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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Style: Expressionist
Style: Post-Impressionist
Seated nude with Face in Profile - Pencil Drawing - female Nude
By Alexej Jawlensky
Located in London, GB
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY 1864-1941 Torzhok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden (Russian/German) Title: Seated nude with Face in Profile Sitzender Akt mit Gesicht im Profil, 1912 Technique: Signed Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper Paper size: 50 x 40 cm. / 19.7 x 15.7 in. Additional Information: This drawing is signed in pencil by the artist “A v Jawlensky” at the lower right image. It is dated in pencil “1912”, at the lower left image. Provenance: Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover Sotheby's London, 28 June 1978. Lot 176. Jacqueline Kohler-Krotoschin, Zurich Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 20 June 2018. Lot 107. Exhibited: “Zwischen Tradition und Moderne”. Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover. 1975. Recorded as no. 222, cat. 14 (Illustrated). Literature: 1. Weiler,C. (1970) Alexej Jawlensky...
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1910s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Series The Horse Whisper No.2-25 Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper Date: 2013 Artist B...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Luckiness
Located in Beijing, CN
Expressionist Figurative water color painting by Zhang Chunyang Title: Luckiness Dimension: 29 x 36 cm Material: Gouache, Watercolor on Paper D...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Untitled 516, 1980s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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1980s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Flowers Cannes, 2000s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
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Early 2000s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Grand Bouquet Et Fruits Devant La Fenêtre À Paris By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Grand bouquet et fruits devant la fenêtre à Paris (Large bouquet and fruits in front of the window in Paris) Stamped with signature “Marc Chagall" (...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Les Fleurs Des Amoureux Sur Fond Multicolore By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Les fleurs des amoureux sur fond multicolore (Lovers’ flowers on a multicolored background) Stamped with signature “Marc Chagall" (lower left) Gouac...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tempera, Gouache, Pencil

"We, " Oil Paint on Plywood, 2014
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "We," this exquisite woodcut by Chinese artist Ren Hui celebrates joy and the beauty of humanity with a crowd of smiling faces. Using a style he calls “uncomplicated and hon...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pointillist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Plywood

Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) A forest in the mist, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) "Orée du bois par brume", A forest in the mist signed lower right pastel on paper 24 x 32 cm In good condition In a vintage frame : 43.5 x 53 cm The gilding on the frame is missing in many places Henri Ottmann particularly excelled in the pastel technique, as can be seen here. This is due to the fact that this delicate material obviously lends itself very well to the artist's characteristic vaporous style and manner. We should also note the great modernity of this landscape and its fades, which go almost as far as abstraction. Henry Ottmann was born on 10 April 1877 in Ancenis. He made his debut at the Salon La Libre Esthétique in Brussels in 1904 and took part in the Salon des Indépendants in Paris from 1905, the Salon d'Automne, the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Salon des Tuileries. In 1911 and 1912, Ottmann exhibited at the Artistes de la Société Moderne at the Gallery Paul Durand-Ruel together with Armand Guillaumin, Henri Lebasque and others. In 1912, he exhibited at the gallery Eugène Druet. In 1920, Ottmann exhibited at the gallery Marcel...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Paris Booksellers (Bouquinistes) Along the River Seine
Located in London, GB
'Paris Booksellers Along the River Seine', gouache on paper (circa 1930s), by Lucien Génin. The used-book sellers (bouquinistes) you see along the Seine a...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Francis
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina original watercolour on paper One of a kind hand signed 2024 Collective exhibitions: 2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall; 2023 YICCA Inte...
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2010s Vienna Secession Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Golden Dawn
Located in Wainscott, NY
Part of the "Silver Linings" Collection, dreamy morning tree trunks with morning glints of sun showing through. Pale/mat Acrylic Gouache cut into the background to calm the color blo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Hot Day
Located in Wainscott, NY
Part of a collection of "Silver Linings" Works on Paper. Loose fluid Tree's, Landscapes and Waterfalls dapple the page, and held down by pale/mat Acrylic Gouache cut into the forms. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Pink panter painting
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina's works on paper are at the Vatican Museums collection since 2017 oil thick brush strokes mixed with acrylic, ink, watercolour on unique one of a kind lithogra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Watercolor, Lithograph

American goddess
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina 's work on paper are part of Vatican Museums collection since 2017 artist: Anastasia Kurakina title: “Jadid” original watercolour painting on paper, one of a ki...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) Entre Cannes et Grasse, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile lecomte (1877-1950) Landscape of a valley between Cannes and Grasse (South of France) Signed lower right watercolor on paper 25.8 x 33.9 cm in a vintage frame : 33 x 41.4 ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

May
Located in London, GB
Artist: Anastasia Kurakina title: “May” original oil, watercolour, tempera, painting on paper one of a kind unique piece hand signed As an artist, Anastasia Kurakina ( lives and w...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Tempera, Watercolor

French Modernist Vivid Bright Fauvist Landscape Watercolor Gouache Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
signed lower right. size includes frame. The French artist Claude Hemeret was born on May 23, 1929. After classical studies at the lycée du Parc Imperial in Nice, he started at the l...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

rendez-vous
Located in London, GB
Anastasia Kurakina's artworks have been included into the Vatican Museums collection since 2017 She has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London at bp portrait award exhi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tempera, Watercolor

Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Son of Camille
Located in Holywell, GB
A delightful pencil sketch on watermarked laid paper by Camille Pissarro’s son, George Manzana Pissarro. Signed by means of his studio stamp and with auct...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

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

Vaulted Bridge in French Landscape Oil on Wood Painting by Vincent Mazzocchini
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vincent Mazzocchini (France, 20th Century) created this unique French landscape oil on pressed wood board painting. This delightful composition is on rather unusual media. The lands...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Masonite, Oil

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.5 X 11.5 Paper measures 6.5 X 5 inches Hand signed lower right Watercolor painting of prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.5 X 11.5 Paper measures 6.5 X 4 inches Hand signed lower right Watercolor painting of prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

To School in Llanfihangel. First Day at School, Rural Wales. Ceredigion & Powys.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Julian Ruddock. British ( b.1965 ). To School in Llanfihangel. (First Day at School). Pastel on Paper. Signed. Image size 21.7 inches x 29.6 inches ( 55cm x 75cm ). Frame size 29 in...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Watercolor Provencal Village Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 18 x 14.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Painting Lady in Interior & Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in Interior by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed stamped verso painting : 15 x 16.75 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

20th Century French Post Impressionist Painting Skyline View over City & River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) stamped verso watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 7.75 x 9.75 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: ver...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Painting Coastal Cottage with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Coastal Cottage by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) stamped verso watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 16.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: ve...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

20th Century French Post Impressionist Watercolor View over French City River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8 x 10 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound co...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Port Scene in Brittany by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Charcoal on Board
Located in London, GB
Port Scene in Brittany by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Charcoal on artist's board 50 x 66 cm (19 ³/₄ x 26 inches) Signed on the reverse This work is accompanied by a certi...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Board

Vintage French Impressionist Painting Stone Bridge Viaduct in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 26.5 x 20 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and ...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Isis with the tulipes
Located in THOMERY, FR
This delicate watercolor painting captures the serene beauty of springtime in Linda Clerget's garden. In the center of the composition sits Isis, her beloved cat, surrounded by vibra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

“In the Dressing Room”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed oil pastel on archival paper by the renowned American artist Louis Kronberg. Signed lower left with the artist’s trademark Star of David symbol after his signat...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Le marché aux bestiaux by Paulémile Pissarro - Watercolour and ink on paper
Located in London, GB
Le marché aux bestiaux by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and ink on paper 23.7 x 31.2 cm (9 ³/₈ x 12 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Paul-Émile Pissarro This work is acc...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Female Nude Study Black and Blue Pencil Drawing by P. Chem
By Alexandre Pavlovitch Chemetoff
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charming woman nude pencil study by Russian-French painter Alexandre Pavlovitch Chemetoff (or Chemetov,) also known as Chem (1891 - 1981). It is a striking representation in which on...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Layers of Time, Painting, Watercolor on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original watercolor painting on 140 lb Arches cold pressed paper :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist ::...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Gottfrid Olsson, La Ciotat
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-20th-century gouache by Swedish artist Gottfrid Olsson (1890-1979) depicts a colourful street in La Ciotat, France. Situated in Provence, La Ciotat is a quaint 17t...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Lunch on the Beach - 20th Century Watercolor of Dining on the Seafront
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
This piece was created using watercolour and is in a swept composite frame under glass. Keywords: Beach, art, arch, arches, sea, ocean, waiter, lunch, waiting, food, flag, boats, bl...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude Woman in Bath
Located in Boxholm, SE
Nude Woman in Bath – Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. S...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Dimanche à la campagne by H. Claude Pissarro - Post-Impressionist pastel
Located in London, GB
Dimanche à la campagne by H. Claude Pissarro 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 This work is a...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Rustende wieders
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon RESTING WIEDERS 1945 Watercolor on paper 58 x 39 cm. Signed and dated: lower right "Quirijn van Tiel 45"....
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude By Albert Marquet
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ink drawing on paper mounted on a panel by Albert Marquet ;. He was a French painter. He initially became one of the Fauve painters and a lifelong friend of Henri Matisse. Marquet su...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

Portrait of a painter
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER 1943 Watercolor on paper 68 x 53 cm. Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn van T...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Lost Hedgerows. Earth Science, Ecology and Agronomy. Original Pastel. Welsh.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Julian Ruddock. British ( b.1965 ). Lost Hedgerows. Pastel on Paper. Signed. Image size 21.9 inches x 25 inches ( 55.5cm x 63.5cm ). Frame size 29 inches x 32.1 inches ( 73.5cm x 81...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Expressionist Figurative water color painting- Series Bath NO.1
Located in Beijing, CN
Artist Biography Zhang Chunyang was born in 1975 in Changchun, Jilin. She earned her B.F.A at Jilin University of Arts in 1999, and studied at Central Acadamy of Fine Arts, Beijing ...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Seascape, Brittany, signed lower right watercolor on paper 19.7 x 25.2 cm Framed : 35 x 40.5 cm Maurice Asselin was particularly attached to Britta...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Original, signed, Amadeo Modigliani drawing of Mme Anka Zberowska in pencil
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a very exciting and very rare signed drawing by Amadeo Modigliani of Mme Anka Zberowska. Madame Zberwoska was the daughter of a Polish aristocrat who, with her husband, arri...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

L'Aloés de la Calanque - Bréhat by H. Claude Pissarro - Landscape painting
Located in London, GB
L'Aloés de la Calanque - Bréhat by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 51 x 37 cm (20 ¹/₈ x 14 ⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, H. Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Unknown
Located in Norwich, GB
Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter, best known as one of the spearheads of the Fauvism movement at the start of the 20th century. His reputation rests predominantly on his land...
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Country Landscape - Late 19th Century Countryside Painting by Lewis George Fry
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Lewis George Fry (1860 - 1933) Lewis George Fry was a British painter who was born in 1860 in Clifton, Bristol UK. This piece was created with mixed media and is in a gilt frame un...
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Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

Musiciens Sur Fond Multicolore By Marc Chagall
Located in New Orleans, LA
Marc Chagall 1887-1985 Russian Musiciens sur fond multicolore (Musicians on a multicolored background) Signed 'Chag' (on the sleeve of the right figure); stamped with the signature 'Marc Chagall' (lower right) Tempera, gouache, colored ink and India ink and pastel on paper “The fact that I made use of cows, milkmaids, roosters and provincial Russian architecture as my source forms is because they are part of the environment from which I spring and which undoubtedly left the deepest impression on my visual memory of the experiences I have." - Marc Chagall Marc Chagall’s 1981...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, India Ink, Tempera, Gouache

Issy, France by Georges Manzana Pissarro, 1890 - Charcoal & Crayon on Paper
Located in London, GB
Issy, France by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Charcoal and coloured crayon on paper 20.4 x 25 cm (8 x 9 ⅞ inches) Signed lower right Manzana and inscribed lower left Issy E...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Crayon

View of the Fjord Blick auf die Förde - Landscape Fjord Germany
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Heckel 42" [1942] in the lower right image. It is also hand titled in pencil “Blick auf die Förde” in the lower ri...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

La Grande Place (Bruxelles) by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel work on paper
Located in London, GB
La Grande Place Brussels (Bruxelles) 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 This work is accompani...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Pêcheurs by Paulémile Pissarro - Drawing of fishermen
Located in London, GB
Pêcheurs by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Pencil on paper 23.1cm x 30.9 Stamped lower left, Paulémile-Pissarro- This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity by Lélia P...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Deux Bretonnes, Pastel on Paper by Georges Manzana Pissarro, 1930
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Deux Bretonnes by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871 - 1961) Pastel on paper 26.5 x 34.6 cm (10 ⅜ x 13 ⅝ inches) Signed and dated lower left, Manzana 1930 This work is a...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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