Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a drawing on paper realized by an unknown artist in 1961.
Hand signed 61.
Watercolor on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through organi...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Rare Leonard Baskin Watercolor Illustration "Five Scrolls" Judaica Hebrew
Located in Surfside, FL
Original Illustration for Five Scrolls.
Leonard Baskin (August 15, 1922 – June 3, 2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Leonard Baskin Watercolor Ink Illustration Painting Darkened Man, Nude with Bird
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) ink and gouache drawing on paper titled "Darkened Man", signed lower right, circa 1957.
Provenance: Grace Borgenicht gallery, Jeffrey M. Kaplan collection. bears label verso
Art: 31" H x 22" W; Frame: 36" H x 27" W.
Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher.
Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.
He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960).
The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C.
His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums.
The archive of his work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin.
He was included in the MoMA show, Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism along with Alexander Archipenko, Francis Bacon, Balthus, Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Eugene Berman, Reg Butler, Lovis Corinth, Andre Derain, Otto Dix, Raoul Dufy, Max Ernst, Lucian Freud, George Grosz, Alexei Jawlensky, Oskar Kokoschka, Roberto Matta, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and more. In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover, Edmond Casarella, Vincent Longo, and Nicholas Krushenick were frequent exhibitors. the gallery has represented many well-known artists, including Richard Anuszkiewicz, Robert Blackburn, Lois Dodd, William King, Chaim and Dorothy Koppelman, Roy Lichtenstein, Harold Krisel...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1961.
Hand signed.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through organic and ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Black and White Abstract Figurative Drawing of Nude Female
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts nude women dressing up. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.63 in. x W 21.5 in.
Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Pencil
Abstract Composition in Red - Watercolor - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition in Red is an drawing on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1970s.
Watercolor on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through organic a...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
In The Restaurant - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
In the Restaurant is a Colors Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature,titled and dated on ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Color Markers Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition by Lélia Pissarro - Tempera, abstraction
Located in London, GB
Abstract Composition by Lélia Pissarro (b. 1963)
Tempera on paper
7.5 x 21 cm (3 x 8 ¹/₄ inches)
Signed lower right, Lélia Pissarro
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the artist.
Artist biography:
From a young age, Lélia’s interest in drawing and painting was nurtured by her grandfather while she sat beside him at his easel, captivated. He taught her the fundamental Impressionist and Post-Impressionist techniques he had learnt from his father and brothers before him and watched as her skills blossomed rapidly. Standing readily on the shoulders of giants, Lélia sold her first painting to New York art dealer Wally Findlay, when she was only four years of age.
When Lélia turned 11 she moved to Paris to live with her parents where, with the guiding support of her father’s teachings she began to broaden her skill sets. Under the watchful eye of her father Hughes Claude Pissarro, she became exposed to new environments and learnt to experiment with abstract styles and subjects. At age 14 Lélia submitted some of these works to the exhibition ‘Salon de la Jeune Peinture’ at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Being underage, however, she had to submit these works secretly under the pseudonym Rachel Manzana Pomié.
With her parents dividing their time between France and California, Lélia found herself moving between Tours, Paris and San Francisco, all the while studying fine art and psychology at the University des Beaux Arts. She eventually settled in Paris to teach art at the Moria School and study oil painting conservation under the guidance of a teacher from the Louvre museum. During this time she began to present her work in solo exhibitions in Paris, Lyon, Mulhouse and Rennes.
In 1988 Lélia married English art dealer David Stern and moved to London. Their three children Kalia, Lyora and Dotahn, all paved their own way in the art world. From 1995 Lélia participated in a series of exhibitions entitled Pissarro – The Four Generations, which were held in galleries in London, Tel Aviv, Boston, Austin, San Francisco, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Los Angeles as well as a number of museums in Japan in 1998 and the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 2000. In 1999 Lélia also became one of the founders of the Sorteval Press, a group of artists dedicated to developing techniques in etching and printmaking. Their first exhibition took place at the Mall Gallery in London.
In 2005 following a long break in painting because of cancer, Lélia started a journey into modern art creating a number of different series: Circles, Shoes, Animals, exploring these until she reached the point of abstraction and minimalism. Developing innovative techniques, she began incorporating in her work new materials such as gold, wax and encaustic paint.
To coincide with a major exhibition at Stern Pissarro...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Cafè in Kiev - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cafè in Kiev is a Colors Markers Drawing and Watercolor realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature, dated an...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Pastel and Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnou...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Coposition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Coposition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Italian Modernist Abstract Drawing, Gestural Lines
By Agostino Ferrari
Located in Surfside, FL
Agostino Ferrari was born in Milan on 9 November 1938.
He commenced his career as as professional artist in 1959.
In 1961 he held his first one-man show at the Galleria Pater, in Mil...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media
Cats - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Cats is a Colour Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of notebook.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Hav...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x51 cm).
H...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Colour Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1955.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (35x49 cm).
H...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Marker Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook
No signature.
Reynold Arnould w...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signatur...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970.
Good condition on a little paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower ri...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Landscape Water Color Painting Signed and Frame, a Compatible Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
An artistic and colorful compatible pair of water color abstract landscape paintings featuring trees on a colorful background presenting the convergence of the sky and the earth. The...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Pastel and Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed little sheet.
No Signature.
Reyno...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Moscow, Hotel Budapest - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Moscow, Hotel Budapest is a Black and Colors Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Re...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Figure - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fra...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fran...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
The Church - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
The Church is a Pencil Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fr...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Trust Light - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Trust Light is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born ...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Castle - Drawing By Reynold Arnould -Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Castle is a Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Alexander Calder Yin Yang and Pinwheel 1969 Gouache on Canson Paper Signed
Located in Paris, FR
1969
Gouache and ink on paper, signed « Calder » and dated « 69 » lower right
This artwork is recorded with the Calder Foundation as number A03085
75 x 110 cm ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born i...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Animal - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Animal is a Watercolor artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fra...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Interior - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Interior is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre,...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
View of Luxor - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
View of Luxor is a Colors Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a sheet of a notebook.
No signature,titled and dated on the ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (3...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Abstract Composition - Watercolor drawing by Paul Ackerman - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a watercolor drawing realized by Paul Ackerman (1908-1981).
Hand-signed by the artist in the lower left corner.
Included a Pass...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figures of Men - Drawing by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux- Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Men is a Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux.
The little artwork is in good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x54.5 cm).
No Signature, Stamp signed on the back of the yellowed paper.
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux (3 April 1815, Paris – 8 November 1884, Paris) was a French artist and illustrator, known primarily as a battle painter. He was born in Paris, France, studied art at the studio of Léon Cogniet...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Composition With Circles - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition With Circles is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Pastel on paper.
Very Good Conditions.
The artworks are re...
Category
1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Picnic - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Picnic is a beautiful pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in the mid-20th Century by an anonymous artist.
Good conditions with some folding.
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Odalisque, Surrealist Charcoal on Paper Drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
A black and white charcoal drawing on paper by cubist and surrealist artist Benjamin Benno.Rather than depicting fruit or flowers on a table like a tra...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Abstract #7, Abstract Watercolor by Chris Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
This unique abstract work is a watercolor by American artist Chris Ritter. The use of broad gestural movement and bold colors creates an engaging composit...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1950s "Rectangle" Mid Century Abstract Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Opper Estate
Maroon Abstract
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" Unframed
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Modern Abstract Neutral-Toned Watercolor Landscape of a Spacious House
By Bertha Davis
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor drawing of a house by Texas artist Bertha Davis. The work features a loosely rendered neutral-toned depiction of a spacio...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
1930s American Farm Scene, Landscape Watercolor Painting Farm Buildings Windmill
By Samuel Bolton Colburn
Located in Denver, CO
Original watercolor on paper painting by Samuel Bolton Colburn (1909-1993) of a small farm situated in a valley near the mountains. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions meas...
Category
1930s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
People, 1964
Ink and crayon on paper
Signed and dated upper right
36.5 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Ink
Study for Worlds Beyond - Surrealist graphite drawing, Ohio artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Study for Worlds Beyond, 1980
Graphite, collage and white heightening on illustration board
Signed and dated lower right
10.75 x 4.5 in...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Abstract Composition - Painting by Lucian - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an Original tempera and watercolor on Paper applied on wood realized by Lucian in the 20th century.
Hand-signed , also the stamp of Atelier Montmartre.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Drawing - 1970s
By José Ortega
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a tempera and watercolor attributed to José Ortega oand realized in the 1970s.
The artwork is composed by two little arts on a cream colored cardboard passpa...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Mother and child, hand signed painting (unique), Hammer Galleries
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Vanderbilt
Mother and child, ca. 1968
Gouache on paper painting
Hand signed by Gloria Vanderbilt lower right recto
Unique
Frame included
Measurements:
Framed 37 Vertical by 31 inches.
Painting 27 Vertical by 21.5 inches
This unique, poignant poignant portrait was done by the legendary Gloria Vanderbilt. It is signed on the front. As this work was done in the mid 1960s, it is believed to be a self portrait depicting the artist, and likely her son, Anderson Cooper. Held loosely in the original damaged vintage Heydenryk frame used by Hammer Galleries...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Permanent Marker, Mixed Media
Abstract Figurative Nude Gouache Painting of Red Haired Female
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts a nude woman in solitude taking off her robe. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16 in. x W 13 in.
Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1953-1958) in Boston, earning a B.A., M.A. and the Rotch Prize in architecture. In 1956 he attended Pratt Institute, in Brooklyn, studying architectural design. In 1958 he also attended the Museum School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Anzalone married his wife, Louise, in 1956 and they had one daughter, Toni. The Anzalone’s moved from the East Coast to Houston, Texas in 1959. Soon after arriving in Texas, Anzalone began lecturing at the University of Houston, and also began an association with the gallery Meredith Long...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Black and White Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Drawing of a Female Nude
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts a nude woman in solitude taking off her ro...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Pencil
Modern Abstract Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Woman in a Peacock Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative charcoal drawing of a woman by Texas-born artist Eugene Massin. The work features a central loosely rendered female figure seated in a high-backed peacock ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
"Transition, Series 1, No. 4" - Watercolor Figurative Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly shaded abstract figurative illustration by Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013). Two adult and three baby figures are rendered with subtle tan shading, against an abstract background with geometric shapes and swirling ribbons. One of the two adult figures is laying down, while the other appears to be jumping or dancing. Notable is the skillful use of negative space to balance the composition.
Signed and dated "Warnick 1982" in the lower right corner.
Signed, titled, and dated with materials information on verso.
Presented in a silver aluminum frame.
Frame size: 23.5"H x 31.25"W
Paper size: 23.25"H x 31"W
Elsa Warnick (American, 1942-2013) was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She moved to Portland to attend the Reed College/Museum Art School joint five year program. Warnick went on to create many works of art as well as teach art and illustration. She is mostly known for her watercolor paintings, including the illustration of several children's books. Some of her pieces are held in the Portland Art Museum’s collection.
Selected Exhibitions:
1974: University Center Gallery, Willamette University - Salem, OR
1978: Mayer Gallery...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Bottichelli Sleeve, #2251" Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Botichelli Sleeve, #2251 by Natasha Zupan
Collage on paper
Measures: 12.6 in. H x 9.3 in. W
One of a kind
Signed lower right on recto by the artist
20...
Category
2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Still Life #1
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 22 x 16 inches, sheet size is 24.25 x 18 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled #2
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #2" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed with initial in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled #5
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #5" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 22 x 17 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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