1930
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Wove
Size image: 9.5 x 12.5 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Scene I, Abstract Painting
By Karin Johannesson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Abstracted garden flowers in a cool palette of blues and pink, with a touch of warmth. "This piece is my interpretation of a wintery scene, evoking images of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Sausalito, California
By Hilda Kider
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Artwork "Sausalito, California" c. 1975 is a watercolor on paper by San Francisco Bay Area artist Hilda Kider, 1921-2017. It is hand signed at the low...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
View down the River
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is my interpretation of a section of the American River near my home. I tried to convey the feeling of peace that I get when walking in this area with the ducks and birds for company. I added the path for a little sense of mystery as to what we might see in those trees beyond the river. I created this piece on Ampersand Pastelbord and it will need framing for display.
About the Artist
Pastel artist Patricia Prendergast creates impressionist artworks that depict the rivers and landscapes near her home in Sacramento, California. With each nature vignette, she captures the sense of larger natural rhythms through quick mark-making, mauve undertones, and a tranquil and serene haziness. Her work recalls the paintings from the Hudson River School such as Thomas Cole and Asher Brown Durand. Before working on her pastels at home in her studio, she spends hours studying nature on walks along the river near her home. Since becoming an artist, she says “everything is more vivid - the beauty of light and shadow in the trees, the subtlety of the color of clouds, the sparkle and reflections in water.” Her work as been exhibited in solo shows around California. She is represented by UGallery.
View down the River...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Oil Pastel
Seascape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seascape" is a watercolor by noted American artist, Charles Grant Davidson, 1865-1945. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 10.5 x 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Afternoon
By Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937)
Title: Afternoon
Year: Circa 1990
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Thick wove
Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches
Size, pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Acrylic
The Gazebo
By Jake Lee
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Gazebo" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is signed and dated at the middle right corner by the artist. The image size is 14 x 17 inches, framed is 22.75 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. it is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Jake Lee is emerging as the visual chronicler of the Chinese American past, especially the daily life in San Francisco Chinatown. No other artist, of any background, has presented that history as richly and as evocatively as Lee did in his many, striking compositions. Completed over a lifetime of work, Lee's paintings of historical sites, moments, and experiences give us an artistic vision.
For much of his life, Lee was known primarily as a commercial artist who completed arresting illustrations for travel magazines, greeting cards, and book jackets. He was an art teacher, with many students who learned the use of water-soluble pigments to depict the many landscapes of mid-20th century California. Less well-known were his representations of the many places historically linked to the Chinese of the state and the West. To this day, few in America know about Chinese work in the fisheries, in the early wine industry, in 19th century urban industry, and in the colorful cultural life of San Francisco in the years before the Great Earthquake. At a time when most Americans thought Chinese Americans had just been laundrymen, houseboys, or Charlie Chan, characters they saw on television.
As a visual historian, he connected us with the past, but foremost he was an artist. He presented appealing scenes for the visitor to San Francisco who wanted a visual memento. He mastered Western...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Landscape
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992)
Title: Landscape
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Pastel
Paper: Sketch
Image size: 14 x 17 inches
paper size: 14 x 17 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color bevel.
About the artist.
Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955.
Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest, Relf Case, Richard Brodney...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Pastel
Starry Night, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Dwight says this is his rendition of a starry night with Christmas tree. This playful still life depicts a brightly colored crafted tree with vintage lights h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
La Marguerite
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original gouache on Canson Mongolfier paper titled "La Marguerite," by Russian/French Artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is...
Category
1950s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Gouache
Village by a Road
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Village by a Road" c 1940 is a watercolor on paper by noted artist Donald Jeffries Bear 1905-1952. It is signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 10.65 x 14.5 inches, framed size is 17 x 21 inches. Framed in original frame. The artwork is in good condition, paper is toned by time, the four extreme corners are slightly discolored by hanging tape. The frame is also in good condition with minor dents, the linen is slightly discolored by time. The item is over all in good condition.
About the artist.
Donald Jeffries Bear, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's founding director from 1940 to 1952, was born on this day, February 5, 1905, in Terre Haute, Indiana. He previously served as the Director of the Denver Art Museum (1935-1940), regional advisor for the Federal Art Project (1935-38), and as principal of the World's Fair in New York (1938-39). While director of the SBMA, Bear served as president of the Western Association of Art Directors from 1943 to 1946. He was also an art critic and, last but not least, an artist.
Bear was well travelled, spoke numerous foreign languages, and as a Renaissance man, he was a singular match for another local polymath, Wright S. Ludington. In addition to his duties as director, Bear was also the curator and was responsible for producing over 600 exhibitions during his tenure. The exhibitions were as remarkable for their quality as well as their quantity, including SBMA's inaugural exhibition, Painting Today and Yesterday in the United States (June 5―September 1, 1941), which featured pieces from George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Robert Harnett, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Georgia O'Keefe, and numerous others. Perhaps most remarkably, the SBMA displayed two of the most influential paintings of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937) and Marcel Duchamp’s revolutionary Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 (1912) as part of the “Free France” exhibition in 1942. He was also responsible for producing numerous solo artist exhibitions, many of which were the first of their careers, including: William Dole, Clarence Hinkle...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Finite Field
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Old Trestle, San Rafael, California" 1986 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Danse populaire des Isles Canaries (Dance Popular from the Canaries Islands)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danse populaire des Isles Canaries" (Dance Popular from the Canaries Islands) c.1950 is a watercolor, pastel and black stone on pap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Watercolor
Cut Space
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Quiet of the River Fog, Original Painting
By Patricia Prendergast
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Patricia set up her easel on an early fall morning to catch the beauty of the fog rising off of the river. The sun was just beginnin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Oil Pastel
Landscape
By Edwin C. Siegfried
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" c.1940 is a pastel on paper by noted California artist Edwin C. Siegfried 1889-1955. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings in San Francisco
Materials
Pastel
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