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"Billy the Brownie With Flowers #407" original tempera by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a pair of flowers. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store.
10 x 8 inches, artwork
17 x 13.13 inches, frame
stamped with artist signature lower left
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy.
Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
"Volcano"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Coun...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Delaware Water Gap #2"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
Abstract 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Gouache and Graphite Drawing on Board by Lois Field, Dated 1947
Located in New York, NY
Lois Field (Am. 1923 - 2010)
Untitled
Gouache and graphite on board, 1947
11 3/4” x 9”
Signed and dated Lois Field ‘47, lower left
Provenance
The artist, Webster Groves, MO (ca. 200...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled
By Augustin Lesage
Located in PARIS, FR
Augustin Lesage is a French painter attached to the movement of art brut. Jean Dubuffet included the paintings of Lesage in his collection in 1948, onl...
Category
Folk Art 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Untitled (Abstraction IV Geometric)
By Arthur Dove
Located in London, GB
Dove uses ink to render angular and rounded shapes, he then fills in these shapes with gouache using loose brush marks which create a sensitive textural landscape. The transparency o...
Category
American Modern 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Price Upon Request
"Pink Garden" Gerome Kamrowski, American Surrealist 1947 Expressive Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski
Pink Garden, 1947
Signed lower left
Watercolor on paper
22 x 30 inches
Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he enrolled in ...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Early Modern Colorful Red, Blue, Yellow, & Green Geometric Abstract Line Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract geometric drawing by early Houston. TX artist Robert Preusser. The work features bursts of lines and colors that create movement throughout the composition. Signed and date...
Category
Modern 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Casein
Lady with the Military Medals, Watercolor and Ink on Paper by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lady with the Military Medals
Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980)
Date: 1940
Watercolor and ink on paper, signed and dated
Size: 24 x 14.38 in. (60.96 x 36.51 cm)
Frame Size: 27 x 2...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled 7, Colored Ink drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Amazon
Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980)
Date: circa 1940
Colored ink on paper
Size: 14.75 x 21 in. (37.47 x 53.34 cm)
Frame Size: 22 x 28 inches
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Water Jug, Crayon on Paper by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Water Jug
Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980)
Date: 1940
Crayon on paper, signed and dated
Size: 13 x 17.13 in. (33.02 x 43.5 cm)
Frame Size: 24.5 x 2...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Analytic Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Price Upon Request
Abstraction #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Squared
By Jules Engel
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel.
Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Price Upon Request
Waiting
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Price Upon Request
The Cello
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"The Cello", is a rare pen...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Duchess
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Violinist
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Violinist", is a rare pen...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Nude
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League.
"Nude", is a rare pen...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Abstract Metropolis
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
The Orator
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Profile
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Encore
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Price Upon Request
Cubist Repose
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
Walking Man
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
Category
1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Price Upon Request
Cubist Figure
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
Category
Cubist 1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Price Upon Request
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