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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
1900s French Atelier Academic Drawing Portrait of Classical Male Nude Sculpture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Life study drawing
original atelier drawing
by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984)
Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...
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Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Abstract Turquoise & Red Flowers on Pink Background by British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Turquoise & Red Flowers on a Pink Background by British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'S...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor
Cotman, Norwich School, Early English Watercolor of Rouen, France
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful composition capturing one of the well known buildings of Rouen, a city that was very popular with early 19th century watercolour painters. John Sell Cotman painted this v...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage 20th Century Painting of Lush Green Ireland Village by Irish Artist, Liam Reilly
Art measures 24 x 18 inches
Frame measures 28 x 22 inches
This stunning painting captures t...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
$1,099 Sale Price
36% Off
Surrealist
Located in Houston, TX
French pen and ink surrealist drawing with female and avian elements, 1993. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a s...
Category
1990s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
$286
Hoopoe Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
413
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Classic Art
Title: Hoopoe
Size: 12 x 16 inch, ...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Male Gaze: Literally. Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
We often hear about the "Female Gaze." It's how women view art and society from the female perspective. However, we rarely hear about the " Male Gaze" .
In this 1969 Playboy cartoon,...
Category
1960s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
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...
Category
1920s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Under Scattered Clouds: Abstract Chalk Drawing of Blue Clouds on Vintage Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract mixed media drawing of blue, black and grey clouds on vintage book pages
'Under Scattered Clouds' by Louise Laplante
chalk on vintage collaged book pages.
Artwork measures 26 x 40 inches unframed
30 x 43 inches in light wood frame
This dreamy, whimsical drawing of fluffy light blue clouds was created by Louise Laplante in 2019. The vivid silhouette of clouds are suspended in space, drifting against a background of an early 20th century book of fables. Illustrations on the page include a hot air balloon, a rocking horse, a pheasant. In certain segments the stenciled images are delicately brushed over with a thin wisp of chalk which adds a delicate textured effect to the drawing.
About the artist:
Interested in blending the old world with the new, mixed media artist Louise Laplante combines her original images with ephemera of the past, enticing a conversation about it’s “relevancy to the present.” Her compositions begin with vintage book pages, personal handwritten letters, sheet music, or instruction from old guides on etiquette or science. While the text itself is weighted with reference to a particular subject, the visual of the typed or handwritten words and printed illustrations establish a unique pattern. These layered backgrounds are superimposed with opaque charcoal drawings that are inspired by the themes read between the lines. Most recently, the artist has opted for larger scale work, combining multiple sheets of vintage paper to expand her unique motifs. Laplante exhibits across the Northeast and has shown with Carrie Haddad for more than ten years.
Artist Statement:
My work connects the texts, and ideas, in the vintage book...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Studies of the Galli Statue and of an Ignudo
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Florentine School, early 16th century
Studies of the Galli Statue and of an Ignudo
Pen and brown ink on laid paper
19.1 × 13 cm
Executed c. 1510–1520
Unsigned
This remarkable doub...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Queen Street, Exeter watercolour by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
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, Pr...
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Malibu Pine Sea View, Blue Tones California Landscape, Handmade Cyanotype, Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
Stunning image of a breezy "Malibu Pine Sea View".
Details:
+ Title: Malibu Pine Sea View
+ Year: 2025
+ Edition Size: 50...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph, Monotype
"Chimneys at Dusk", Small Pastel San Francisco Abstract Urban Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Bay Area skyline against a pink sunset creates beautiful and soft geometries in this small pastel urban landscape by San Francisco artist Chris...
Category
1990s Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Francis E. Jamieson - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Cottage by the Windmill
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a swept gilt frame and gold card mount. On paper.
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Andra Samelson, Ephemeris, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
“Paris scene”
Located in Warren, NJ
1960s HAND SIGNED Watercolor By Charles Cobelle (1902-1992) “Paris city scene 39 x 31. Some minor wear on the frame and small chips.
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper
Size: 9 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Contemporary impressionist seascape nature acrylic painting on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and evocative artwork "My sweet summer Provence " presents a picturesque seaside landscape, painted with bold strokes and a vivid color palette that instantly captivate...
Category
2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1980.
Hand signed lower left. Date on rear,
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Grand Tour view of St Peter's Rome, Roman Campagna, Italy
By Thomas Hartley Cromek
Located in Harkstead, GB
A wonderful view of St Peter's, Rome encompassing the elegant landscaped gardens with rolling campagna in the background.
Attributed to Thomas Hartley Cromek...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$457 Sale Price
30% Off
Contemporary colored pencil drawing. Untitled
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper.
I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the first process of drawing, then on this surface I draw t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Color Pencil
Renée - Gabrielle Pool - Whimsical ink drawing of an African antelope
Located in Coltishall, GB
Gabrielle Pool's intriguing artwork showcases an abstract depiction of an antelope rendered in fluid washes of sepia and ochre. The deliberate use of ink creates a sense of motion an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Ink
Lying in Thoughts - Original Colorful Whimsical Figurative Surreal Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
Category
2010s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Mid Century French Original Ink Drawing of Place des Vosges (Paris 1970)
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Mid Century French Original Ink Drawing of Place des Vosges (Paris 1970)"
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink on artist paper
Size: 19.75 (height) x 25.75...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Hurki Costume for an opera - Pencil and watercolor drawing by Taho - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for an opera is an original artwork realized by Taho in the 1930s.
Beautiful pencil and watercolor drawing on cardboard.
Good conditions.
Category
1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Cityscape with Tower and Canal
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Watercolor of Venetian Cityscape with Tower and Canal
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Medium: Watercolor on paper, unframed
Size: 9.75 x 7 inches (...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh with Bandaged Ear and Pipe.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Gouache and watercolour on corrugated cardboard after the famous self portrait by Vincent van Gogh with his fur hat, bandaged ear and pipe. This painting is by Jean Ducel who has pla...
Category
Late 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
$287 Sale Price
50% Off
Forest edge at winter. 1983. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest edge at winter. 1983. Oil on cardboard, 40x50 cm
Winter landscape
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at stud...
Category
1980s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$671 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Man’s Head
By William Etty
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and white chalk highlight on paper
Label of J.M Maas Gallery (verso)
36cm × 28cm (54cm × 43cm framed)
Etty, a student of Thomas Lawrence, R.A., was the first significant Br...
Category
19th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Butterfly and Heart
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Butterfly and Heart
Drawing in black felt pen over color screenprint 'spot' composition
Signed in full (bottom edge) and dedicated (top edge)
Dedicated by the artist
Annotated in fe...
Category
2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Atrrib. Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) - c. 1798 Watercolour, The Start
Located in Corsham, GB
A humorous late Georgian cartoon, showing the chaotic start to a horse race as one of the horses goes out of control and runs into the spectators, sending them fleeing. The scene app...
Category
18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Contemporary Drawing "The essential". Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Drawing based on natural pigments from leaves, flowers and bark and Pastel, Pencil, flower petals, Color and Ink on Paper. In my work there is a cross with the gaze of animals, a rem...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil, Paper
A Space for Two original blue ultramarine nude by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"A Space for Two", Space for love and passion.
Part of "Nude in Interior" series. Original work on colored paper, with blue ultramarine tempera on red colored paper, inspired by Mat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera
$550 Sale Price
44% Off
Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolor of Wine Street Looking to Corn Street in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measure...
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20th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Countryside - Original Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1993
By Armin Guther
Located in Roma, IT
Countryside is an original watercolor on paper, realized in 1993 by Armin Guther.
The artwork is hand-signed and dated in charcoal pencil on the lower-left.
In excellent condition...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sunlit Coastal Path in Monaco with Vibrant Cactus and Blooming Flowers Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Monaco Street Scene
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed watercolour on artist paper
inscribed verso
painting : 13 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1971.
Hand signed lower right. Title and dated in pencil on rear.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Provence Landscape Post-Impressionist Signed 1940's Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
signed with initials, dated 1943
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measurements: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private coll...
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of a resting young lady (Marjorie Organ)
By Robert Henri
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of a resting young lady (Marjorie Organ)
Black chalk on paper. c. 1907
signed in ink by Henri's nephew, John C. LeClair, the executor of the Henri estate
"Robert Henri JLC"
Note: The sitter for this portrait is depicted in two drawings of similar size, illustrated in Chapellier Galleries Inc., Robert Henri 1865-1929, 1976, nos. 15 & 16.
Please see the attached photo of Marjorie Organ, Henri's second wife
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
John C. LeClair, Estate Adminitrator
Private Collection, Pawling, New York
Biography
Robert Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 24, 1865, the son of a professional gambler and real estate developer. The family lived in Nebraska and Colorado, but fled east when the father shot and killed a rancher over a land dispute and was indicted for manslaughter. They changed their last name because of the ensuing scandal and eventually settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the early 1880s.
In 1886 Henri enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied under Thomas Anshutz, Thomas Hovenden...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Two Figures - Original Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Figures is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (35x51 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Horse sketch by Otto Vautier - Drawing on paper 31x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on cardboard
Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 in Düsseldorf. He was influenced by a family of artists and developed his style ...
Category
Early 20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Color Pencil
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Raymond Moisset (1906-1994) -Early 20th Century Graphite Drawing, Reclining Nude
By Raymond Moisset
Located in Corsham, GB
A sensitive early 20th-century life study by the artist Raymond Moisset (1906-1994). The artist has employed gestural, confident lines and shading to depict the subject. Signed verso...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Couple of Deers - Original Pencil Drawing by Ernest Rouart - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Couple of Deers is an original drawing realized by Ernest Rouart in the early XX Century. Pencil on paper; signed on the lower right margin. The back of the artwork is sketched in pencil. Passepartout included (49 x 34 cm). Very good conditions.
Very nice sketch representing a couple of little cute deers. The softness and the elegance of the contour lines reflect the great talent of Rouart, especially in the representation of animals. The proportions of the bodies are precise, clear, and simple. The artist realized many different sketches with deers and other animals in different poses.
Ernest Rouart (Paris, 1874 – Paris, 1942) was a French painter, illustrator, engraver, and art collector.
He was the son of Henri Rouart...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
UNTITLED (SURREALISTIC HOUSE)
Located in Portland, ME
Smith, Jules Andre (American, 1880-1959). UNTITLED (SURREALISTIC HOUSE). Watercolor on heavy paper. Not dated. Signed, lower right 18 X 13 inches. In very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Female Face - Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (50x35 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
Category
1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Mystery - abstract painting, made in grey, blue color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcoholic ink in grey, blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Intertwining Vines, 2025
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer
Intertwining Vines, 2025
watercolor, embroidery, pressed flowers, Durabright prints on Arches paper
30 x 22 in.
(pal265)
Marilla Palmer lives and works in Brooklyn, N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sequins, Watercolor
Wild Poppies II, floral art, botanical drawing, original art, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild Poppies II by Ellen Williams [2022]
original
Coloured pencil on 150gsm paper
Image size: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cmComplete Size of Unframed Work: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
French Watercolor of Le Vieux Menton Staircase with Historic Architecture
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of Le Vieux Menton Staircase with Historic Architecture
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper, moun...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Khnum
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA from Bradley University (2006) and an MFA from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2009). He is Associate Profes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,640
Untitled
Located in Surfside, FL
30X21.25 without the frame. Mixed Media painting and drawing on paper. Lawrence Kupferman had a long and illustrious career as an artist and educator. His work has been exhibited at ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Indication
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA from Bradley University (2006) and an MFA from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2009). He is Associate Profes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Archival Paper
A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude African-American Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully drawn and i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Charley - bird feather blue and gold 3D wall sculpture composition on paper
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Ink+Gold leaf Drawing-British Awarded Artist-From London with Love
Located in London, GB
From London with Love is a drawing series by Shizico Yi, composed of en plein air studies that capture quiet, private moments between the artist and the city—drawn in beloved corners...
Category
2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Mid Century Modern British 'What's the Time?' by British German Kapp, 1975
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Eduard Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
What’s the Time?
Pen and crayon, tondo
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 75’ (in the centre)
8.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio Sciortino...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Portrait of a Woman - Theodore S. Slafter
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Wonderful watercolor portrait by Theodore S. Slafter. Exhibited at the Boston Art Club and housed in a period arts and craft carved frame. Slafter was born to a distinguished New Eng...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Kingfisher, Bird, Watercolor Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
253
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Year: 2024
Style: Classic Art
Title: Kingfisher
Size: 12 x 16 inc...
Category
2010s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
ballerina pointe shoes
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this delicate composition, the ethereal elegance of ballet is conveyed through the image of pointe shoes against a soft pink background. Pointe shoes, symbols of grace and dedica...
Category
2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drawings and Watercolor Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs
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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