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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1990s
"Other/Brotherhood, " Acrylic and Charcoal Mixed Media Painting on Paper
Located in Houston, TX
This colorful artwork is one in a series of studies leading up to Long’s major ice sculpture installation Other in May of 2000. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Bert Long...
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1990s Folk Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Acrylic, Paper

"Painting the Paint, " Monoprint, Colored, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
This large monoprint demonstrates Bert Long’s affection for introspection. Referring to the paint as both an action and an object underscores the fluidity of...
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1990s Folk Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Monoprint

The Artist In His Atelier, Mid Century, Ecole De Nice
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid Century work on card by Sylvain Vigny. Depicting an artist (self portrait?) in his studio with his subject and muses, like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Reminiscent of the drawings of Picasso and Matisse who were his contemporaries and neighbours on the Cote D'Azur at this period. The painting is signed and dated bottom left. In period chrome edged frame, currently under glass. If Sylvain Vigny had stayed in Paris in 1934 instead of moving to Nice on the Côte d’Azur, his highly imaginative and original work might be better known. Comparisons with better-known modernist artists including Maurice de Vlaminck, Georges Rouault and Raoul Dufy set him in an appropriate and favourable context. A self-taught artist, he grew up in Vienna and emigrated to France in the 1920s, living in Paris from 1929 to 1934. After he had moved to Nice early in 1934, he exhibited in galleries along the Mediterranean coast and in Switzerland, with major exhibitions in New York in 1938 and at the Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris in 1948. Sylvain Vigny was part of an important artistic community in Nice, which included Jean Moulin who owned the Galerie d’Art Roman, the artist Jean Cassarini, writers Pierre and Jacques Prévert, filmmaker Nikos Papatakis, and jazz musician Django Reinhardt...
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1950s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard

"Art Deco Daisies, " Original Floral Crayon signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Art Deco Daisies" is an original crayon drawing on brown paper by Sylvia Spicuzza with a stamped signature long the center lower edge. Framed in delicate lines, the orange daisies r...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

The Little Housewife Le petite ménagere - Drawing on Chine Paper
Located in London, GB
TSUGOUHARU FOUJITA 1886-1968 Edogawa Tokyo 1886-1968 Zurich (French / Japanese) Title: The Little Housewife Le petite ménagere, 1956 Technique: Original Hand Signed Pencil Drawin...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Majestic Horse
Located in Missouri, MO
Hoi Lebedang "Majestic Horse" c. 1950s Original Mixed Media on Paper Signed "Lebedang, Paris" Lower Right Site Size: approx 13 x 20 inches Framed Size: ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Murex, black and white pop art pastel, semi-abstract silhouette, 1996
By Idelle Weber
Located in New York, NY
Enlarged, abstracted, and decontextualized, Weber transforms a delicate seashell into a sublime icon. The black silhouette of the shell is a callback to her Pop period, though softened by her use of pastel. This is the first piece from a major body of work inspired by shore walks in South Melbourne, Australia. ''Murex,'' a spiny menace with a long rat's tail, gets its devilish due in black silhouette lightly touched with white. - Grace Glueck, The New York Times, 1996 Idelle Weber...
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1990s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

"Early Morning Light, " Oil on Paper - Abstract Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
Primal energy leaps from the depths of the universe, as the first rays of daylight break through the dark. Artwork Details: Ithipol Thangchalok "Early Morning Light" 1998 Oil on Pa...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

"Pre-Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame with Glass Eye
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. It’s central feature is a profile of an abstract organic form nestled in a smooth gradient backgro...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Bronze

"Roma, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. The texture and color of the background simulates a fluid substance, while the primary subject matt...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Bronze

"Post Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
This work is one in a series of prints conceived during Long’s fellowship in Rome. The vertical striations along the background accentuate a sense of rhythm, while the colorful strip...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Bronze

"We Live, We Grow, We Die, We Go Someplace, " Six Color Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
This work resembles a colorful abstraction of a terrarium inhabited by geometric and organic forms alike. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew ...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Cruxificion
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil at lower right.
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Pencil

Que principio a abrir los ojos
Located in London, GB
Signed in pencil at lower right. Inscribed 'Que principio a abrir los ojos' ('Where to start when you open your eyes') in pencil at lower centre.
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Color Pencil

Nude Drawing, Charcoal on Paper by PadmaShree Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 10 x 12.5 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extr...
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1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

'Mother and Child', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988). Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Ecole de Paris Mid 20th Century Equine Carthorse Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cart Horse "Gamin" aged 3 by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed and inscribed lower right watercolour, graphite and gouache painting on stiff artist's paper, unframed Image: 12 x 9.25 ...
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1950s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

"Untitled, Ballerina", Contemporary, Graphite Drawing, Canvas, Figurative
Located in St. Louis, MO
Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents an action-based assem...
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite

Assisi - 20th Century, Drawing on prepared card by Ben Nicholson
Located in London, GB
Pencil on artist's prepared card Inscribed verso 'Assisi / Oct 8-55 / Ben Nicholson' Blind stamped 'REEVES BRISTOL BOARD' (upper right) Nicholson's work in Italy, although closely related to the central concerns of his art, is a special category in his oeuvre, which demonstrates his appreciation of Italian architecture and landscape. He visited Italy...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Gold Dredgers" Sacramento, Watercolor by Wayne Thiebaud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Wayne Thiebaud, American (1920 - ) Title: "Gold Dredger" Sacramento Year: circa 1956 Medium: Watercolor on paper Signature: Signed and titled in pencil Image Size: 9 x 20.5 ...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Behind Every Great Man
By Sue Williams
Located in New York, NY
Colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite and paper collage on paper This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Born in Chicago in 1954, Sue Williams...
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1990s Feminist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite

Lounge
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel on fabric (bathrobes) on wood panel with upholstery tacks
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1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Fabric, Wood, Pastel

Self-Portrait
By Sean Keating
Located in Missouri, MO
Sean Keating (Irish 1889-1977) "Self Portrait" c. 1950s Charcoal on Paper Signed Lower Right Framed Size: approx 20 x 16 inches A noted portrait and figure painter, influenced by both Romanticism and Realism, Sean Keating was an Irish nationalist painter who executed several iconic images of the Irish Civil war era, and of the ensuing period of industrialization. One of the great exemplars of representational painting in Ireland, Keating was an intellectual artist in that he set out to depict the birth and development of the Republic of Ireland, and his pictures are deliberately idealized even heroic. However, he held very conservative views about art - verging on the academic style - and was a committed defender of traditional Irish painting, considering much modern art to be bogus. Born in Limerick, Sean Keating studied drawing at the Limerick Technical School before winning a scholarship, arranged for him by William Orpen, to study fine art painting at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin. In 1914 he won the Taylor Scholarship and the following year exhibited three paintings at the Royal Hibernian Academy. Over the next period of years he spent time on the Aran Islands off County Galway, and then in London. He returned to Ireland in 1916 and painted the war of independence and the subsequent civil war. Works he completed at this time include the painting: Men of the South (1921) depicting a group of IRA men about to stage a military ambush, and An Allegory (c. 1922) which features a cluster of figures representing the fractures in the young Irish state. Meantime, in 1919, Keating was appointed an assistant teacher at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Then in 1921, he staged his first one-man show at The Hall, Leinster Street. In 1923, he was elected to the Royal Hibernian Academy. In a Dublin exhibition of Irish art held in 1924, Keating was awarded the gold medal for his picture Homage to Hugh Lane - now hanging in the Hugh Lane Gallery. In the late 1920s, Keating was commissioned to record the building of the hydro-electric power generator at Ardnacrusha, near Limerick. He painted a number of paintings of this scheme. Not unlike the Soviet Realism School of painting, these paintings sought to promote the construction work as an achievement of heroic proportions. Keating's works began to attract interest abroad. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London and, in 1930, he held a one-man show at the Hackett Gallery, New York. In 1931 Keating's one-person exhibition was staged at the Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin. In 1934 he was made professor of the National College of Art in Dublin, and Professor of Painting, three years later. His 1937 exhibition at the Victor Waddington Galleries attracted considerable interest. In 1939, he was asked to paint a wall-painting for the Irish pavilion at the New York World Fair and duly created a huge mural of fifty-four panels. He was President of the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1949 to 1962, exhibiting nearly 300 works during the period. In 1963, a retrospective exhibition was staged at the Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, which was opened by Irish President de Valera...
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1950s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Charcoal

Empire Soldier - Original signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André DERAIN Empire Soldier Original carbon pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 32 x 25 (c. 12.6 x 9.8 in) Very good condition
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Opera singer - Original signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André DERAIN Opera singer Original carbon pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 32 x 25 cm (c. 12.6 x 9.8 in) Very good condition
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Winter's Blanket
Located in Missouri, MO
David Halbach "Winter's Blanket" 1992 Watercolor on Paper Signed and Dated Lower Left Image Size: 9 x 11 inches Framed Size: 14.5 x 16.5 inches A member of the Cowboy Artists of America since 1985, he has lived in Arizona beginning 1975 and later in the Sierras of California. In 1975, he also won the prestigious Silver Medal at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame show for his watercolor "Story Teller." In 1996 he completed a project for "National Geographic." He attended the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, and his teachers were the acclaimed Millard Sheets and Rex Brandt...
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1990s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Corinthian Columns, " Watercolor signed by Bruce McCombs
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Corinthian Columns" is an original signed watercolor by Bruce McCombs. It depicts the capitals of two Corinthian columns and other decorative stonework. This painting displays McCom...
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1990s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Old Mission Station, San Francisco, California
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman (American 1911-2000) "Old Mission Station" c. 1950 watercolor on paper Signed *Fully illustrated in the book "Dong Kingman, Portraits of Cities" Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches Framed Size: 32.5 x 40.5 inches The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist. DONG KINGMAN (1911-2000) Dong Kingman, the world-renowned artist and teacher, died in his sleep on May 12, 2000 at age 89 in his home in Manhattan. The cause was pancreatic cancer. Long acknowledged as an American watercolor master, he has received an extraordinary number of awards and honors throughout his 70-year career in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art Association First Purchase Prize, 1936; Audubon Artist Medal of Honor, 1946; Philadelphia Watercolor Club Joseph Pennel Memorial Medal, 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art Award, and the National Academy Design 150th Anniversary Gold Medal Award, 1975. In 1987, the American Watercolor Society awarded Dong Kingman its highest honor, the Dolphin Medal, "for having made outstanding contributions to art especially to that of watercolor." His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums and universities, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Des Moines Art Center, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Brooklyn Museum and Hirshhorn Museum. Born in Oakland, California in 1911 of Chinese descent, Kingman moved to Hong Kong at age five. He studied art and calligraphy in his formative years at the Lingnan School. The painting master Szeto Wai had recently studied art in Paris and took a keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French Impressionist styles of painting. Kingman returned home to Oakland when he was 18 at the height of the Depression. He worked as a newsboy and dishwasher to make ends meet. When he was employed as a houseboy for the Drew family in San Francisco, he painted every spare moment. In a year, he created enough pictures to have a one-man show at the Art Center. It attracted the attention of San Francisco art critics who raved about Kingmans unique style. Wrote Junius Cravens of the San Francisco News: "That young Chinese artist is showing 20 of the freshest and most satisfying watercolors that have been seen hereabouts in many a day Kingman already has developed that universal quality which may place a sincere artist work above the limitations of either racial characteristics or schools. Kingmans art belongs to the world at large today." Dong Kingman became an overnight success. From 1936 to 1941, he was a project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two Guggenheim fellowships enabled him to travel the country painting American scenes. His first one-man show in New York at Midtown Galleries in 1942 was well received in the media, including Time, Newsweek, the New Yorker and American Artist. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco held a major exhibit of his watercolors in 1945. In 1951, Midtown presented a 10-year retrospective of his work. Time Magazine wrote, "At age 40, Kingman is one of the worlds best watercolorists." Other retrospectives, including Corcoran in Washington,D.C. an d Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio, were held for the artist. Kingman moved to Wildenstein (1958-1969) where he had successful exhibits in New York, London and Paris. Hammer Galleries exhibited his paintings in the 70s, and then the artist expanded his venues to the West Coast and Far East. During World War II, he served with the OSS in Washington, D.C. where he was a cartographer. After his honorable discharge, Kingman moved to Brooklyn Heights from San Francisco when he became a guest lecturer and then art instructor at Columbia University (1946-1958). Hunter College also appointed him instructor in watercolors and Chinese Art (1948-1953). His teaching career continued with the Famous Artists School, Westport, CT in 1953, joining such distinguished artists on the faculty as Will Barnet, Stuart Davis, Norman Rockwell and Ben Shahn. He also became a teaching member for 40 years for the Hewitt Painting Workshops, which conducts worldwide painting tours. He taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, was a member of its board, and received an honorary doctorate from the Academy. In 1954, the U.S. Department of State invited Kingman to go on a cultural exchange program tour around the world to give exhibitions and lectures and to meet local artists. When he came home, he presented the State Department with a 40-foot long report on a scroll, which later appeared in LIFE Magazine. One of Kingman's most treasured experiences was his invitation by the Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China to exhibit in that country in 1981. He was the first American artist to be accorded a one-man show since diplomatic relations resumed. More than 100,000 visitors attended his exhibitions in Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou and the retrospective received critical acclaim from the Chinese press. Noted the China Daily Mail, "Just as the master painters of the Song Dynasty roamed about mountain and stream to capture the rhythm of nature, Dong Kingman traveled the world capturing the dynamism of modern lifefamiliar scenes have been transformed into a vibrant new vision of life through color schemes with rhythms that play over the entire surface of the picture. The wind swept skies which enliven his watercolors remind us of the pleinairism of the French Impressionists." Kingman, who has been fascinated with movies since seeing his first film "The Thief of Baghdad...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled (Albuquerque)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Diebenkorn Untitled (Albuquerque), 1951 Ink On Paper 11 x 8.63 in
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1950s Post-War Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"Saddle Back Light"
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper by the American artist, Norman MacLeish. Signed lower right and dated 1955. Condition: good. There is a brown watercolor dash in the right sky. It is not a foxi...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Bridges
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

From Monkey to Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Hamparzoom Zorthian was born April 14, 1911 in Kutahya, Turkey, of Armenian parents. At the age of three, he showed considerable talent in drawing and painting. Zorthian ...
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1950s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Speed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Picasso
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An incredible original pen and ink drawing by American artist Stephen Longstreet. Longstreet authored more than 100 books, and worked extensively as a pr...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Gold Vertical Number 16
By Peter Lobello
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pastel drawing by Peter Lobello from 1991. An abstract drawing of multiple layered line strokes. Signed and framed in light wooden frame. Artist: Peter Lobello Title: Gold Ve...
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1990s Minimalist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paste

Hollywood Boulevard: Grauman's Chinese Theater
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the day before settling in Los Angeles in the 1930’s. The artist continued his art education and began exhibiting throughout galleries in Southern California. “Hollywood Boulevard: Grauman's Chinese Theater...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Sunrise
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Maestro
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "Maestro", is a rare pen...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Repose
By Dale Barnhart
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional original drawing by American artist Dale Barnhart. Barnhart, was an illustrator who works prolifically on many films including, "The Jungle Book", Winnie...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Sunset
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Building Blocks
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present the following suite of just discovered, mixed media paintings, c.1957, by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) Robert McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "Building...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Starburst
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media painting by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific a...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Image
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Repose
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jirayr Zorthian(1911-2004), went through two Turkish massacres before age eight. He left Turkey at age nine with his family and spent a year in Padua, Italy, waiting for his visa to...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Head
Located in San Francisco, CA
Watercolor, gouache, ink wash, crayon, and pencil on paper
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Gouache, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.

Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art.

The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.

When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.

When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.

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