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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Post-Impressionist
Nude #002, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Nude Woman Nude #002 Ink on 140 lb / 300 g paper (acid free). Certificate of authenticity provided. Will be shipped rolled in a tube. Keywords: body, woman, contemporary a...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Marital Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Savinio - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Marital portrait is a modern artwork realized by Alberto Savinio in 1948. Pencil on paper. Hand signed by the artist and dedicated to Raffaele Carrieri. Certificate of authenticity by Ruggero Savinio...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Beautiful, Misty landscape of Loch Earn, Scotland Original Watercolour Framed
Located in ludlow, GB
This is a favourite place of the world famous Scottish Watercolour artist. Possibly more famous for his ever popular depictions of beautiful semi naked models but he himself said of...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Where the Fuck is Jimini? - Drawing by Ryan Mendoza - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
Where the fuck is Jimini? is a contemporary artwork realized by Mircea Suciu in 2012. Charcoal on drawing paper. Signed on the back – Origin Aeroplastics Brussels Mircea Suciu  Bo...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Glamour Fashion Portrait of Model Sara Thom - Mid Century
By Richard Stone
Located in Miami, FL
Dick Stone was a top mid-century illustrator who worked for the most famous brands. He was an assignment artist hired by such esteemed Ad Agencies as BBDO ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Casein, Board, Pen

Dancing Animal Critters on a Top Hat, Bear, Frog, Owl, Crane Bird, Bee, Snail
Located in Miami, FL
Enter the whimsical world of famed children's book illustrators husband and wife team Alice and Martin Provensen. On top of a heavy tree trunk sits a...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

“Montmartre in July”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful, original watercolor by the well known American artist, Henry Martin Gasser. Signed lower right by the artist “Gasser/Paris. Titled verso. Circa 1965. Condition is excelle...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Mural Study
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, period mural study of an interior by artist Edgar Ewing.
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Rainfall at night
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic

Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960. Watercolor on yellowed paper. Monogrammed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 192...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Louis Osman FRIBA Pavilion architectural design
Located in London, GB
Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Prince of Wales. We have acquired a large archive of Osman's works form his daughter; to see the other Osman works available, please scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Louis Osman (1914 - 1996) A Pavilion in a Private Park Pen, ink and wash 67 x 100 cm Provenance: the family of the artist. Signed lower right. Osman was as much an artist as an architect. This is likely a portfolio piece from his time studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture, and is as such a piece of architectural history as well as a beautiful Osman design. Osman was awarded a First Class degree and the Donaldson Medal of the RIBA (for the best result in his year group) by the Bartlett, and then went on to the Slade School of Art. He subsequently trained with Sir Albert Richardson – we also have several Richardson works in our collection. After the war, Osman busied himself as an architect. His work included contributions to Westminster Abbey, and Lincoln, Exeter, Ely, and Lichfield Cathedrals, Staunton Harold Church in Ashby de la Zouch for the National Trust, and of course his folly: the Grade I listed Elizabethan manor house, Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, now a National Trust property. At Canons Ashby he established a workshop and had a team of silversmiths and goldsmiths working for him. In 1976 he made the gold enamelled coffin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Reclining Nude — Mid-Century Modernism, African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Blackburn, Untitled (Reclining Nude), brush and ink, c. 1948, unsigned. A fine, spontaneous work, on cream wove paper. Slight toning to the sheet edges; otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 18 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (476 x 597 mm). Provenance: Adrienne E. Wheeler Collection, acquired from the artist. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Blackburn (1920 - 2003) participated in the rich mix of art programs and creative groups available in Harlem as he grew up, including Charles Alston's Harlem Arts Workshop, the Harlem YMCA, and later the Harlem Artist's Guild. In 1937 he joined the WPA at the Harlem Community Art Center, the largest New York center for instruction in the arts. There he was exposed to Harlem's most prominent artists, Aaron Douglas, William Henry Johnson...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

On the Gallops. 1976.Race Horses. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing. Racetrack.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping. English ( b.1901 - d.1990 ). On the Gallops, 1976. Gouache and Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 18.5 inches x 26.8 inches ( 47cm x 68cm )...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

1940's Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998) Signed and dated 1947 From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947 watercolour painting on paper, unframed mea...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Chita Rivera BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Costume Drawing Tony Awards
Located in New York, NY
Chita Rivera BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Costume Drawing Tony Awards Miles White (1915 – 2000) ChITA RIVERA in BYE BYE BIRDIE 11 x 8 inches M...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Cecilia Lake Orta - Naked model in beautiful Villa Italy original watercolour
Located in ludlow, GB
I have long since been a fan of William Russell Flint's watercolours, he is a master of the "economical" touch and in particular his landscapes can be sublime! This painting seems to...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes 17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938 Signed A. Ross lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Board

HORSE AND RIDER - Ink drawing signed Marino
Located in Napoli, IT
Indian ink drawing on paper inspired by the works of Marino Marini, embellished with a beautiful frame, mis. est. cm. h.37x32x2.
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Paper

BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis
Located in New York, NY
BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis Miles White (1915 – 2000) BYE BYE BIRDIE 11 x 8 inches Mixed Media on Paper Signed Lower Right Framed by Bark Affixed to the back are original gold lame fabric swatches. This drawing is available, along with two other original costume drawings from BIRDIE by Miles White, another of Conrad Birdie and one of Chita Rivera. Miles White, a leading Broadway and Hollywood costume designer for decades. created costumes for the original Broadway productions of OKLAHOMA CAROUSEL, BYE BYE BIRDIE and many others. In film he worked on "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Greatest Show on Earth." He designed Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and the Ice Capades for many years. Miles was a close friend for the last 20 years of his life. We live with one of his two Tony Awards and a dozen drawings. BYE BYE BIRDIE is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Fond Memories. Original Gordon King Watercolor. Modern British. Lady. Flowers.
By Gordon King
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Gordon King. English ( b.1939 ). Fond Memories. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 13.6 inches x 21 inches ( 34.5cm x 53.5cm ). Frame size 22.4 inches x 29.9 inches ( 57cm x 76cm ). Av...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

The Sower by Camille Pissarro - Ink drawing
Located in London, GB
The Sower by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) Ink on paper 23 x 16 cm (9 x 6 ⁵/₈ inches) Stamped lower right, C.P. This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Dr. Joachim...
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1880s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

“Twilight Forest Lane”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel twilight scene on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper of a tree lined country lane. Beautiful use of light and shadows. American School, post impressionist style. Init...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

1964 Original Pastel Watercolor Drawing Construction Workers SF Red Green Black
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Construction Workers and Red Truck 6-16-64 Pastel and Watercolor 41 1/2" x 36" unframed Signed and dated in pastel lower right Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 192...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pastel

La Gondole de Pedro, Venise by H. Claude Pissarro - River scene
Located in London, GB
La Gondole de Pedro, Venise by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches) Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro Executed in 2021 This work is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Beach Series, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist Prokash Karmakar "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Prakash Karmakar - Beach Series 14.5 x 11 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper 2006 ( Framed and Delivered ) Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar from Bengal was sole...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Paysage Normand, Port en Bessin by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro, watercolour, 1914
Located in London, GB
Paysage Normand, Port en Bessin by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and ink on paper 23.5 x 30 cm (9 ¹/₄ x 11 ³/₄ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Ludovic Rodo 1914...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Paysage de Rivière, Watercolour on Paper by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro, circa 1930
Located in London, GB
Paysage de Rivière by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour on paper 28.5 x 38.6 cm (11 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower right Ludovic Rodo Executed circa 1930...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

San Tubisco (Season's Greetings) Holiday Drawing Artwork Poseidon Trident Bridge
Located in Surfside, FL
Gottfried Salzmann , born on 26 March 1943 In Saalfelden near Salzburg in Austria is an Austrian painter. He lives and works in France (between Paris and Vence) since 1965. He studi...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Trees Over the Vineyard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Trees Over the Vineyard Watercolor on heavy paper, c. 1930 Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo) Sheet size: 16 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches Condition: Excellent Illustrated: Marbell...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Staten Island
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Staten Island Watercolor on paper, c. 1928 Signed with the Estate stamp lower left Sheet size: 19 1/8 x 23 7/8 inches Titled on verso Part of small series of watercolors done of the ...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nudes - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a pencil drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin (1867-1949). Good condition. Stamped signature. Passepartout. Paul-Émile Colin born onAugust 16, 1867 in Lunéville ( Meurth...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Vintage Watercolor “Steel Rocks” Palm Springs, California; Roy H. Collins 1929
Located in Baltimore, MD
Roy Huse Collins was a Midwestern artist associated with Chicago and Minnesota. Born in Saint Paul in 1884, he exhibited often at the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) during the 1920’s and 30’s. He also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1925 and 1931. Collins was a painter and illustrator until he died in 1949. This watercolor includes (on the back) the original exhibition label from the AIC in 1929. The work is titled “Steel Rocks...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Spielende Kinder vor Schönbrunn
Located in Wien, 9
Sergius Pauser (1896 - 1970) is recognized as a significant figure in the artistic movement known as "New Objectivity" and was a longstanding member of the Vienna Secession. Througho...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Wartime Still Life Watercolor by Important British Ceramic Pottery Sculptor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
James Tower. English ( b.1919 - d.1988 ). Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit. Watercolor & ink. Image size 15.4 inches x 13 inches ( 39cm x 33cm ). Frame size 22.2 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

BAMBINI CON PALLONE - Disegno su carta, firma illegibile 1970s
Located in Napoli, IT
Vivace disegno su carta titolo " Bambini con pallone", con cornice in legno, firmato in basso a destra
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Paper

'The Agony in the Garden', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Gethsemane
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Jais' for Johannes Knud Ove Jais-Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1938. A powerful figural work showing a view of Jesus kneeling in the Garden of Gethsemane on the evening before his trial and execution. Born in Denmark, Jais Nielsen initially studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Kristian Zahrtmann and exhibited for the first time at the 1907 Autumn Salon at the Charlottenborg Palace. Nielsen participated in the early and groundbreaking, “Group of Thirteen" Modernist show, where his focus on dynamic figural painting and his bold use of color set him dramatically apart from his contemporaries. From 1907-11, Nielsen's use of 'primitive' Fauve colors would continue to reinforce his break with traditional Danish painting. During this period, he made study excursions to important art centres, including, in 1909, to Berlin. In 1911, he moved to Paris where he settled in the Latin Quarter near the Musée Cluny. His first formal Paris exhibition was at the Salon d’Automne of 1912. During this first Paris period, Nielsen attended meetings of the Section d’Or at the studio of Jacques Villon and, as a result, began to incorporate subtle, yet distinct, Cubist elements into his work.   With the outbreak of World War One, Nielsen returned to Copenhagen, taking with him both his increasing compositional sophistication and a thorough understanding of the principles of Modernism. During this period, ports, dance and circus life became subjects of interest and he painted many canvases in the style of Analytic Cubism, of which he became the earliest and, arguably, the finest Danish exponent. From 1915 onwards, Nielsen also created Cubist sculptures and, from 1922-28, was employed as a sculptor by the Royal Copenhagen porcelain factory. Here, he produced a series of ceramic sculptures on Biblical themes which included the Good Samaritan and several versions of Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Charcoal, Paper, Gouache, Watercolor

Hillside pastel by Allen Tucker
Located in Hudson, NY
Hillside (1918) Pastel on grey paper 8 ½"x7 ¾" 23 ½" x 19 ½" x 1 ½" signed "Allen Tucker March 1918" lower right. Provenance: Gift from the artist to his friend Una Brage, USA/Switz...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

1950's Modernist Watercolor Painting Israeli Bezalel School Bauhaus Style
Located in Surfside, FL
Louise (McClure) Schatz (1916 – 1997) Born in Vancouver, Canada, Louise Schatz moved with her family at age three to Minnesota. Her father, a stage director, was part of the local Bohemian culture and traveled the theater circuit around the U.S. She earned a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts at the University of California, where she became a skilled water colorist. “My Japanese instructor showed me how to preserve several colors together on paper,” she noted. “Water colors can bleed into the paper, and the paper plays with the colors – some of which can even disappear. I have a great love of texture and what materials do to color. I was very excited to discover what happens to colors and how to achieve what I wanted.” Her interest in astronomy also led Louise to study science at the university. Louise joined the “California Seven” artists in 1945 and for the next three years created prints and textile patterns. During WWII, she earned her living as a sketch artist for ship builders in San Francisco Bay, and it was there she met her future husband, Bezalel. “Then, it was very avant-garde to hire women in ship-building,” she once recounted. “We used to take dimensions from engineers and make sketches. It was very trailblazing and exciting, and the ships were constructed very quickly and launched very quickly. Besides the fact that we contributed to the war effort, it was really beautiful art.” The Bohemian society developing in San Francisco at the time included the novelist Henry Miller, who was then married to Louise’s sister, Eve. “There was a group of artists in Big Sur, all of them poor,” according to Bezalel Schatz’s sister, Zohara. “They were a group of Beatniks before the hippy era of the 1960s. There were novelists, poets, and painters there who lived communally under primitive conditions and were close to nature.” Bezalel and Louise were married in 1948 and moved to Israel. There, together with Zohara, they founded the arts and crafts workshop, “Yad,” with the goal of creating and selling alternative art objects that differed in style from those of the Bezalel School of Art. The couple divided its time between the family home in Jerusalem and a residence in Ein Hod designed for them by the architect David Resnik. Despite her connection to the Schatz family and her active involvement in the Israeli art world at the time, Louise guarded her privacy and rarely granted interviews. As Henry Miller wrote, “Her paintings reflect and reveal the extent of her sensitivity, shyness, and gentleness…” Scenes of Israel were a source of inspiration for Louise, and, in addition to her abstract Bauhaus geometric works, she also painted landscapes, flowers, and other elements of the environment in which she worked. Louise worked mainly in water colors but also created collages, book illustrations, and applied art. Among her outstanding works are murals for Zim’s “Shalom” and “Theodore Herzl” ships (together with Bezalel), El Al’s London office, and Jerusalem’s tenth anniversary exhibition, as well as ceramic walls for Jerusalem’s Midreshet Amalia and Beit Ha’am Library. She was awarded the Silver Medal in 1954 at the tenth Triennale in Milan for her copper designs, and in 1952 she received the “Above Competition” prize for her textile designs at the Bezalel National Museum. She was also awarded the Shen Beit Haomanim Prize in 1970 and the Jerusalem Prize for painting in 1973. Louise took part in many art exhibitions in Israel and abroad. Her works are held by the Israel, Tel Aviv, and Haifa Museums, and in private collections in Israel, the U.S., England, Switzerland, France, and Italy. Following her husband’s death in 1978, Louise continued to live with her sister-in-law, Zohara, at the family home in Jerusalem on Schatz Street. Louise died in Jerusalem in 1997. She has been called in the pages of the Jerusalem Post " the greatest Schatz of all" and "Israel's finest watercolorist" Parts of her work summon up affinities with Paul Klee and Julius Bissier and occasionally even Joan Miro. But she never copied any of them. Her work also bears affinities for Lyonel Feininger and Wassily Kandinsky Between 1937 and 1951, Bezalel resided in the U.S. Near the end of WWII, he worked in a California shipyard, and it was there he met his future wife, Louise. He was also introduced to the novelist Henry Miller in California, and their friendship blossomed into a creative collaboration. The artist May Ray recorded his observations about the two, noting that “I have never encountered such smooth cooperation…” Bezalel produced silkscreen prints for Miller’s novel, Into the Night Life, an innovation for both the art and publishing worlds. In Florence, New Mexico, New York, San Francisco, and other locations, Bezalel exhibited his own work and participated in group shows with some of the greatest artists of his era – Picasso...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel. Genre: Modern Subject: Figurative (stained glass style) Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper Hand signed lower left Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974) Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930. During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States. Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920. Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art. Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover. The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

“Montmartre”
By Fernand Guignier
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original watercolor by French artist Fernand Guignier of a street scene in Montmartre, Paris. Signed lower right and dated 1949. Titled lower left, “Montmartre”. Fernand Guignier was a student of the sculptors Emil Derré and Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris . Between 1926 and 1960 he took part in the Salon des Artistes Français in the Palais de Tokyo. The watercolor is housed in its original off white wood frame. Under glass. Condition is very good. Overall framed measurements are 18.25 by 16.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector. Fernand Guignier Born: 1902 Died: 1972 Known for: Paris street scene watercolor...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Swnt Enlli – Bardsey Sound, Wales. Original Landscape Watercolor. Welsh Artist.
By William Selwyn
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
William Selwyn. Welsh ( b.1933 ). Swnt Enlli – Bardsey Sound. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 14.6 inches x 20.7 inches ( 37cm x 52.5cm ). Frame size 24.4 inches x 30.7 inches ( 62cm...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Self Portrait, Charcoal on Paper, 20th Century British Drawing
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper Image size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (11.5 x 10.75 cm) Mounted with a contemporary style frame This is a somewhat haunting self-portrait by William Dring, crafted in c...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Reclined Nude from the Back - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude from the Back is a drawing realized in the Early 20th Century. Charcoal on paper. In good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft strokes masterly.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Charcoal

A Lonely Angel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Un Angelo solitario is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black ink drawing (watercolor)...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

On the Road - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Road)  is a drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black China ink (foun...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

A Rainy Street scene in Dieppe
Located in Belgravia, London, London
A Rainy Street scene in Dieppe by Edward Brian Seago RBA, RWS British 1910-1974 Watercolour Paper Size: 11 x 15 inches Approximate framed size: 21 x 25 inches signed lower left
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Into the Final Furlong. 1965.Race Horses. Equine.Jockeys.Horse Racing.Racetrack.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
John Rattenbury Skeaping. English ( b.1901 - d.1980 ). Into the Final Furlong, 1965. Pastel on Colored Paper. Signed & Dated 1965. Image size 18.9 inches x 27.6 inches ( 48cm x 70cm ). Frame size 31.9 inches x 41.1 inches ( 81cm x 104.5cm ). Available for sale is this original pastel on paper drawing by John Rattenbury Skeaping dated 1965. The artwork is presented and supplied in its original frame that has been painted in chalk paint and its original mount (which is shown in these photographs) and original premium anti-reflective glass with 92% UV protection (ARTGLASS AR92™). This vintage pastel drawing...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

A Pair of Mid-Century, Pen & Ink Interior Drawings by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of delightful, Mid-Century interior scenes in pen & ink by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chi...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Ink

Clearing Skies, Chrysler Building, New York City, Pastel, Art Deco
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1892, Leon Dolice spent his late teens and early twenties traveling through the capital cities of Europe studying the works of the Masters. He immigrated t...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Flore - Drawing by Marcel Dupont - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Flore is a beautiful drawing on paper, realized by the French artist  Marcel Dupont (1898-1974). Hand-signed on back. The artwork represents a minimalistic, clean design, through p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989).  Blue ink drawing on paper.  Signed "M...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

“The Dress Rehearsal”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a ballet rehearsal by the American artist Grace Haverty signed lower left with Transparent Watercolor Society of American to the right of sig...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Mother and Child. Bold Very Accomplished 20th Century Stand Out Modern Artwork.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Unknown School. Second half of the mid-20th Century. Charcoal, Oil Paint & Spray Paint on Plywood Panel. Signed Indistinctly. Image size 26.8 inches x 21.7 inches ( 68cm x 55cm ). ...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Plywood, Charcoal, Oil, Spray Paint

Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Ritratto di Guelfo Bianchini  is a pen and watercolor drawing on paper realized by  Sergio Barletta  in 1959. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin. In very good conditions. S...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Felt Pen, Watercolor

Male Profile - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Profilo maschile (Male profile)   is al drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Pencil drawing...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Landscape watercolor by Jeannine Wahl - 18x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper Sold with frame Total size with frame 30x42 cm Jeannine Wahl was born in Geneva in 1930 into a family of papermakers who very early on passed on to her the lov...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Medieval Concert - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Medieval Concert is an ink and watercolour drawing on llaid and ivory-colored paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, 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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