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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
JOSEPHINE BAKER .Original drawing by JEAN COCTEAU . ART DECO .
Located in CANNES, FR
double portrait de Joséphine Baker by Jean Cocteau . Ink on paper . executed in 1925-1927. 27x21cm . Framed : 45x38cm . The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Annie Gued...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Frog - Drawing in pencil by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Frog is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) The artwork is depicted through strong strokes. Emmanuel Gondouin is a French Cubist...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

French Watercolor - Path to Autumn
Located in Houston, TX
Dazzling French watercolor of fall colored foliage lining a large path, circa 1920. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archiv...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Fleurs et Papillons - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Botanical watercolour and gouache on paper circa 1920 by French fauvist painter Raoul Dufy. The work depicts flowers in red and butterflies in blues, yellows, black and white. This work was executed by Dufy as a fabric design. Dimensions: Framed: 17"x27" Unframed: 10"x20" Provenance: Private collection of works by Raoul Dufy for Bianchini Ferier Bianchini Ferrier Collection - Christie's London - July 2001 SF Fall Show Raoul Dufy was one of a family of nine children, including five sisters and a younger brother, Jean Dufy, also destined to become a painter. Their father was an accountant in the employ of a major company in Le Havre. The Dufy family was musically gifted: his father was an organist, as was his brother Léon, and his youngest brother Gaston was an accomplished flautist who later worked as a music critic in Paris. Raoul Dufy's studies were interrupted at the age of 14, when he had to contribute to the family income. He took a job with an importer of Brazilian coffee, but still found time from 1892 to attend evening courses in drawing and composition at the local college of fine arts under Charles Marie Lhullier, former teacher of Othon Friesz and Georges Braque. He spent his free time in museums, admiring the paintings of Eugène Boudin in Le Havre and The Justice of Trajan in Rouen. A municipal scholarship enabled him to leave for Paris in 1900, where he lodged initially with Othon Friesz. He was accepted by the École des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Léon Bonnat, whose innate conservatism prompted Dufy to remark later that it was 'good to be at the Beaux-Arts providing one knew one could leave'. And leave he did, four years later, embarking with friends and fellow students on the rounds of the major Paris galleries - Ambroise Vollard, Durand-Ruel, Eugène Blot and Berheim-Jeune. For Dufy and his contemporaries, Impressionism represented a rejection of sterile academism in favour of the open-air canvases of Manet, the light and bright colours of the Impressionists, and, beyond them, the daringly innovative work of Gauguin and Van Gogh, Seurat, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Dufy was an out-and-out individualist, however, and was not tempted to imitate any of these artists. He produced, between 1935 and 1937, Fée Electricité (Spirit of Electricity), the emblem for the French utilities company Electricité de France (EDF). Dufy visited the USA for the first time in 1937, as a member of the Carnegie Prize jury. In 1940, the outbreak of war (and his increasingly rheumatic condition) persuaded him to settle in Nice. When he eventually returned to Paris 10 years later, his rheumatism had become so debilitating that he immediately left for Boston to follow a course of pioneering anti-cortisone treatment. He continued working, however, spending time first in Harvard and then in New York City before moving to the drier climate of Tucson, Arizona. The cortisone treatment was by and large unsuccessful, although he did recover the use of his fingers. He returned to Paris in 1951 and decided to settle in Forcalquier, where the climate was more clement. Within a short time, however, he was wheelchair-bound. He died in Forcalquier in March 1953 and was buried in Cimiez. Between 1895 and 1898, Raoul Dufy painted watercolours of landscapes near his native Le Havre and around Honfleur and Falaise. By the turn of the century, however, he was already painting certain subjects that were to become hallmarks of his work - flag-decked Parisian cityscapes, Normandy beaches teeming with visitors, regattas and the like, including one of his better-known early works, Landing Stage at Ste-Adresse. By 1905-1906 Friesz, Braque, Matisse, Derain, Vlaminck, Van Dongen and Rouault were described collectively as Fauves (the wild beasts). What they had in common was a desire to innovate, but they felt constrained nonetheless to meet formally to set out the guiding principles of what promised to be a new 'movement'. Dufy quickly established that those principles were acceptable; moreover, he was most impressed by one particular painting by Henri Matisse ( Luxury, Calm and Voluptuousness) which, to Dufy, embodied both novelty and a sense of artistic freedom. Dufy promptly aligned himself with the Fauves. Together with Albert Marquet in particular, he spent his time travelling the Normandy coast and painting views similar...
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1920s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

1930s WPA Era Watercolor Painting of Horses in a Southwest Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
Immerse yourself in the beauty of the American Southwest with this stunning vintage painting by renowned artist Lloyd Moylan (1893–1963). This masterful watercolor and gouache on pap...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

CLAES-THOBOIS Albert. Statue. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929.
Located in Paris, FR
CLAES-THOBOIS Albert Statue. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929. Provenance : Collection of the mistress of the artist. Born in Ixelles in 1883, Claes-Thobois studied at the Academy of Brussels under Constant Montald...
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1920s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Early 20th century English portrait of a young girl, Deborah Blencowe
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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1920s Victorian Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of artist Ida Bagoes Ketut Diding, Bali, 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Ida Bagoes Ketut Diding, Artist on bali 1937 Signed with initials, dated and titled, bottom centre Black chalk on paper, 29 x 31 cm Literature: Ernst Braches en J.F. Heijbroek, W....
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1930s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Nude Figure of Male Striking Pose
Located in Houston, TX
Powerful French pencil sketch of nude male figure, circa 1920. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival pla...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Vintage Watercolor Landscape - Les Goules
Located in Houston, TX
Bright watercolor landscape of a sailboat drifting in a small cove ringed by red rock mountains by artist M. Balestié, circa 1930. Titled lower left and signed lower right. Original...
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1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Woman - Art Deco charcoal pencil drawing
Located in London, GB
A fine large charcoal and pencil drawing by British listed artist James Stroudley. Executed in 1931, it is a stunning example of a 1930s Art Deco portrait. Very strong and bold, it d...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Cecil Beaton - Watercolour Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936
Located in London, GB
SIR CECIL BEATON, CBE (1904-1980) Ballet Costume Design for Le Pavillon - 1936 Signed and bears wardrobe mark l.r.: Beaton Watercolour and ink 49 by 39 cm., 19 ¼ by 15 ½ in. (fram...
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1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

CLAES-THOBOIS ALBERT. Still life. Pastel. Signed and dated 1929.
Located in Paris, FR
Born in Ixelles in 1883, Claes-Thobois studied at the Academy of Brussels under Constant Montald and Herman Richir. His career spanned an age of g...
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1920s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Seated Woman - Original Drawing by Louis Jou - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Woman is an Original Drawing in Pencil realized by Louis Jou (1882-1968). Good conditions. Hand-signed. The Artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced co...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for Frescoed Frieze is an interesting preparatory study realized by the artist Paul Bony, a famous French painter active in the last century. The artwork is in good state of p...
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1930s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Pencil

Study of a hand holding a cigarette, circa 1930, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Raymonde Heudebert 1905-1991) Study of a hand holding a cigarette Pencil on paper Annotated “Jean de Vogué” on the back Dimensions of the drawing : 26 x 27 cm Dimensions of the frame...
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1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Woman in a Fur Wrap
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman in a Fur Wrap Pen and ink heightened with white, c. 1920 Signed in ink lower right (see photo) Estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: estate of the artist ...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Study on a Mouse - Drawing by Augusto Monari - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Study on a Mouse is a Drawing in pencil realized by Augusto Monari in 1935. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

French Watercolor of Pont Royal, Paris, 1921
Located in Houston, TX
Combining soft sunlight, shadows, and reflections, French artist G. Genin provides an impressionistic view of the Pont Royal in Paris, 1921. Located between the Quai Anatole France a...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Francis Chapin was one of the most celebrated painters in Chicago during his lifetime. When he was a young art student, Valley House founder, Donald Vogel, painted with "Chape" on th...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French Fashion Sketch - Fur Trimmed Evening Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Unique pencil and gouache fashion sketch of a slim and flowing blue evening dress trimmed in white fur, circa 1930. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bo...
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1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper, Pencil

Moroccan - Original Pencil and Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Moroccan is an original pencil and china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1930. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Stamp of the ...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

Untitled (Reclining Woman)
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1933 watercolor of a reclining woman in a red dress, by Malvin Marr Albright (Zsissily), the identical twin of artist Ivan Albright and son of artist Adam Le Lorraine Albright. Im...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite, Paper

Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism Alfred Mira (1900-1981) Greenwich Village NYC 14 x 17 inches Oil on board,...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sailing Ship in the Harbour - Watercolor - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Sailing Ship in the Harbour is an original watercolor and pencil realized by a French artist of 20th Century (1929). The artwork is in good conditions, hand-signed by the artist on ...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Pastel on paper, 1922 Signed with the artist's initials in pencil Provenance: Estate of the artist Francis M. Nauman (label) Private collection, NY A very early abstract/cubist work by Kelly. Created while the artist was studying with Arthur Carles in Philadelphia. Leon Kelly (October 21, 1901 – June 28, 1982) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, PA. He is most well known for his contributions to American Surrealism, but his work also encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of his time. His large output of paintings is complemented by a prolific number of drawings that span his career of 50 years. Some of the collections where his work is represented are: The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Boston Public Library. Biography Kelly was born in 1901 at home at 1533 Newkirk Street, Philadelphia, PA. He was the only child of Elizabeth (née Stevenson) and Pantaleon L. Kelly. The family resided in Philadelphia where Pantaleon and two of his cousins owned Kelly Brothers, a successful tailoring business. The prosperity of the firm enabled his father to purchase a 144-acre farm in Bucks County PA in 1902, which he named "Rural Retreat" It was here that Pantaleon took Leon to spend every weekend away from the pressures of business and from the disappointments in his failing marriage. Idyllic and peaceful memories of the farm stayed with Leon and embued his work with a love of nature that emerged later in the Lunar Series, in Return and Departure, and in the insect imagery of his Surrealist work. "If anything," he once said,"I am a Pantheist and see a spirit in everything, the grass, the rocks, everything." At thirteen, Leon left school and began private painting lessons with Albert Jean Adolphe, a teacher at the School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. He learned technique by copying the works of the old masters and visiting the Philadelphia Zoo, where he would draw animals. Drawings done in 1916 and 1917 of elephants, snakes and antelope, as well as copies of old master paintings by Holbein and Michelangelo, heralded an impressive emerging talent. In 1917, he studied sculpture with Alexander Portnoff but his studies came to an abrupt halt with the start of World War I. Being too young to enlist, he joined the Quartermaster Corp at the Army Depot in Philadelphia, where he served for more than a year loading ships with supplies and, along with other artists, working on drawings for camouflage. By 1920, the family's fortunes drastically changed. His father's business had failed due to the introduction of ready made clothing and his marriage, unhappy from the beginning, dissolved. Broken by circumstance Pantaleon left Philadelphia to begin a wandering existence looking for work leaving Leon to support his mother and grandmother. He found a job in 1920 at the Freihofer Baking Company where he worked nights for the next four years. Under these circumstances Leon continued to develop his skills in drawing and painting and learned of the revolutionary developments in art that were taking place in Paris. During the day he was granted permission to study anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Osteopathy where he dissected a cadaver and perfected his knowledge of the human figure. He also met and studied etching with Earl Horter, a well known illustrator, who had amassed a significant collection of modern art which included work by Brancusi, Matisse, and Cubist works by Picasso and Braque. Among the artists around Horter was Arthur Carles, a charismatic and controversial painter who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Leon enrolled in the Academy in 1922, becoming what Carles described as, "his best student". In the next three years Leon work ranged from academic studies of plaster casts, to pointillism, to landscapes of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, as well as a series of pastels showing influences from Matisse to Picasso. Clearly influenced by Earl Horter's collection and Arthur Carles he mastered analytical cubism in works such as The Three Pears, 1923 and 1925 experimented with Purism in Moon Behind the Italian House. In 1925 Kelly was awarded a Cresson Scholarship and on June 14 he left for Europe. Paris The first trip to Europe lasted for approximately three and a half months and introduced Kelly to a culture and place where he felt he belonged. Though he returned to the Academy in the Fall, he left for Europe again a few months later to begin a four-year stay in Paris. He moved into an apartment at 19 rue Daguerre in Paris and began an existence intellectually rich but in creature comforts, very poor. "I kept a cinderblock over the drain in the kitchen sink to keep the rats out of the apartment" he once explained. He frequented the cafes making acquaintances with Henry Miller, James Joyce and the critic Félix Fénéon as well as others. His days were split between copying old master paintings in the Louvre and pursuing modernist ideas that were swirling through the work of all the artists around him. The Lake, 1926 and Interior of the Studio, 1927, now in the Newark Museum. Patrons during this time were the police official Leon Zamaran, a collector of Courbets, Lautrecs and others, who began collecting Kelly's work. Another was Alfred Barnes of the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. In 1929 Kelly married a young French woman, Henriette D'Erfurth. She appears frequently in paintings and drawings done between 1928 and the early 1930s. Philadelphia The stock market crash of 1929 made it impossible to continue living in Paris and Kelly and Henriette returned to Philadelphia in 1930. He rented a studio on Thompson Street and began working and participating in shows in the city's galleries. Work from 1930 to 1940 showed continuing influences and experimentation with the themes and techniques acquired in Paris as well as a brief foray into Social Realism. The Little Gallery of Contemporary Art purchased the Absinthe Drinker...
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1920s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

"Chrysler Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice Chrysler Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the yo...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Place de la Bastille - China Ink and Watercolor - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Place de la Bastille is a really joyful original drawing on paper, realized around the first decades of XX century by the French artist Eliane Diverly (1914 - 2012). Titled and date...
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1930s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Card Players, Spain - English Pencil & Watercolor Figurative Interior Drawing
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful c.1927 watercolour and pencil interior depicting card players in Spain by Robert Sargent Austin RA. Fine quality work by this noted English Royal Academician. Signed lower right and presented in an oak wash frame. Exceptional provenance having previously been exhibited at The Fine Art Society and sold through Abbott & Holder. Label verso. Artist: Robert Sargent Austin RA (British, 1895-1973) Title: Card Players, Spain Medium: Watercolour & pencil Size: 15 x 16.5 inches (38 x 42 cm) including the frame Robert Sargent Austin RA PPRWS PPRE (23 June 1895 – 18 September 1973) was a noted artist, illustrator, engraver and currency designer and widely considered to be one of Britain's leading mid-twentieth century printmakers. Austin studied at Leicester Municipal School of Art from 1909 to 1913 then at the Royal College of Art in London where his studies were interrupted by the First World War. He returned to the College in 1919 when he studied etching under Sir Frank Short and was awarded a scholarship in engraving to study in Italy. During the last 10 years of the etching revival between 1920 and 1930 he produced etchings from copper plates worked in very fine detail in an almost Pre-Raphaelite style. During the Second World War Austin worked as a war artist recording the efforts of women in the Royal Air Force and in the nursing services for the War Artists' Advisory Committee. During that period he produced a portrait of Lord Nelson as one of a series commissioned by London Transport called 'Our Heritage' and which also included portraits of William Pitt, Francis Drake, Earl Haig and Winston Churchill. He then returned to teaching at the Royal College of Art as Professor of Engraving from 1946. Austin acted as an advisor on the design of banknotes to the Bank of England between 1956 and 1961 and designed the ten shillings and one pound notes issued in the early 1960s. Austin was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (R.E.) in 1927 and succeeded Malcolm Osborne to become the Society's President from 1962 to 1970. He was elected a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society (R.W.S.) in 1934 and served as President from 1957 to 1973. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1939 and to the full membership (R.A.) in 1949 as an engraver. Austin was married to the writer Ada May Harrison for whom he illustrated a number of books. Ada's sister Rose was married to the sculptor and Royal Academician James_Woodford. Robert and Ada had a son, also Robert, and two daughters, Rachel and Clare. In 1936 the artist purchased...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Gibson Girls - Set of Two 1920's Portraits, Vintage Fashion Illustrations
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pair of two 1920's watercolor portraits of Gibson girls, one in blue and one in pink, by Charles Hollman (Dutch, 1877-1953). Each portrait renders...
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1920s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction Pen and ink on paper, 1932 Signed and dated in ink lower center Condition: Excellent Sheet/Image size: 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches Frame size: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2" Provena...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Interior Scene with Figures
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Interior Scene with Figures Ink and watercolor on paper, c. 1930's Signed with the Estate stamp lower center Condition: Loss upper right corner; two small tears lower margin ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Vanity Fair Illustration proposal, c 1930’s 18 X 13 3/4 inches (sight) ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

1920's Historical Fashion Illustration of Lady in 17th Century Dress
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed historical figurative fashion illustration painted in watercolor in 1921, of a lady in 17th century dress; complete with a full blac...
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1920s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Family Relations - Watercolor and Ink by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Family Relations is an original watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In goo...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

“Seated Woman”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed graphite on archival paper original drawing of a young woman seated by the American artist, William Sanders Fanning. Signe...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Graphite

"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) "Going to the Festival," 14 1/2 x 10 1/2. Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s....
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980) Oil Riggers, Mural Study Image: 6 1/2 x 37 inches Watercolor and egg tem...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

Veteran Cypress at Carmel California by Hugh Moran 1936
Located in Soquel, CA
Veteran Cypress at Carmel California by Hugh Moran 1936 Pastel painting of the Veteran Cypress at Carmel, California 1936 by Portrait and landscape artist Hugh Moran (American 19th-20th C.) A Califronia artist whom in 1949 was commissioned to paint Herbert Hoovers...
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1930s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Female Figure - Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Female Figure is an original modern artwork realized the 1920s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original pencil drawing on Ivory paper. Hand-sig...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"A Martinique Native in French Guyana, " Black Female Portrait, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
May Mott Smith (1879 - 1952) A Martinique Native in French Guiana, circa 1925 Watercolor on paper 24 x 20 inches Signed lower right; titled on the reverse “Martinique Native” is an ...
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1920s Feminist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Figure Study
Located in London, GB
Black and red chalk on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 31cm x 27cm (50cm x 45cm framed). Delmotte was a painter, draftsman, watercolourist and Belgian sculptor. A realist painter at first, he was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the century. An impressive list of gallery exhibitions of his work during his lifetime, either independently or as part of a group, indicate that he was a known and successful figure in art worlds of Belgium and Europe. Marcel Delmotte received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He was named Knight of the Order of Leopold II...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Landscape in Lagny - Original Drawing by Paul Alouard-Carny - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Lagny is an Original Pastel and Watercolour realized by Paul Alouard-Carny (1884-1961) in 1936. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lo...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Watercolor

Man In His Search for God, 1939 WPA Era Original Grey Scale Gouache Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This striking vintage 1939 original painting, titled Man In His Search for God, is a powerful piece from Charles Bunnell’s renowned Black and Blue Series. The artwork is painted in i...
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1930s Futurist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Lock Ness" Lake Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Lock Ness" Lake Watercolor Landscape on Paper Expansive landscape of Loch Ness by R.C. Lees (Scottish). The viewer looks out over Lock Ness, from a high vantage point. There is a l...
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1930s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French Art Deco c1925 Fabric Design in Gouache Genevieve Moreau Green Triangles
Located in London, GB
Genevive Moreau (French, fl. early Twentieth Century) Design for Fabric - Triangles in Green, Blue and Terracotta (c. 1925) Gouache 22 x 16 cm Signed in pencil; from a small portfol...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Allan Rohan Crite "God and Man"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Allan Rohan Crite: 1910-2007. Well listed and important African American artist. He has auction results over $200,000 and as high as $15,000 for his ...
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1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso) Watercolor on heavy textured paper, 1938 Signed in ink verso image of Two Figures, unsigned ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Passageway North Africa, street scene
Located in Greenwich, CT
Passageway North Africa was executed during Walter’s extensive travels throughout Spain, Northern Africa, and the Dalmatian coast. These works are magnificent snapshots –pictorial po...
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1920s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture Unsigned Graphite on tracing paper, 1930-1934 Sheet size: 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches Created while the artist was woring in Paris, c. 1930 “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Regarding the artist: Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithuanian/Russian/American 1894-1973 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade. Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers: “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor Lilian Gish, Actress President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist President Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959 President John F. Kennedy Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Brandeis University, Waltham, MA British Museum, London Boston University Brooklyn Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

'Reclining Nude', Salon d'Automne, AIC, Art Student's League, Brooklyn Museum
By Jack Sparrow
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of Authenticity verso and painted circa 1920. Provenance: Dualitie Gallery, Larchmont, NY An art deco study of a woman, with her hair in the style of Josephine Baker, ...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Moroccan Female Players - Original Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Moroccan female players is an original blue china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1930. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Sta...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Portrait of Ben Nicholson
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Christopher ' Kit ' Wood 1901-1930, was an English painter who briefly attended Liverpool University to study architecture but pursued an artistic career. He trained at the Academy J...
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1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

“British Pub 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top left and dated ...
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1930s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Street with Figures - Original Pencil and Ink by Helen Vogt - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Street with figures is an original pencil and china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1929. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Stamp of the artist on the ...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

Paul Gattuso, (Young Woman)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address. Gattus...
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1930s Ashcan School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Monotype

" Morceaux Choisis " original certified
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau ( 1889-1963 ) " Morceaux Choisis " est un dessin à l'encre brune et légère estompe au crayon noir , exécuté en 1932 , il représente un profil de femme . 19 x 11 cm . si...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Bust-length portrait of a woman, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Bust-length portrait of a woman signed lower right pastel on paper 53 x 43 cm Framed 74 x 64 cm This bust portrait of a woman shows us another aspect o...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

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