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The Girl - Painting by Miclea Roxana - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
The girl is one of the best works of the artist Miclea Roxana. It is made on canvas, painted in acrylic and oil in 2020.
The artist uses the method of b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
San Francisco Cathedral Landscape Watercolor -- Saint Ignatius Church
Located in Soquel, CA
A bold and colorful cityscape watercolor of an urban Basilica, the great Saint Ignatius Church of San Francisco, with its impressive architecture captur...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rainbow Field, Abstract Expressionist Pastel on Paper by Souleymane Keita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Souleymane Keita - Rainbow Field, Year: 1983, Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 22.25 x 30 in. (56.52 x 76.2 cm), Descript...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Dorothy Dehner, (Poster Design), mid-century, for Willard Gallery
Located in New York, NY
This (Poster Design) was made for the exhibition 'Dorothy Dehner, Sculptures and Watercolors,' at the Willard Gallery, May 7 through 31, 1957.
It's a perfect mid-century American i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Carmel Mission in Early Spring - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel Mission in Early Spring - Original Watercolor Painting 1983
A vantage point from the backside of Camel Mission's cupola, this watercolor is brightly painted with spring flowe...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mount Monadnock
Located in Milford, NH
An exceptional watercolor of Mount Monadnock snow capped in winter in New Hampshire by American artist Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951). Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts and went on to study in Boston at the Museum School of Fine Arts and later with Julian Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger at the Academie Julian in Paris. Benson was well known for his impressionist landscapes and seascapes, and etchings of hunting scenes.
Watercolor on paper, signed lower left F.W. Benson with inscription “To Mrs Bush,” titled on Vose Galleries...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Angel - XXI century, Polish Master Of Art, Black and white, Abstract drawing
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANDRZEJ FOGTT (born in 1950) He graduated from the PWSSP in Poznań in 1974 where he studied in the studios of prof. Z.Kępiński and M. Abakanowicz. Initially, his art was considered t...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Female Portrait - Drawing - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is a modern artwork realized in 1965.
Mixed colored drawing on paper.
Signature and date on the lower margin.
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Stone Barn on the Hilltop, 1970's Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-1970's landscape watercolor of a stately stone barn on a hilltop surrounded by trees by Gretchen Guard (American, 20th Century). The artist uses clean lines and decisive areas of color to render the barn in crisp detail and make it pop from the soft landscape around it.
Signed "Gretchen Guard" and dated "76" lower left.
Displayed in a new off white mat and rustic wood frame.
Image size: 13"H x 18.5"W.
*Please note: The signature and date on the lower right are partially obscured by the mat. The last photo shows the full signature and date with the mat removed.
Gretchen Guard lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Cape Cod, Mass. She majored in studio art at Stanford University under Nathan Oliveira, Frank Lobdell and Mat Kahn. And at Santa Fe Art Institute with Wolf Khan...
Category
1970s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$540 Sale Price
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Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE SCHOOL].
Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.
Canton, circa 1810.
Pencil, water colour and body colour drawings of craft, heightened with white on paper watermarked ‘J Whatm...
Category
1810s Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
C. Mannuie - Framed 1916 Watercolour, Study of a Young Boy & Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine early 20th century watercolour study of two young children. Both are handsomely dressed in their Sunday best, the young girl in a pretty blue dress and her brother in a s...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$557 Sale Price
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Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95
Located in Firenze, IT
Gianluca Vialli - Juventus Football Legend, UEFA Champions League 1994-95 - The Roar of Victory.
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated ’96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, ...
Category
1990s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Nude Picnic Virgin Islands
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best known for his rural life & desert landscapes and World War II sc...
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Portrait - Original Drawing in Pen by Vito Alghisi - 1987
By Vito Alghisi
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Vito Alghisi in 1987.
Hand-signed at the bottom.
Good conditions except for diffused foxings and some foldings.
The art...
Category
1980s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
2006 original felt drawing by Yvon Taillandier - Pourquoi crient-ils?
Located in PARIS, FR
Yvon Taillandier, a prominent French artist and writer, was born on March 28, 1926, in Paris. Known for his multifaceted contributions to the art world, Taillandier made a significan...
Category
Early 2000s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt
Fabrizio Ravanelli - Celebrating the Football Goal in the UEFA Final 1995-96
Located in Firenze, IT
Fabrizio Ravanelli - Celebrating the Opening Goal in the UEFA Champions League Final 1995-1996
Technique: Charcoal on paper, Signed and dated ’96
Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 19...
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Pencil, Paper, Charcoal
Two Friends Walking on the Beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Two friends walking on the beach is an original drawing in pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Boats"
By Frederick Rhodes Sisson
Located in Southampton, NY
Frederick Rhodes Sisson was active in Rhode Inland and Massachusetts. He was known for etching, landscape painting and teaching. He was an apprentice and assistant of Abbott Handerson Thayer...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$960 Sale Price
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Biomorphic Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Flowing, organic abstract by Unger (20th Century). Several biomorphic shapes are flowing around each other, rendered in high-contrast shading.
Signed and dated "Unger, 1975" on vers...
Category
1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Postcard
$680 Sale Price
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Edwin St John (1878-1961) - Watercolour, Mediterranean Coast
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Part of a pair of Mediterranean scene by the same hand. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Hachiya Persimmons & Fan, Modern Still Life with Red-Orange and Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Hachiya Persimmons & Fan, Modern Still Life with Red-Orange and Blue
Lovely modern still-life of a fan and persimmons by Santa Cruz, California artist Anita Heckman (American, b.20th Century). This 1987 mixed media work on paper depicts three vivid Hachiya persimmons on a windowsill beside an elegant paper fan with a tassel. A decorative window drape...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper, Oil Pastel
$680 Sale Price
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The Fishing Shack, Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene depiction of a cabin in a marsh by Floyd Town (American, 20th c.). Washes of color create an abstracted background for the scene, punctuated with bar...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Highland Cattle Beside Stream, Heather on Hill, 19th Century, Scottish
By John Barrett
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish Highland mountains, river rapids and heather on the hill with cows, this 19th century impressionist watercolor is bright and fresh. Sign...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Myrtle Tree's Sweet Tenant
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Bourrée Fantasque #7 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on 'Étoile'
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #7", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New York...
Category
1980s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Check Your Likes - Gestural Contemporary Abstract Work on Paper Green, Red, Blue
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Check Your Likes," is a contemporary work on paper by artist Vivian Liddell. This gestural conceptual piece creates room for the conversation of the current social media based world...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype, Oil Pastel
Late 19th Century Watercolour - Milkmaid Amongst the Cattle
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful late 19th century watercolour depicts a small herd of watering cattle standing round a river's edge. A milkmaid can be seen a few steps behind, calling the cattle wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$249 Sale Price
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Pioneer Mountain Landscape with Horse and Buggy, Multi-Color Pastel
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid pastel depicting a figure on horseback with horse and buggy traversing a vast landscape by an unknown artist. A steep cliffside illuminated with ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Lewis Mortimer - Signed & Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Sunny Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating watercolour depicting a harbor scene on a warm summer afternoon.
The artwork is well presented in a gilded wood frame with molding detail and a gilded slip. The artwor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Cecil Jack Keats - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Cattle Watering in a River
By C.J. Keats
Located in Corsham, GB
This delightful watercolour by Cecil Jack Keats, depicts four horned cattle watering in a shallow river. Areas of the painting have been carefully heightened with body color by the a...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Modern Geometric Abstract in Primary Colors with Pink, Vintage Pastel Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking modern abstract pastel on paper by listed Monterey, California artist Henry Elinson (American, 1935-2010), 1980. Featuring clean lines and bold geometric shapes in a palet...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Blamire - Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Smouldering Volcano
Located in Corsham, GB
This mid-century watercolour captures the beauty of Roman ruins set against a smouldering volcano. The artist masterfully renders crumbling stone arches and fallen columns, juxtaposi...
Category
20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$305 Sale Price
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Vibrant Basilica Cityscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A bold and colorful cityscape of an urban Basilica by artist Diane Baldwin (American, 20th century). Signed "Baldwin" lower right. Unframed. Image, 22"H ...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Dancing Musician', New York, Kinetic Figural, NYMOMA, LACMA, Whitney Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Dancing Musician' by Ronald Mallory, 1975.
New York Museum of Modern Art, Kinetic Figural, Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum
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Signed lower right, 'Mallor...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Waves Over Rocks Seascape and Seagulls
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous watercolor seascape of waves over rocks by Donald Swyner (American, 20th Century), circa 1990. Signed lower left corner. Presented in rustic wood frame. Shipped without glas...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
British, Adrian Heath gouache painting, 1964 in creams and whites
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Adrian Heath (British, 1920-1992)
Squared foliage
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated `Heath 64’ (lower right)
29.1/2 x 21.3/4 in. (75 x 55.3 cm.)
Born in Burma, Adrian Heath moved to...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Pink Peonies
Located in New York, NY
Still Life depicting pink peonies. Signed by the artist on the front.
Jean Hannon grew up in Boston and attended the School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and L’Ecole des Beaux ...
Category
Late 20th Century Minimalist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage Watercolor Landscape -- The Workshop
Located in Soquel, CA
A colorful vintage industrial outdoor scene in watercolor by artist Diane Baldwin (American, 20th century). Signed "Baldwin" lower right. Unframed. Image...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Warm Evening Solitude"
By John P. Nicolson
Located in Southampton, NY
For your consideration here is a wonderful original watercolor by the Scottish born artist John P. Nicolson also known as John Nicolson. Executed circa 1915 in the style of Winslow H...
Category
1910s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1960s "Leaning Over" Gouache & Oil Pastel Bay Area Figurative Movement
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
"Leaning Over"
c. 1960s
Gouache and charcoal on newsprint
Unsigned
18" x 12" framed silver bamboo frame black mat 19.25"x25.25"
Gloria...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Women in Purple and Shadow - Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nun in the Shadows - Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A dark abstracted portrait by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece is abst...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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 ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pink Rope Kimono
Located in Soquel, CA
Multi-layered collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Pearce work. No frame.
Patricia Pearce (Americ...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache, Lithograph
$780 Sale Price
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Vinicja - Figurative drawing, Surrealist portrait, Black & white, Minimalism
By Leszek Rózga
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015)
He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts) in the studios of professors Władysław Strzemiński, Adam Rychtarski, Stefan Wegner and Ludwik Tyrowicz. He graduated with special award from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in 1954. In 1958 he became a member of the Piąte Koło association ("Fifth Wheel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Untitled
Located in Long Island City, NY
Anne Youkeles' work blurs the line between painting and sculpture. Her works on paper, like this one, are made with several folded pieces of paper, cut, colored, and placed together ...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
African Buffalo
Located in New York, NY
Illustration depicting two African Buffalos. Signed by the artist on the front.
Jean Hannon grew up in Boston and attended the School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and L’Ecole ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Minimalist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Modernist Self Portrait of The Artist
By Bren Bauer
Located in Soquel, CA
A colorful modernist portrait of a woman by Bren Bauer (American, 20th-c.), the lines of which are reminiscent of Modigliani. In contrast to the artists use of bold color and movemen...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
P...
Category
1960s Photorealist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
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Sleeping Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Drawing of a sleeping nude woman by S. LeDrew (20th Century). Signed "S. LeDREW" in the lower right corner. Presented in a double mat of dark red and whi...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
$460 Sale Price
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"Cottage by the Sea" - Framed 19th-Century Antique Watercolor Seascape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely original watercolor of a cottage by the sea, showing a fisherman draping his nets over the porch rail to dry. I would guess this to be earl...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$396 Sale Price
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White and Gold Lace Kimono - Hand Augmented Collotype
Located in Soquel, CA
Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. No ...
Category
1980s Realist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
$1,240 Sale Price
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Abstract Color Field Composition in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Color Field Composition in Watercolor on Paper
Bold abstract composition by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Two rectangles of color sit vertically, with gray-pu...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,480 Sale Price
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Mountain Lake Landscape with Boats
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor landscape in a palette of deep greens and blues, of a boat pulled up on a lake shore with layered tree lines in the background Signed "E. P. Blackburn" lower ri...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$320 Sale Price
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Anthony Bream (b.1943) - 1998 Watercolour, Venice Side Street
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine 20th Century watercolour of a Venetian side street near the Ponte Delle Tetta. The artist has signed and dated to the lower right corner and the painting has been presented in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$254 Sale Price
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Black and White Lilies
Located in New York, NY
Framed in a bleached wooded frame with mat measuring 34.5" x 26.5"
Jean Hannon grew up in Boston and attended the School at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and L’Ecole des Beaux Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and...
Materials
Watercolor
"Nikolausstaden", Abstract Mixed Media Collage with Watercolor & Found Objects
Located in Soquel, CA
Mixed media found object collage with watercolor by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957), 2008.
This unique piece creates an abstract composition by layering stamps, ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Newsprint
Hide and Seek #6 (Building)
Located in Chicago, IL
You look at the street with all the cracks in it and the curb. An image communicates the whole sense of that kind of reality. You can't but it into words. I have several books in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Nude - China Ink Drawing - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original china ink drawing realized in 1965.
The artwork is hand signed and dated by the artist: V. Santarelli 1965.
Includes frame.
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
View of the Bay of Naples
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "View of the Bay of Naples" c.1935 is a watercolor on paper by noted impressionist Italian artist Maria Ada Gianni, 1873-1956. It is si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Crashing Surf on Rocks Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century California seascape watercolor of the crashing surf on the rocky coast by Santa Cruz, California artist Margaret E. Rogers (American, 1872-1961), c.1950. Rogers was one of the original "Jolly Daubers" who studied with Frank Heath and took wagon trips to the redwoods and Yosemite to paint.
Signed "M.E. Rogers" lower right.
Presented in a rustic giltwood frame under glass.
Image, 16.5"H x 18.5"L.
Margaret Esther Rogers' (1872 - 1961) early childhood was spent in England. The Rogers were a cultured family who came to California for the father’s health and settled on a ranch in the King City area. Margaret grew up in the curiously paradoxical world of early California, breaking her own riding horses and roping cattle during the day, doing a man’s work, riding a man’s saddle, then sitting down to the piano to play classics in the evening after high tea. Margaret’s mother had the only piano for 80 miles around. Her father, Robert J. Rogers, had been an importer of fine tea, coffee, and spices in England. In Monterey County, he raised sheep and cattle and the family lived under comparatively rustic and modest conditions. When Margaret wasn’t riding, tending a herd, plowing a field, or playing the piano, she was painting. Art was an early love.
Fame caught up with her early. She was written up in a San Francisco newspaper as “Monterey County’s pretty girl who rides a man’s saddle, marks and brands stock, breaks wild colts, plows and sows, plays classical music and paints in oils.” Margaret’s mother was her first music and art teacher; later she took art lessons from Kate Baldwin in Salinas.
She had suitors and several proposals, but never married. In the year 1898, Margaret’s “intended” put in 700 acres of grain, spending all he had plus money he borrowed. Not a spear of grain grew, she wrote, and their plans to marry when the crop was sold dried up with the weather.
When her mother died, Margaret and her father moved to Soquel, taking along her favorite saddle horse. Now living in Santa Cruz County, Margaret at once became involved in art circles which were unofficially headed by Frank Heath and his wife, Lillian Dake Heath. Frank Heath and Margaret together founded Santa Cruz Art League in 1919, and a few months later were joined in their efforts by a Dutch woman named Cor de Gavere who arrived in Santa Cruz.
The two women artists, Margaret and Cor, became fast friends and remained so until Cor’s death in July 1955, while she was visiting relatives in Holland. They painted together almost every day and shared many meals at each other’s cottages which were just a few blocks apart in the Seabright area. However, those Victorian ladies, raised in the era of rigid social conventions, always addressed each other as ‘Miss Rogers’ and ‘Miss de Gavere’ as long as they lived. Money was never in great supply for either lady, but Cor managed to buy a small automobile, and after six driving lessons the two of them took off for southern California. Cor and Margaret took many camping and painting trips in Cor’s automobile. Sometime later, Margaret herself got brave enough to buy an auto.
From 1925 to 1947, Margaret made her home in the basement of the Arts and Crafts Building. She managed the Art League’s first gallery, which was started there. Holding informal court for friends who called, Margaret would open a can of sardines, put out a plate of crackers, and conversation about art or music would follow. During World War II, Margaret raised rabbits in cages. In later years, Margaret purchased a small studio-home on Alhambra Street – still in the Seabright area, which both women clung to as home territory.
In 1929, Margaret helped found the Art League’s first Statewide Show, which became an annual event. She served as show chairwoman for more than 20 years. A fine painter of landscapes, Margaret became better known for her strong marine scenes. Once she explained that the ocean was “the real challenge, because it won’t stand still.” She served as president of the Art League from 1925 to 1947. Short, stocky, outspoken and very talented, Margaret gained many honors in her later years. With her short haircut and her dark dresses...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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