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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Photorealist
Art Deco Black Stallion and Wood Nymph Drawing by Wheeler Williams
Located in Larchmont, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1942
Pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1942
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Art Deco Wheeler Williams Allegorical Painting Study, Double Sided
Located in Larchmont, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1942
Pencil on paper
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed lower right recto: Wheeler Williams, 1942
Inscribed recto: Study for painting of the black stallion and wood nymphs, balcony on studio 15 @ 67th, NYC, 1942
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Venus Lamenting - 13-01-23, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Just Another Artistic Motif This graphite pencil drawing ˜Venus Lamenting “ 13-01-23 is a special one. It is an indictment of prudishness. My second to last one ˜Roundism “ 30-12-22 apparently shook up a bunch of people. Comments varied from great to ˜yet another tit pic. There also were prudes from various countries who scorned me for the subject nudity anyway. Throughout the years I became used to these reactions somehow. I also take into account the fact people from each and any nation are present on social media nowadays. With this variety comes a whole set of different opinions and views of life. I cherish them all. That is, as long as they cherish my opinion back. If they dont, then this art statement is for all those who lack the word reciprocity in their dictionary. Climbing the Barricades Personally I think the nude can be as much an artistic motif as any other. In fact I dont complain in the least about a world of other motifs. One could like to depict golden retrievers, red roses and other darling, save and sound themes. I see them on a daily basis on Instagram and Facebook among others. I probably wouldnt have made a big fuss because of contempt shown in the past. Thats what an artist is all about. I even like to provoke with my nudes a bit. A bit of sexiness but not too much. Just to be able to deny the presence of too much of it by underligning artistic aspects as well. Hmm, a bit of risque here an there. I love it! Why climb the barricades once again? Heres why. ArtKitchen In a dutch paper, called ˜NRC there was this item on Jeannette Dekeukeleires. She is the gallery owner of ArtKitchen in Amsterdam, known for its stimulating and provocative art...
Category
2010s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Spoonbill
By Adonna Khare
Located in Denver, CO
Adonna Khare is an American master carbon-pencil artist. Her style has been compared to the photo-realistic illustrations of Audubon, but the surreal worlds and strange inhabitants s...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Archival Paper
Art deco mixed media on paper - Panther in a forest of bamboos by Gaston Suisse
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Panthère dans les bambous, 1926
Gouache, or et traits de crayon sur papier
Signé et daté en bas à droite
15 x 15 cm (sujet)
Panther in the bamboos, 1926
Gouache, pencil and gold on paper
Signed and dated to the lower right
Provenance
Collection particulière, France - Private collection, France
Bibliographie/Literature :
Emmanuel Bréon "Gaston Suisse, splendeur du laque art déco", Somogy Editions d'art, Paris 2013, oeuvre décrite et reproduite page 104. (l’oeuvre décrite et reproduite est la lithographie tirée d'après l’oeuvre originale que nous présentons.)
Nous présentons ici l'oeuvre originale à la gouache, or et crayon de la panthère noire.
L’artiste en réalisa une gravure sur bois dont il tira lui-même une vingtaine d’épreuve. Ces épreuves ne furent pas commercialisées telles quelles, Gaston Suisse reprit chacune des épreuves en utilisant des lavis d’encre de Chine et des ors de différentes couleurs, afin d’obtenir des effets différents pour chaque épreuve, qui sont donc des œuvres originales uniques.
We present here the original work in gouache, gold and pencil of the black panther.
From this original, the artist made a wood engraving of which he made about twenty prints himself. These proofs were not marketed as they were, Gaston Suisse reworked each of the proofs using Indian ink washes and golds of different colors, in order to obtain different effects for each proof, which are thus unique original works.
Born in 1896 in a family of artists, his father Georges was a close friend of Siegfried Bing and a great lover of Japanese art and a bibliophile. He passed his taste for art to his son whom he often took to draw at the Botanic Garden . Around 1910, Gaston Suisse, who hasn't entered yet the artistic school, met Paul Jouve, then 18 years his elder, who was already famous.
In 1911, at the age of 17, he entered the National School of Decorative Art where he followed the teachings of Paul Renouard. Thanks to his knowledge and taste for the Japanese art, he chose lacquer painting as his specialty. His practice of this noble and demanding subject were so much appreciated that he was awarded with two gold medals in 1913 and 1914. Mobilized during the war , he joined the army and go in Salonika where he found his friend Jouve. In 1918, he finished his studies at the School of Applied Arts in order to perfect his training. He learned in particular the techniques of gilding and oxidation of metals. The first productions of Gaston Suisse, furniture and objects in lacquer with geometrical patterns, were an instant success and Suisse was appointed as member of Salon d'Automne in 1924, the very year of his first exhibition. Considered as an artist-decorator, his sincere and deep friendship with Jouve linked him in parallel with the groups of the animaliers of the Jardin des Plantes and became a close friend of Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. When travelling to Maghreb and Middle-East between 1923 and 1925, he produced numerous drawings representing antelopes, apes and fennec foxes...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Métal - Projet de rideau. Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original one-of-a-kind gouache
Hand signed
Category
1960s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740, " Crayon signed by S. Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740" is an original colorful crayon drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sailboat of the title is in the center, set against a deep blue sky upon a dark green sea. It is framed by a abstract shapes of bright color that flow into one another in curving lines. The horizon line is maintained throughout the composition, and the effect is something like looking through a kaleidoscope.
Art size: 8 1/2" x 7 1/4"
Frame size: 16 1/4" x 14 1/2"
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...
Category
1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Luv Shines 2, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2023
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Waldorf Astoria Art Deco Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Artist Charles Perry Weimer employs thin black horizontal lines that intersect with thin black vertical lines. The result is a triumph of design w...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Mosaic Tiles 1930 by Andrew Loomis, American Home Magazine Illustration Art Deco
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Andrew Loomis (American, 1892-1959)
Signed: Andrew Loomis (Lower, Right)
" Mosaic Tiles " 1930
16 1/2" x 21"
Watercolor with Graphite and Gouache on Illustration Board
Overall S...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
White Cat, Fashion Art Oil Painting by Erik Freyman
By Erik Freyman
Located in Long Island City, NY
An 80's style Art Deco oil painting of a fashionable lady petting her precious cat by contemporary artist Erik Freyman. The work is signed lower left, unframed.
White Cat
Erik Freym...
Category
1980s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Profil lauré
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Original ink drawing by Jean Cocteau signed and dated 1951 .
framed under museum quality glass .
drawing : 22.6 x 14.2 cm .
" profil lauré " is cer...
Category
1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Maurice Chevalier dancing with tuxedo .PARIS Mon Amour
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 -1998 ) . PARIS Mon AMOUR .
" Maurice Chevalier dansant en smoking "
gouache on paper : 39 x29 cm
framed : 51 x 41,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco 1940s High Fashion Illustration Woman with Fan and Screen
Located in Miami, FL
French female illustrator Geneviève Thomas renders a highly stylized fashion illustration set against a seamless red background, The model is wearin...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Art Deco Flapper Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002).
The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
William Albert Ablett, In Her Boudoir, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This evocative early 20th-century scene by French artist William Albert Ablett (1877-1937) depicts a lady sitting on a footstool while draped over a sofa. Her head is partially turne...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Eiffel Tower with Maurice Chevalier. PARIS .
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 -1998 ) .
" la Tour Eiffel au bras de Maurice Chevalier "
gouache on paper : 38 X 28 cm
Framed : 51 X 41,5 cm
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Maurice Chevalier 's Rolls Royce . PARIS 'S LOVE
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 -1998 ). PARIS'S Monn Amour
" la Rolls Royce de maurice Chevalier " arborant le canotier et la canne .
gouache on paper : 38 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Maurice Chevalier's farewell . Champs Elysées Theater. PARIS
Located in CANNES, FR
James Rassiat ( 1909 - 1998 ). PARIS Mon Amour .
"les adieux de Maurice Chevalier " . Théâtre des Champs Elysées .
20 Octobre 1968 .
Gouache on pape...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tempestuous Tidal in Blue, Stormy Seascape Diptych, Cyanotype Print, Duo, Blue
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Tempestuous Tidal in Blue" is an original cyanotype diptych portraying the tidal behavior during a storm.
Details:
+ T...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Dye Transfer, L...
Harp Player - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Harp Player is a drawing in Charcoal on paper realized by in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a wel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Original Erte furniture design of commode, signed, from Erte's personal collecti
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Coiffeuse Commode
Ink and watercolour with pencil
Inscribed with details (upper left) and signed with studio stamp (lower right)
11 x 16.1/2 in. (28 x 42 cm.)
Provenance: The personal collection of the artist
Gifted to Serge Leeman and thence by descent
Romain de Tirtoff, commonly known as Erté, is widely recognized as the most influential artist of the Art Deco movement. His distinguished career spanned over 80 years and crossed over into several mediums including fashion illustration, stage and costume design and bronze sculpture.
Erté was born on November 23, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a military man...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Edward Ridley, 1920s Portrait Of A Woman, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This stylish 1920s portrait by English artist Edward Ridley (1883-1946) depicts a woman wearing a hat and coat with a fur collar. It’s a fascinating piece produced during Ridley’s time as Headmaster of the Dress Department at the Central School of Art in Birmingham.
Edward Ridley dedicated his life to developing the artistic skills and enthusiasm of others. This piece, from around 1925, serves as an important marker of his greatest accomplishment - the creation of Britain’s first dedicated School of Dress Design. In 1924, it began with a small group of girls...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Costume Design - Gouache by Erté - 1970
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Costume Design is an original modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Deco Woman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Deco Woman
Crayon on paper, c. 1920
Signed in ink lower left: "Wm. Sommer" (see photo)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Edwin Sommer (the artist’s son)
Jose...
Category
1910s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Original Art Deco tea cup design by 20th Century Russian / American artist Erte
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Service a The et Café 1
Ink, gold paint and watercolour on grey/blue paper
Inscribed with deta...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Snapshot Series No. 2 (Iris), photorealist colored pencil still life drawing
Located in New York, NY
David Morrison's freshly bloomed Magnolia and Iris drawings further his play with artifice and hyperrealism. Cream and rose-colored blossoms seem to jump boldly from their branches. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper
Original art deco tea and coffee pot design by Erte, Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Tasse a Café et Bol a The
Ink, gold paint and watercolour with pencil
Inscribed with detai...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Original art deco Erte design of a tea and coffee set and a sugar bowl
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Service a The et Café: Thaiere, Eau du lait et Sucrier
Ink, gold paint and watercolour
Inscri...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Elite Discourse - Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Elite Discourse is a watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953).
Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin.
In good conditio...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Elegant - Drawing by Erté - Mid-20th Century
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant is a modern artwork realized in the mid-20th Century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Stamp of the artist
Includes frame
Provenance :
- Erté p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Original Erte furniture Art Deco designs in ink and watercolour, 20th century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990)
Meuble a Secrets
Ink and watercolour
Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower right)
9.3/4 x 12.7/8 in. ...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Original graphite drawing by Jean Cocteau . dated 1941 .
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Woman in a Fur Wrap
By Rudolf Bauer
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
Borghi & Company, New York
Condition: excellent
Sheet/Image size: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Rudolph Bauer
1889-1953
"Rudolf Bauer was born in Lindenwald near Bromberg, Silesia, in 1889 but his family moved only a few years later to Berlin. In 1905 Bauer began his studies at the Berlin Academy of Art but left the Academy only a few months later to educate himself. The upshot was paintings, caricatures and comical drawings which were published in 'Berliner Tageblatt', 'Ulk' and 'Le Figaro'.
From 1912 Bauer contributed to the magazine and Gallery 'Der Sturm' founded by Herwarth Walden and pivotal to German Expressionism and the international avant-garde. In 1915 Rudolf Bauer participated for the first time in a group show at Walden's gallery. There he met Hilla von Rebay...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
La Traviata - Clara - 1st Act - Drawing by Erté - 1951
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
La Traviata - Clara - 1st Act is a modern artwork realized in 1951 Century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on th...
Category
1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tiffany Vase Designs
Located in London, GB
Tiffany Vase Designs
Group of Three Porcelain Vase designs.
Paris, [1920’s].
Group of three original watercolour designs on paper, with marginal stamps “Planche d’aquarelle” with ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Scaramouche - Pierrette - Drawing by Erté - 1979
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Scaramouche - Pierrette is a contemporary artwork realized in 1979 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled an...
Category
1970s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tomorrow Afternoon - Drawing by Erté - 1951
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Tomorrow afternoon is a contemporary artwork realized in 1951 by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "1...
Category
1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Preliminary Study for Cretan Dancer Bronze
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Study for Cretan Dancer Bronze
Graphite on tracing paper, 1930
Unsigned
Note: The bronze sculpture measures 24 1/2 x 33 5/8 inches and is signed and dated 1930 on the base (see image on right). It is currently being offered for sale by Taylor Graham Gallery in New York. (see photo)
“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.
Image size: 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
Condition: Repaired tear in the lower left corner (see detail photo)
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...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Plenty - 1930s British Art Deco design for a Mural by Harry Carleton Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD
(1907-1985)
Plenty - Design for Eltham Palace
Chalks
Framed
20.5 by 12 cm., 8 by 4 ¾ in.
(frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 12 ½ in.)
Attwood was born i...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Costume Design - Gouache by Erté - 1970
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Costume Design is an original modern artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower m...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Tiffany Vase Designs
Located in London, GB
Tiffany Vase Designs
Group of Three Porcelain Vase designs.
Paris, [1920’s].
Group of three original watercolour designs on paper, with marginal stamps “Planche d’aquarelle” with...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Les Mamelles de Tirésias - Drawing by Erté - 1948
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Les Mamelles de Tirésias is an original modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Provenance :
- Erté personal collection.
- Serge Leeman collection.
Erté is in charge for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Springtime
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and professional graphic artist.
"Springtime" is an ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Portrait of a Woman in a Pink Vest - Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drawing of a woman by Palo Alto artist Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015). A woman wearing a pink vest and her hair pulled back sits looking to the viewer's right. She is rendered in loving detail, with smooth shading and glowing highlights. Of particular note are the details in her hair, jewelry, and folds of her skirt.
Signed and dated in the lower right corner.
Acquired with a collection of her work.
Presented in a new white mat with foam-core backing.
Mat size: 26"H x 24"W
Paper size: 23.75"Hx 19.75"W
Marilyn Thompson (American, 1927-2015) was born in Santa Paula. California. She received an art degree from San Jose State in 1950, after which she worked for H. M. Gousha, for whom she drew many illustrations of missions and other California sites. From the mid-1970s on, she did freelance drawing and painting, with lots of commercial work (pamphlet illustrations, posters, custom birthday cards...
Category
1990s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Les Mamelles de Tirésias - Choriste - 2nd act - Drawing by Erté - 1947
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Les Mamelles de Tirésias - Choriste - 2nd act is a modern artwork realized in 1947 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower mar...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
La Traviata - Rodolphe - 4th act - Drawing by Erté - 1948
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
La Traviata - Rodolphe - 4th act is a modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act - Drawing by Erté - 1948
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act is a modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "9893" on the back.
Includes frame
Provenance :
- Erté personal collection.
- Serge Leeman collection.
Erté is responsible for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire...
Category
1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Three Ribbon Heads", Art Deco Hand Colored Lithograph by John Luke Eastman 1984
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Ribbon Heads", Art Deco Female Figurative by John Luke Eastman. 1984
Beautiful mid-1980's hand colored Art Deco style lithograph by Southern California artist John Luke Eastman (American, b.1929). In this 1984 version of Eastman's "Three Ribbon Heads", a delicate flowing line drawing of three consecutive women's faces in profile are framed by ribbons in a circular composition. As in many of the artist's works, Eastman captions the piece with the following phrase: " In this life we have three lasting qualities...faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of them is love."
Hand signed and dated in pencil lower right, "John L. Eastman 84" artists proof.
Displayed in a light grey mat and new art deco-style giltwood frame.
Paper size: 20"H x 16"W.
Framed size: 19.5"H x 23.25"W x 1"D.
John Luke Eastman is a Southern California artist with a unique style.
A graduate of UCLA with a degree in graphic arts, he was successful fashion illustrator and art director for prestigious department store in L. A. before turning his full attention to fine art. Over the part decade he has created and mastered the unique style that is currently found in his limited edition silk-screen graphics. A versatile artist, who has illustrated many record and book covers he refers to his style as "the 5th dimension" or "beautiful distortion". The qualities he seeks to impart through his works are fluidity of movement, a feeling of spatiality, weightlessness and beautiful color.
His artworks have been in a lot of shows across the country. He recently had show at Celux (Louis Vuitton membership...
Category
1980s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor, Mixed Media, Paper
Call to the Dance - 1930s British Theatrical illustration by Robert Sherriffs
By Robert Stewart Sherriffs
Located in London, GB
ROBERT STEWART SHERRIFFS
(1906-1960)
Call to the Dance
Signed
Black ink, unframed
30.5 by 49.5 cm.; 12 by 19 ½ in.
(mount size 47.5 by 65 cm., 18 ¾ by 25 ½ in.)
Born in Edinburgh, Sherriffs was educated at Arbroath High School and studied at Edinburgh College of Art, initially specializing in heraldry. He contributed to several magazines, and his caricature of John Barrymore in the Bystander led to a series of illustrations of celebrities for the Sketch which resulted in his being appointed the magazine’s film and theatre caricaturist from 1930 onwards. He also contributed weekly drawings to the Radio Times. He was expected to replace Will Dyson...
Category
1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Watercolor Painting of Tropical Architecture in the Bahamas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Delightful watercolor on paper of colonial architecture with water, mountains, and two mysterious figures. Signed in the lower left by noted Amer...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tree and Sky, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2022
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly’s laborious method of toning her paper serves as the starting point for her intricate compositions. She begins by covering the entire sheet with up to eight smooth, unmod...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Art Deco Nude – 23-08-22, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Movement Another graphite pencil drawing ‘Art Deco Nude – 23-08-22’, inspired by again a smashing picture by Walter Bird. The last drawing shows a seated lady. Contrasts are always on my mind though. Not in the style but in movement this time. What attracked me in the motif was the angular position of the female form. I am not sure whether she stood still like this but it looks like some ritual dance. I can ask my Spanish model Julia who is a dancer to strikes these kinds of poses. All induced by Walter! Extrapolate Them The bodily features almost took up a perfect square. However, I wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to end up with too much negative space around her. Therefor, extrapolating her features into the negative space came to my aid. The planes that are born from this process support the overall expression of her moves, I think. Some of them I hached up to complete darkness, other to midtones. Vice versa I did in the positive form as well. The most contrasting tonal values (completely light / dark) I placed within the body. I wanted only mildly distracting or diffuse the viewer’s attention. This way I found a perfect balance. Emotional and Expressive Someone on called...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mixed Media Painting of a Parrot in a Faux Bamboo Frame
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty mixed media painting on brown paper of a parrot executed in classic Art Deco style with a bold stroke using watercolor and gouache. Signed by not...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
Graffiti Tree 5, photorealist graphite landscape drawing, 2022
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
In this work, the artist returns to a favorite spot in Alley Pond Park, Queens, to memorialize the ever-evolving carved names and glyphs in this majestic trunk. She is documenting no...
Category
2010s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
FAUNE MUSICIEN . Edouard DERMIT Private
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau from Edouard DERMIT collection .
signed and dated 1957 . framed .
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
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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